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Summary: Good work of Fiction
Review: I loved the first two sections of this book. We get in on all of the gossip beteween the sisters, and grow to love each one of them for there unique qualities. Dinah was born in the second section, then we learn of her everyday life in Canaan. I liked the third section of the book as well, but as some points it drug on for a while. It also bothered me how they spelled Rebekahs name incorrectly in the book, and I had to go back to my Bible several times to be able to distinguish the fiction from the real story. All in all a good book.
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Summary: Good and Bad
Review: This story was not bad, in fact it was quite interesting, if you don't mind the descriptions of crude reality. I admired the storytelling and gossiping of the women in the red tent, and I enjoyed the scandals of death, love, hate, and suspicion; but most of all I beamed at the women's prospect of those days, and the difference between men and women. This book has suspicion, surprise, romance, it is the ultimate women's story. But what i was not expecting were the crude tellings of mens lust for animals, and girls secrets of love. So this book is not truly meant for children.
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Summary: Pros and Cons
Review: I used this book in a summer course this year where I give my students basic historical and cultural information about a people/period then we read modern fiction set in that same period and culture. I found the book to be very interesting but the history revisionist in many ways especially regarding women and gender roles. Some of my students found the characters boring while others liked the "every day" aspect of the narrative. If you like revisionist history and stories that explore the everyday life then you should like this. A word of warning: the Joseph in this tale isn't the Biblical Joseph as hero you may expect.
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Summary: Not really a biblical story
Review: While I really did not care for this book, my biggest problem is how they sell it as biblical fiction when it has so little in common with the Bible. As the reviewers before have noted, there is alot of paganism among the women, the "goddess" cult and "girl power" type stuff. The men are generally shown as capable of a few good moments, but mostly as self-serving and uncaring men. Besides the mismarketing, I was just bored by the book. Perhaps because I was expecting something to motivate me spiritually or at least excite me with great storytelling, but this book failed on all accounts. The writing style itself is not so bad, simply done and not overly descriptive but the story is a flop. Pass this one by in favor of The Robe or Quo Vadis or anything with more depth.
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Summary: Red Tent held my interest....
Review: I finished RED TENT last night. I have mixed emotions about this story but overall I enjoyed it. The author is an excellent writer and I personally feel she dug really deep to write about a bible story so vividly and fictionly (is that a word? :-). I referred back to the bible and other sources for the real account of Dinah's story and must say the author did an excellent job of sticking with the story from the bible. For some reason I just couldn't get into the story until it was 1/2 over and perhaps this was due to my busy schedule but another side of me just found it hard to believe certain things mentioned in the story. (don't want to spoil it for others who have not read it yet) so can't be too descriptive. Again, I enjoyed the book and would probably recommend it to others. Great Job Mrs. Diamant, your writing style and character development are to be applauded. The flow of the story was good and I genuinely appreciated the bible names used and those that were made up.
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Summary: Radical Feminist Claptrap
Review: For anyone looking to gain insight into the Biblical story of Jacob- well, skip The Red Tent. Other than the names of the characters, there is nothing remotely scriptural about this book. I found this book offensive in the extreme- a perversion; and particularly man-hating.
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Summary: awesome choice
Review: I loved this book. Granted, there is some deviation from the Bible but I think the author does a relatively good job of telling a beautiful story. Also, the author does a wonderful job of creating details and personalities while staying with most of the framework read in the Bible. Bottom line - great read.
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Summary: quite literaly... EXQUISITE!
Review: This is perhaps *the* best book I have ever read. Every single person I have recommend it to has agreed. Forget that it takes its story from the bible, apart from the names you would forget it. You feel as if you are living it. Truth be told! There are parts in here you will both rage at characters and rejoice with them. It is for all intents and purposes GOOD. Do not bother renting it from the library, buy and own this book now before you regret it!
I won't bother to sum it up, that takes away the mystery, read and enjoy a book of the ages.
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Summary: Amazed!
Review: This book is amazing in its ability to tell the story of Jacob, his wives, sons and daughter from another person's point of view. Not from a "man on his quest for El" view but from an in depth, personal, loving, and particularly, woman's experience. When I first picked up the book, I thought it would be just another story about women crying and being abused. It was far from that. It was the story of the bible told from another person's (Dinahs) life as she and her mothers experienced it. I loved every word, paragraph, page, and chapter. Awesome!
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: Readers who look at this book as a standalone work of fiction will be drawn into the rich imagery of life in biblical times, particularly a woman's role in it. The prose is lovely and the story is told in a measured and deliberate way, allowing the reader to come to his or her own conclusions about key points in the story. Those who expect a book which remains completely true to its biblical sources will probably be disappointed. I enjoyed it, however, because of the different perspective it offered on those old stories. At the very least, this book may cause some to take another look at the way they have read the bible. One wonders what was left out of the scriptures and what else may have been happening during those times. For those who imagine that women had little role in this patriarchal society, Diamant shows otherwise and even demonstrates that there were rare opportunities for women to become empowered and even determine their own destinies within those strict confines.
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