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Summary: Definitely the BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!
Review: I am a 13 year old and recently read The Chosen because my mother recommended it to me. It is a great book with a great plot. Reuven is a young boy who while playing baseball, gets hit by the ball while playing pitcher. The ball hits his glasses and shatters glass in his eye. He ends up spending a whole week in the hospital with a sight threatening situation. During this time, he goes from hating Danny Saunders(the kid who hit him with the ball), to becoming one of his friends. I think anybody with a great sense of humor would love this book. I am willing to bet a lot on that one. This book is definitely worth reading for anyone over the age of 10.
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Summary: A book that tugs at every emotion...
Review: Recently I had to read The Chosen in English. The best book I've read this year by far. I haven't read one before that held my attention and my own feelings like that. The perspectives of the book pull at all of your emotions. Anger towards Danny's father, hurt with both of the boys, and an everlasting friendship between them. It's a type of book full of valuable lessons. It teaches one to stand up for himself, and do what he thinks is best for himself. One has to do that to achieve happiness. Even though it obviously hurt him, Danny had to do it. And it's so neat because he couldn't have done it without the help of his 'soul' mate. It also teaches the reader how few and far between true friendships really are. And teaches the fact that certain things may happen in your life, and from there on out, you're forever changed. A new outlook, new perspective. Always hoping it's a change for the better. Who would think in chapter one of the novel that getting hit in the head would be a change for the better? Life's amazing how sometimes it just works itself out.
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Summary: UNFORGETABLE
Review: i read this some time ago, but since that time it always come on my mind again, I also tell my best friend to read it, and she liked it too, we spend some time together discussing it afterwards. This book also open my mind that there are many kinds of Jews, I always thought they are the same. and also about how strict their way of life, like the way Danny study and memorize the Talmuds , anyway, after reading this book, I always hope that I can find friends as good as Danny and Reuven too
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Summary: A must read for everyone
Review: I enjoyed this book. It addresses those of the Jewish faith. The book involves two main characters, Danny, a Hasid with an inherited position from his father as a rabbi, and Danny, a Jewish boy whose father is a Zionist. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down. I am eager to read the sequel.
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Summary: Absolutely terrific
Review: This book is one of the finest pieces of literature that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I learned so much from it, especially about the Jewish faith, and I thought it was very impressive how Potok doesn't "dumb down" his book for non-Jewish readers - it made it so much more interesting to read. Some parts of the book were so heart-rending that I was in awe after reading them. This is a book that I will want to read over and over again.
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Summary: Humane, Compassionate, Wise
Review: What a beautiful book! Haven't read anything so moving for a very long time. The novel concentrates on four characters, two adolescent sons and their fathers. Like in 'My Name is Asher Lev', Chaim Potok proves to be a master in character development: Danny's father is one of the most interesting personalities I have ever encountered in a book, and one of the most tragic! (I wonder if he could also create a female character?! As in 'Asher Lev', the women stay in the background. Half the book focuses on the conflict between Danny and his ultra-orthodox father, a few pages get devoted to the relationship between Danny and his younger brother, but when Reuven tries to talk about Danny's sister, his answer is: "....Let's not talk about my sister,..." (p200), and from the mother we only know, that she has a heart condition.) There are many more parallels to 'Asher Lev': Again we have the conflict between the Orthodox Jewish way of life and how the more 'Assimilated' (not sure if this is the appropriate word!?) Jews live. The conflict is mainly religous, but overspills into politics and escalates when the Zionists succeed in founding Israel.I don't agree with some of the reviews suggesting that you need to be Jewish to understand/be interested in the book (If you don't have a clue, like me, it'll make you more interested).I finished the book in under two days, was simply glued to it!! READ IT!!
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Summary: One of the most admazing books I have ever read
Review: I was asigned The Chosen for a class. And I read it in 2 days. I just could not put it down. When I finished it and saw that there is a sequel I was so happy. I was not yet ready to leave Reuven and Danny.
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Summary: This was a great book
Review: I don't understand how people can say that this book was slow and boring. Perhaps they did not understand it. I read the book at the beginning of this year for English and loved it. Our teacher helped us to understand the conflicts and underlying themes. This book is a challenge if you want to unerstand all of it. Chaim Potok uses a lot of symbolism. Many times what is happening really symbolizes something totally different. This was a good school book, but it would not be as good without class discussions.
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Summary: I thoroughly enjoyed The Chosen
Review: The relationship between the two boys in The Chosen reflects any friendship where different backgrounds are involved. With Reuben, who has the freedom of choosing whichever profession he pleases and Danny, who will inherit his father's position as tzadik (rabbi), it is very interesting to read and discover how each of them will end up. The overall theme of The Chosen is forgivness and friendship for that is what Reuben and Danny's relationship is based on.
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Summary: It's my favorite
Review: The Chosen is an excellent novel. It is written from the perspective of seemingly every possible point of view. One doesn't always find such reading material to which one can relate to nearly every character. The characters are not so similar, but very well-expressed. The Chosen is about two teenage boys: one destined to inherit a Hasidic rabbinic ordination, and one who helps the troubled boy with the phenomenal mind. I recommnend it to everyone.
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