Books by Naomi Alderman
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review 1: I wanted to like this, but something just didn't ring true about it all. I wasn't sure when it was set, and it seemed a bit anachronistic in places. I was over half way through when I realised why it wasn't engaging me - I just didn't really empathise with the characters or reall...
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review 1: Naomi alderman has written an intriguing account of events and people surrounding Jesus. In so doing she has made biblical figures that are sometimes perceived as one dimensional characters and turned them into ones we can relate to, with depth and conflict and imperfection. Alth...
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review 1: This took a while to get going, and I felt the author wasn't terribly engaged in the first half of this book. But suddenly it takes a turn and from then on it's fireworks - taut scenes, intense situations, sharp storytelling, incisive observations, three-dimensional characters - ...