Book Reviews

What made this story “OK” is the atheist doctor, who is funny and slam facts into people’s faces. I did not understood why the father neglected her.

Ironic double standards by the writer all over the book.

Not the worst novel, yet the western likes because it started with the love of Israel by the author, and the worshipping to the American invasion against Afghanistan. Thats pure conflict in the book, as he shit on Russia for invading Afghanistan, but he braises Israel occupation over Palestine and doing much worse than what Russians did in Afghanistan.

Of course the worst thing could happen to any country is to be controlled by religious lunatics but that is no less ugly than an invasion by outsiders who made equal or even more damage.

The author’s other novel titled: A thousand splended sun; is really amazing and it got into my favourite list. But this one is really bad and the main goal feels like he wanted to please the americans. I mean come on, he spit fire on Moslems and communists. Thats all what you need to be a star in the west.

The Israeli writer, who killed Palestinians as an Israeli soldier, tried in this book to take advantage of readers who have little acquaintance of the Jewish occupation, or what is called Israel, of Palestine.

Summary of whats written in this book:
1. USA has no responsibility, even though they are supporting Israel with tons of guns and tax-money.

2. Using the term Israeli-Jews vs. Palestinian-Arabs; note the religious attachment to Israel, but for Palestinian he says Arab (nation) not Palestinian-Muslims. It is whether you make the religion is the base of your argument or you do not, for both parties, not one. Thinking people are stupid.

3. The massacres and bombardment of hundreds of towns by Jewish hands on the peaceful Palestinians on 1948 are not the Israeli responsibility, rather its the Arabs. In that sense, he is literally saying that the holocaust is not Hitler's responsibility, rather, its European!

4. He is insisting and repeating that the Europeans, especially UK has done wrong to the Jews, but the UK is the country that illegally handed Palestine to the Jewish!

5. Justice has to be made by making the country of Israel triple the size of the state of Palestine. Ironic.

6. Now what made me actually glad to read this book is the fun of this idea: The writer wants the USA to fund a tunnel between West Bank and Gaza Strip that is 45 miles long (72 KM)! That is about triple the longest tunnel ever made by human being -LÆRDALSTUNNELEN 25KM long, Switzerland-. The brilliant-just-peaceful Amos Oz, expects children to stay in tunnel for hours and hours to reach a beach!

7. Claim that 100 000 houses and 200 000 jobs for the Palestinian refugees will solve the issue. That is for a person who does not know the real numbers will think "Yes, that means the Palestinian refugees do not exceed couple of hundreds of thousands." Where the true number exceeds 6 million Palestinian refugees. That is the leader of peace movement in Israel say, delusions and lies.

On the other hand, and to be fair and objective, he was true about these things:

1. Bin Ladin is brutal, destructive, and terrorist. That is very right, as exactly as Ben Gorion, Arel Sharon, Moshe Dayan as terrorists who killed tens of thousands of innocent Palestinian children in cold blood.

2. Fanaticism is one of the worst causes of the world's wars.

3. Europeans keep offering coffee to solve things; where Palestine won't be freed this way. Agreed.

What an amazing book! I enjoyed every single word, its a perfect summary of Marco Polo journey. Im going to read Marco’s book The Travels.

It all began with the story of the Polo brothers went to Palestine, specifically to Acre and Jerusalem. As many great stories start from.

A very biased writter, he even spread his personal negative comments all over the text. In this series “The Life and Tines of” it concludes that the capitalist leaders came from ice cream lands and the leftist leaders came from the jungles.

Moreover the writter paint his book with zionism, making the Jews the center of the whole world. From numbers point of view, it is not logical to compare 0.05% (jews) of europe population to other 99.05% christians and other religions.

I mean there are bad leaders in every country. But as a history writter you gotta at least pretend being objective!

PS: you will never find anything about the author in the internet, no bio, no photos or videos. Nothing.

Quick info about JFK life, in short: money made him; being a womanizer and careless won’t pull down your votes.

Just dont forget this book is written and published by the anti-cuba side. Other than that, good to know basic info and dates about Fidel Castro.

The book failed. The movie failed.

I liked the surprises and the confused priest. But disliked the too many characters and unclear parts of the story.

Nothing amusing or exciting.

I loved the most of it, a boring ending though.

I read it now in my thirties, yet i enjoyed it!

I bought the book based on a recommendation, yet the reviews here made me hesitant to read it. The novel had its’ excitment line as low-high-low. What i love about it is brining some lovely memories. Im glad that i read it.

it refines the meaning of the values in a very short, sweet, and deep way. its like a path of soul.

an amazing novel; clarifies the internal conflict between living life with all its adventures and meanings or being the static person who sings on an accurate rhythm.

as simple as: i'm not interested in a 19 years old teenager diary and a mental programmer.

I wanted to stop reading it many times, but I was giving myself hope that there is something coming, wait for it. Yet, I was wrong, the book can attract you in some few pages but as soon as the writer could put you down.

this is an absolutely amazing novel; if you are interested in history and romance, this is the book that you won't have a break of.

it was not an attracting story; but i dont like to throw a book without finishing it.

Paulo Coelho wanted to erase his good reputation in a very fast way, so he drank a couple of whiskey cups and decided: write this book.

a very extreme novel about a girl that get through the worst life events you can imagine, which are brutal and sexual.

3/5 because sometimes it gets very unbelievable.

i liked the language, style, events..basically everything. It carries you to two different worlds at the same time.

this is an amazing introduction book for the ultimate 1984 for George.
The end of this book one of the best I have ever read.

you will refine your values through out this sad novel.

just be aware that you will get a little lost with the names of the big family members. Just follow the family tree at the end of the book (if existed in the copy you got).

just emphasized how much the home of capitalism needs socialism.

my favorite book; i would read it again and again and again.
what is interesting in this book, that it takes you back to the fifth century with a perfect description of that time and amazing events. It provokes religion with living your life as normal human being.