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Title: Uneven, but compelling!
Review: I never read Ragen before. She's a good writer and has a good grasp of Jewish women, but she didn't sustain the story. For the first two-thirds of the novel, I couldn't do anything but read. Whether Ragen got bad editorial advice, or just ran out of premise, she opts for a storybook ending that is so preposterous, it is laughable. It is also insulting to Christians. If a Christian novelist described Jewish belief in the same shallow way she describes Christian belief, they'd be stoned. Despite this. It's worth the time spent because it is a promise of better things in newer Ragen efforts. I'm hopeful. I made my sister read it and she agrees. We're both waiting to read Hannah Mendes. I hope we won't be disappointed.
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