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Summary: The touching story of two boys maturing in separate worlds
Review: This book is my second all-time favorite book! (George Orwell's 1984 is my favorite.) This should be read by anyone, especially people exposed to much diversity. Throughout the masterpiece, I would think in my mind what I thought would be the most effective cont nuation of the story from whereever I was, and I would say 99 times out of 100 (No exageration!) the book took the course that I thouught would be most effective. If you are looking for other books that empathize with the Jews, try EXODUS by Leon Uris. While EXODUS is not as good, it really gets you wrapped up in the story. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: I was required to read this book for summer reading. This book is very powerful and dramatic. I think this book is not like another. It has made me read another one of his books, which is My Name is Asher Lev. Chaim Potok is a genius.
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Summary: A really, really great book
Review: I haven't finished a book in about 5 years. I haven't found a book that could keep me interested. This book did. I am a high school student and this was part of our required summer reading. This is the reason I started reading the book. However, after I started reading I couldn't put the book down.
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Summary: A story of true friendship
Review: This book is a true story about the meaning of friendship, but also about the heartache it can cause. Two jewish boys (one orthadox, the other reformed) form a special friendship. While they may start out as enemies, they end up with a friendship that takes us all the way through to their college years. While both value the bond that they share, one is controlled more by his father and his duties to the community, while the other is forced to just deal with it. I couldn't put it down. It truly stirs up every emotion a person can have. You feel as though you are right there with them and it is as if you are a part of the book. The story also describes to some degree the Jewish religion and the differences that the two kinds of jewish communtities can have and how it affects their friendship. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, because it can drag at some points, but not for long. In my opinion this book is a must. It shows how we all have to take a stand in our lives and how we all need support to sometimes do it.
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Summary: An eye opening book for a person of any faith!
Review: I must have cried at least four times reading this wonderful book. Not only did this book teach me about freindship and love, it also gave me a glimpse of Judaism. Although I am not Jewish, this book showed me how important religion is to one's life. Please read this book!
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Summary: A book for all ages. Should be required reading for any Jew!
Review: A step-by-step book of instruction on what it takes to be a Tzaddik (a holy man). A book that will re-affirm any Jew's faith in God. A book I have to read over and over again.
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Summary: Wonderful !
Review: Great book ! I will read it again and again. A must !
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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: It made me laugh and it made me cry. I wished the story wasn't over after I was done, and then I read it again. When I found out there was a sequel I did a little dance. I love this book and everyone should read it. It's a book about friendship and war, men and their children, and life. You fall in love with the characters and you fall in love with the story. I have never come across a book that has had such a strong force over me like this one, and it should be read by everyone who has a father, a religion, or a friend.
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Summary: A Wonderful Story
Review: The Chosen is a great story. Potok has a way of writing that takes you into Reuven's world. I'm not sure why-- maybe because it's so real. the one thing I didn't like about the book was how it assumed you knew certain things about the Jewish religion that maybe you didn't. But it gets the highest recommendation possible from me.
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Summary: This is why we read books
Review: The blink of an eye is in itself nothing. But the eye that blinks that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Chaim Potok THE CHOOSENThat passage there, makes any amount of time spent reading a book so worth while. YOu can't get that from a movie, you cant get that feeling out of a drink, you cant get that high out of a joint. YOu have to read, and you have to read the great classics, if you want knowledge. If you want to know what live is all about, read that quote until you get it. I also highly recommend reading the Bible, both the Old and the NEW testaments.
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