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jasonfurman's review
4.0
A Kindle Single prequel to Dara Horn's The Guide to the Perplexed, this story can be read without reading the novel, before reading the novel, or afterwards. It is the story of a physicist who meets a mathematician and the two daughters they have together--who themselves are the main characters of The Guide to the Perplexed. It is a nice short story that explores a substantial fraction of the lives of the characters, their intellectual challenges, discoveries, balancing work and family, and dealing with sibling rivalry and sibling favoritism. Not exactly a must read but certainly a glad to have read.
vio's review
3.0
This book is what it is supposed to be: a prequel to A Guide for the Perplexed. It introduces some characters, some motifs, gets the reader a little familiarised with the stuff. :)
When I got to the end, I was thinking: what now? Re-reading A Guide...? :) (I could resist the temptation!)
Maybe 2 1/2*, it is very short. But not bad.
LE I have my doubts that Jacqueline would be a name a girl in a very traditional Jewish American family would get. But I get the J-first letter thing.
When I got to the end, I was thinking: what now? Re-reading A Guide...? :) (I could resist the temptation!)
Maybe 2 1/2*, it is very short. But not bad.
LE I have my doubts that Jacqueline would be a name a girl in a very traditional Jewish American family would get. But I get the J-first letter thing.
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