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A review by karen_unabridged
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
4.0
Took my daughter (13 years old) and I a while to get into this one but eventually we were very invested.
Note: this book does contain a fictional portrayal of Jesus. I'm usually wary of using Jesus as a character in a fictional story and think authors need to be careful about giving him extra-biblical dialogue but I think the author handled it fairly well in this instance. (YMMV)
There were a few things about this story that felt under-researched (the reasoning for why Leah had blond hair & blue eyes...nope! Or naming a Jewish character Amalek: for real?) but overall it gave a good effort to immerse the reader in 1st century Roman occupied Palestine.
Note: this book does contain a fictional portrayal of Jesus. I'm usually wary of using Jesus as a character in a fictional story and think authors need to be careful about giving him extra-biblical dialogue but I think the author handled it fairly well in this instance. (YMMV)
There were a few things about this story that felt under-researched (the reasoning for why Leah had blond hair & blue eyes...nope! Or naming a Jewish character Amalek: for real?) but overall it gave a good effort to immerse the reader in 1st century Roman occupied Palestine.