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A review by recipesandpaperbacks
The Vengeance of Samuel Val by Elyse Hoffman
4.0
The Vengeance of Samuel Val is a short book but an incredibly powerful one. It’s a hard story to read, but an important one I think. What Samuel had to go through mentally after seeing his family massacred can only be described as heartbreaking and Amos is clearly a guardian angel sent to help Samuel get through the tragic loss.
On a lighter note, I really enjoyed learning more about the Jewish faith. As a Catholic, I focus a lot on my own religion but I love learning about other religions and beliefs. The conversations between Samuel and Amos about the Jewish faith and the stories in the Tanakh (which I learned is the Hebrew Bible) were very interesting and the opposing viewpoints of the two men who experienced very different lives were thought-provoking.
On a lighter note, I really enjoyed learning more about the Jewish faith. As a Catholic, I focus a lot on my own religion but I love learning about other religions and beliefs. The conversations between Samuel and Amos about the Jewish faith and the stories in the Tanakh (which I learned is the Hebrew Bible) were very interesting and the opposing viewpoints of the two men who experienced very different lives were thought-provoking.