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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
Another book that sparked my love of characters who are trying to find their identities
I absolutely loved revisiting this old favorite. I’ve always been an art history and museum enthusiast, and this book has such a great accessibility on those topics.
It’s a bleak book but thoroughly gripping.
It’s a bleak book but thoroughly gripping.
This is a beautiful story of an Orthodox Jew boy with an exceptional artistic talent and his struggle to find balance with these two defining parts of his life. What I love about this is how realistically Asher’s feelings are portrayed, especially in his younger years.
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2017
Laskin tähteä yhdellä. Kirja oli edelleen minusta hyvä, mutta en ihan tavoittanut sitä tunnetta, jonka sain sen lukemisesta ensimmäisellä kerralla. Aihepiiri on viiden tähden arvoinen; teemoina taide, juutalaisuus, new york, perhe sekä lapsen maailma ovat heikkoja kohtiani.
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2017
Laskin tähteä yhdellä. Kirja oli edelleen minusta hyvä, mutta en ihan tavoittanut sitä tunnetta, jonka sain sen lukemisesta ensimmäisellä kerralla. Aihepiiri on viiden tähden arvoinen; teemoina taide, juutalaisuus, new york, perhe sekä lapsen maailma ovat heikkoja kohtiani.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Really captivating characterization. Left me thinking a lot about the consequences of art, both positive and negative. Also a great look into Hasid Judaism. Will read more Potok for sure.
Kinda boring but read in school so maybe i need to give it another go
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Before reading this book, nothing in my natural world stood out with any significance. Things were only what they were in a basic way. A tree looked like the definition of a tree. A street, nothing but concrete.
When Potok let me slip into the mind of a young artist, my own street began to take color. I started to notice the world around me. My fingers started itching for surfaces to carve images into.
A few close friends told me this book would be good. I trusted their recommendation. I believe this book follows in the tradition of a living word. A text that evolves and changes as you remember and reread it. I hope to come back to it in several years and meet Asher Lev again, to let him meld into my own artist self, and recreate me when I grow weary of creating.
When Potok let me slip into the mind of a young artist, my own street began to take color. I started to notice the world around me. My fingers started itching for surfaces to carve images into.
A few close friends told me this book would be good. I trusted their recommendation. I believe this book follows in the tradition of a living word. A text that evolves and changes as you remember and reread it. I hope to come back to it in several years and meet Asher Lev again, to let him meld into my own artist self, and recreate me when I grow weary of creating.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated