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A review by montigneyrules
Eternal Life by Dara Horn
1.0
#readingchallenge2020 (my book title that has opposites) (bit of a stretch)
There is an appeal; if one cannot die. Exploring the Earth, re-inventing yourself, re-creating your life, forever trying new things, never worrying about wasting time. Maybe I’d teach History, maybe I’d become an Anthropologist exploring cultures-narrative lives…there is an appeal…except when the person living forever is Rachel, ugh please die.
Rachel doesn’t “LIVE” for 2000+years, she meanders about having children & learning about motherhood, but we never really hear about that
Much of the book was an attempt to just relay Jewish History by weakly inserting Rachel into events, without really describing the history or her life during them, shallow surface, “what am I reading about?”
Unlikeable, unambitious, 2000+years & she learned nothing, 256 pages & it is like I read nothing.
There is an appeal; if one cannot die. Exploring the Earth, re-inventing yourself, re-creating your life, forever trying new things, never worrying about wasting time. Maybe I’d teach History, maybe I’d become an Anthropologist exploring cultures-narrative lives…there is an appeal…except when the person living forever is Rachel, ugh please die.
Rachel doesn’t “LIVE” for 2000+years, she meanders about having children & learning about motherhood, but we never really hear about that
Much of the book was an attempt to just relay Jewish History by weakly inserting Rachel into events, without really describing the history or her life during them, shallow surface, “what am I reading about?”
Unlikeable, unambitious, 2000+years & she learned nothing, 256 pages & it is like I read nothing.