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Unveiled: Tamar
by Francine Rivers
I think I appreciate the thought and heart behind this.
But the older I get, the more frustrated I get by historical (fictionalized) characters reacting in modern ways to things. And given the things that happen in this story, and the importance they have within the culture, it comes off as odd and possibly disingenuous.
Possibly the length of the story is what hurts it. There'd be more time to explore the historical context and weight of things if the length didn't require everything to be told instead of shown. It's also a weird story to try and keep... sorta PG, and while I appreciate being delicate about things, I'm not convinced that it was a good way to do it, or that it was entirely a good thing for the story. (I very much do not want explicit Scenes, but you are allowed to use proper words for things instead of dancing around the words awkwardly.)
I read this series in high school, and it's going to be really interesting to revisit. I don't hate it, but I don't know that I like it either. Maybe it's just not for me anymore, we'll see.
But the older I get, the more frustrated I get by historical (fictionalized) characters reacting in modern ways to things. And given the things that happen in this story, and the importance they have within the culture, it comes off as odd and possibly disingenuous.
Possibly the length of the story is what hurts it. There'd be more time to explore the historical context and weight of things if the length didn't require everything to be told instead of shown. It's also a weird story to try and keep... sorta PG, and while I appreciate being delicate about things, I'm not convinced that it was a good way to do it, or that it was entirely a good thing for the story. (I very much do not want explicit Scenes, but you are allowed to use proper words for things instead of dancing around the words awkwardly.)
I read this series in high school, and it's going to be really interesting to revisit. I don't hate it, but I don't know that I like it either. Maybe it's just not for me anymore, we'll see.