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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
If you're looking for a book just as good as Unorthodox, this is not it. I was very excited to read this book and took it out via Libby right after I finished Unorthodox. I was extremely disappointed.
Honestly the author comes off as extremely pretentious to me in both her journey and her writing style. Its hard to reconcile that this is the same person who wrote Unorthodox. I understand its years later she wrote this but still its just difficult to stomach how pretentious the story and writing style is.
The structure of the story really didn't interest me as it was more like a collection of short stories. I didn't get into many of them but if I did she would move on from something without a real conclusion or point.
I saw all the negative reviews but I still read it . Took me a little over 4 months but I did it and didn't like it. Proceed at your own risk with this one.
Honestly the author comes off as extremely pretentious to me in both her journey and her writing style. Its hard to reconcile that this is the same person who wrote Unorthodox. I understand its years later she wrote this but still its just difficult to stomach how pretentious the story and writing style is.
The structure of the story really didn't interest me as it was more like a collection of short stories. I didn't get into many of them but if I did she would move on from something without a real conclusion or point.
I saw all the negative reviews but I still read it . Took me a little over 4 months but I did it and didn't like it. Proceed at your own risk with this one.
Such a great follow up memoir about reclaiming and creating an identity
Kauniisti kirjoitettu, rönsyilevä ja syvästi inhimillinen kasvukertomus. Ei yllä Unorthodoxin tasolle (miten se voisikaan – Unorthodox on loistava), mutta kuvaa koskettavalla tavalla väkivaltaisesta uskonlahkosta paenneen yksinhuoltajan yritystä löytää oma paikkansa maailmassa. 700-sivuisessa kirjassa olisi kieltämättä ollut paikoin varaa karsia ja tiivistää, mutta nautin Feldmanin kirjoitustyylistä ja olisin mieluusti lukenut enemmänkin. Eniten pidin arkisista Berliini-kuvauksista, ja toisaalta tavasta, jolla kirjoittaja kuvaa rinnakkain omaa juurettomuuttaan ja holokaustista selvinneiden omaistensa traagisia kohtaloita.
As a German it was worth reading this book. Mostly for a change in perspective. Having said that, it feels like it could have been 200-300pages shorter. Feldmann writes a lot about her feelings in a lot of detail and sometimes it just feels like a bit too much.
I received an ARC from Penguin. I found her first book interesting, but I was not able to finish this. It seemed like a disjointed diary where she was real-time processing everything that happened to her and she published it because she could.
This book made me think
A book that makes you think is the best kind of book. Feldman's books are an obsession. I don't want to stop reading. I understand more about Jewish folks and the world. As Sally J. Freedman would say, "Thanks, I understand better now."
A book that makes you think is the best kind of book. Feldman's books are an obsession. I don't want to stop reading. I understand more about Jewish folks and the world. As Sally J. Freedman would say, "Thanks, I understand better now."
Both extremely Jewish and extremely relatable. It was incredible how Feldman’s search for meaning, belonging, and love in the United States and across Europe could mirror that of so many women her age (myself included) when she grew up in such an insulated world different from the average secular reader.
How do you rate a book that is a heavy not fun one but that was poignant and introspective about a very harsh reality? It was a good book. It's not at all a light or cozy read.
informative
reflective
medium-paced