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Mical (2009)

by Jill Eileen Smith(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Casa Cărţii

series

The Wives Of King David

review 1: A review by Anthony T. Riggio of the book Michal (A Novel) by Jill Eileen Smith; 12-8-14This is fictional account of the Daughter of Saul (Book of Samuel) from the Old Testament in The Holy Bible. It is a tragic love story of how a person can be manipulated and how the end results create unintended consequences and great pain of the heart.I purchased this book in its Kindle edition and in reading some of the critical reviews, I hesitated in even reading it. I started the book not knowing I would finish it and it captured me in the first couple of pages. One critic described the author’s writing as simplistic. I read a lot of both nonfiction and fiction and am a fair critic of someone’s ability to tell a story and Jill Smith accomplishes this feat and in many res... morepects it is well written and the authors imagination in taking a couple of lines from the Book of Samuel, weaves an interesting story. I love it when an author takes a bit of fact and lays out a good story and an excellent read.While David and Michal were real biblical characters as were some of the other in this story, Jill Smith took a few points and filled in the Gestalt into a believable story. To me her imagination gave some imaginary flesh to scripture but in no way does she change the essence of the scriptural story. She gave flesh to parts and created a wonderful story. I did go to the book of Samuel and researched Michal and there are few lines that mention her. So Kudos to the author for creating a love story and built characters with human flaws without removing their scriptural personas and made them human beings with human reactions to life, however fictional.I unhesitatingly recommend this book. It is a fast red and even though the review is dated, I read this book in two days and highly recommend the Kindle format.I gave this book five stars.
review 2: Loved loved loooooved this book! It's like the author read my mind way back when I was a child, reading I and II Samuel for the first time, wondering what it was like for Michal. When I read the story about her being taken from her second husband, I had never been so intrigued by an event in the Bible before, and this books answers, albeit in a fictional way, so many questions I've had. It really puts this story in perspective. While reading the Bible, it is sometimes difficult to see the passage of time, and this book really gives insight into the passing years and Michal's words and actions seem so much more fleshed out. Don't read this if you haven't read the Old Testament or you won't be able to appreciate it. This is more historical fiction than Christian fiction, but t fits in to both genres quite well. (although the characters are 'Jews', being Israelites, of course :)). Looking forward to reading more if the series! less

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