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The Red Tent

The Red Tent

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Amazing!
Review: This is a wonderful and powerful story of women under the opression of men. Definitely a book I would give to my daughter. The narration is wonderful. I felt as though I was actually living the story! I couldnt put it down and actually read it in 2 days. Just goes to show that women are powerful and there would be no world without us!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: There has been some question about god being here.
Review: God is in these pages and backed scripturally and spiritually. Anita has put together a very realistic and enlightening account. From Moses Book of Genesis the blood of the daughters of Israel is now heard. Fascinating, I am half way through reading it for the second time.

I want to recommend another book that is the most enlightening book I have ever read, which also has alot to say about the books of Moses. Karl Maddox book SB 1 or God.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: There were women back then?
Review: Holy cow, I loved this book. When my Professor told me I should read this book, because my names Rachel,wife of Jacob, I thought OK. I bought the book, and there it sat for 2 months.Then I read it. In one night no less, I couldn't put it down.I knew some of the stories, Jacob and Esu, Simon and Levi, Joseph and his brothers, so I kinda knew what was there, But I never thought of looking through a womens point of view. I loved this book, it was different from what I normally read, Nora Roberts and Danielle Steele, but some how the same. If you read the book you'll understand. the book, it's a good thing.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: braziliantraveler
Review: This book was given to me and I could not put the book down. I was sobbing when finishing the book and sad it ended.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For everywoman to pass along to her daughter
Review: This was a fascinating tale of fact and fiction. Mostly it was a wonderful weaving of a womens role and point of view we hardly hear or read about in religous books. Anita Diamant explores with vivid detail a women's life in the middle east the beginnings of the 12 tribes and the Mothers of the Hebrew people, Sarai, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel as well as the lesser known mothers. Hearing about Jacob and his son's from a female perspective is understanding who we are today as women and how we helped to create so much in this world. Pick up this book and enjoy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Captivating
Review: One of the best books I read this year and recommended to many friends. Although it is fiction, one learns about the people and times from this author's view. Different perspectives of this subject provides much to think about; this is simply one more. I loved the how this story was told.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Historical Fiction At It's Best
Review: This book was reminisent of Memoirs of A Geisha. If you loved that book you'll probably love this one. Although I'd give both books a 5 for the beatiful imagery and exceptional character development, both books disappointed me by taking on an unexpected romance novel flavor about 2/3 of the way into them.
But don't let that deter you. Dinah's voice will move and soothe you. It's a beautifully written book and I'll be anxiously awaiting more wonderous works by this author.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Skipable
Review: I found this book to be boring, annoying, two dimentional, and frequently disgusting. I realize that the old customs are important for the story's telling, but every simile (and believe me there are a lot) compares the setting, the person, or the object to blood, the moon, or something an 'auntie' did.
The story drags on and the characters are no more than stereotyes. The action occurs only in what one person said to another. Every sentence is either in past tense, passive, or a descriptive metaphor.
If you want a good version of this story, go for the Bible or Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat. If you want a story about women and religion, read The Mists of Avalon.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Interesting mix of history and fiction
Review: I was intrigued by this book, especially since I am an archaeology student currently studying Ashara and goddess relgions in the middle east at the moment. Diamant's exploration of the practice of goddess worship is fascinating, since some archaeologists argue that this did indeed take place at the time, and Ashara was seen as a consort of Yahweh (although other scholars argue that Venus statues found at ancient settlements are simply fetish items or household protectors symbolizing feminitiy or fertility, and not goddesses: if you don't know about this interesting research, I suggest you look into it to help make the book clearer! :) ) However, as a story, I was disappointed in the last third, the section that takes place in Egypt. After reading the stories of the men and women in the first two sections, they seemed real and alive (except perhaps for her whirl wind romance with the prince) but when she hit Egypt, the world seemed to become very flat. All the women became kind goddesses (even the nasty ones!) and the men evil villains who thought only of themselves (save her gracious and kind husband.) Likewise, Dinah at the end became very modern and urban, and so did the other women of Egypt. Evidence would suggest that they were still very confined by gender roles, something that didn't come out in the book. Egypt seemed like a women's paradise, which seemed to fall flat. Unfortuante. But I did enjoy the book for the most part.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Couldn't Put it Down!
Review: This book was definitely one of the best books I have ever read. I was lost in the story. I would rank it right up there with Memoirs of the Geisha. You'll love it if you are interested in how people live in different areas of the world and time periods.


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