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Book Review of The Red Tent

The Red Tent
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Helpful Score: 4


Well written and rich development of characters that carried me thru the first half of the book. Started noticing in the second half that even the men that held some respect were going downhill fast as far as characters go, and by the end I couldn't but wonder if the author hated men in general. I especially was less entitled to give the author the benefit of the doubt when she started tearing into my favorite story of the Old Testament- Joseph. The book begins with a historic feel and rich detail, then seems to erode into something of a diatribe. I enjoyed the first half but a book has to end better than it began for me to recommend it, and this one didn't. So I really can't.