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Summary: this will be your new favorite book
Review: Hands down, the best book I have ever read. This is the wonderful story of the lives of family and of women. I was shocked at times in the book and brought to tears often. I can't recommend this book enough. You will not be able to put this book down once you start and it only gets better and better the more you read!
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Summary: This is the best book I have read this year!
Review: I loved this book! This book does an excellent job of re-telling the story of Dinah from the female perspective. This is great piece of historical fiction, which gives you a peek into what life would have been like for women in Biblical times. The book is well written and the characters are well-developed and interesting. I disagree with some of the reviews which say that the story deviates completely from the Biblical version, what I found especially compelling about the story is that it is very believable. It is different from the Biblical version the way that any retelling of events would be when coming from different perspectives. The story is especially captivating for those of us who are frustrated with the way women are portrayed in the Bible and are dying to catch a glimpse of "her side" of the story. I do recommend you read the stories of Jacob and his wives and particularly the story of Dinah in the Bible if you have never read them -or- if it has been awhile since you last read them--- however, I suggest that you read them AFTER you read the book to prevent spoiling the story.
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Summary: The Red Tent Is Worth Reading!
Review: The Red Tent by talented writer Anita Diamant is a nicely written portryal of the strong and wise women in biblical times. A new twist of that era offering a little fuel for thought. Nicely done and well worth reading...
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Summary: A Woman's Voice
Review: I love Diamants style. She not only gave each woman in The Red Tent character but a voice. I was hooked after reading the first page. However, I must say I became gravely disappointed with the turn of pages post Dinah's retreat to Egypt. Did the two countries so closely together live so opposite in behaviors. Dianah, became shallow. Why didn't we hear about how she coped with the changing world she lived in. What kind of foods did she eat. Why didn't she speak to her Father at the end? Hmmm. Although, I do not believe this is how Jacob and family lived. I enjoyed this piece of fiction very much. It stayed with me for weeks and weeks after reading it.
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Summary: A Well Written Story Portrayal Of Biblicial Women
Review: The Red Tent is a nicely written portrayal of the strong and wise women in biblicial times. A wonderful job by this talented writer.
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Summary: A Women's History
Review: Often times we forget that it is the women that carry the history of the family. In today's time, filled with busy lives and families living thousands of miles apart, it is easy to lose the family history. But this book is an example of why history is so important and why we should make the time to just be with our sisters, mothers and aunts. The book takes a minor character from the Bible and tells her story. The Bible looks at the life of Dinah only as it is a catalyst for giving up the gods of old and converting to God and the bloodshed that the mixing of 2 familes has caused. But her life did not begin nor end in one moment. This is a very rich book filled with hopes and dreams. It shows us the men of the Bible in a less then flattering light, but also the tenderness that comes from being a husband and father. It is fiction, but I could believe that Dinah, daughter of 4 mothers could have the strength to live even after the horrific murder of her husband and his family. I purchased the book on a recommendation of my sister and thought it would be a light summer read, but it is much more and now our Book club has selected it for this months book. I highly recommend it to everyone.
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Summary: A very sensuous read
Review: I'll be frank: I don't know the Christian story of Joseph. So I have no idea how this does or does not relate to or fill in the blanks of that! Overall, this book is a fantastic read for women who enjoy reading historical fiction that, whether true or not, plays heavily on a sense of sisterhood, kinship and wonder about the female condition that is lost in our modern societies of today. I live in a workaday world where people barely touch one another... having friends and family who could retreat together for three days a month and lounge around, telling stories and massaging feet... sounds like heaven to me! Where do I sign up? Anyway, the book is richly written; the prose is very descriptive and sensuous. The first 2/3 of the book really draws one in, and immerses you in Dinah's life, feelings, experiences. I did find that somewhere after that point, something changed... whether the writer realized they could not finish the book in under a thousand pages using the same depth of detail, or whether it's a mechanism employed for a purpose that I just don't understand, the fast forwarding and sparse depictions that typify the last part of the book really left me cold; I didn't feel the book had a strong finish, at least not the one promised by the beginning. The beautiful, peaceful ending still left me crying like a baby, though.
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Summary: Learning from our past
Review: I loved this book because being raised in Catholic school I never learned about woman in those times. It made me feel great to learn that in those times woman were strong and wise, not that I ever had a doubt about that.
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Summary: Just the best read in months.
Review: Ms. Diamant left me wanting more. She is a gifted writer. My hope is that she will continue to give us more of the beautiful written word, which she provided in THE RED TENT. The best part of the story is the way in which Ms. Diamant enables Dinah to speak to the reader in the voices that are age appropriate for Dinah's circumstances. It is a rich, instructive and rewarding story.
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Summary: Poorly Researched
Review: This book does not qualify as historical fiction; the author's research for this soap opera is practically non-existant. Ex: Dinah was not the only daughter of Jacob, Rebekah was not a witch, and the Valley of the Kings did not exist at the time of the Patriarchs. Her portrayal of Isaac, Jacob and Joseph as ignorant weaklings is offensive to Jew and Gentile. If popular Jewish taste in pseudo-midrash is as lacking in truth and respect for their own patriarchs as this author indicates, it's no wonder that they as a people have suffered diaspora for 4 millenia.
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