A review by debbies
The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish

4.0

This is a tough one to rate. It checks all MY boxes-historical fiction, strong female protagonist, and I learned something about an issue/time period I didn't know a lot about, and for that reason I give it 4 stars. However, it's not a book that I could recommend for many people's summer tbr list because it's a long book that is not a quick read. There are modern day niche-specialty historians geeking out on 17th century Judiasm and philosophy, and concepts that I didn't fully understand and, tbh, didn't always care about. I was very engaged with Ester's story, but less so with Aaron's, and Helen just broke my heart. I appreciate the astronomical amount of time it must have taken the author to research this book and I'm glad I read it.