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A review by mischief_in_the_library
No One Is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel
2.0
DNF, but I do have to add a disclaimer that this is not normally the sort of book I enjoy. It was too slow, and possibly too literary for my unrefined tastes.
But it was just kind of weird. I didn't understand the premise. From the blurb, I thought starting again meant no God, no nothing that would allow the world to label them, especially not as Jewish. But in the new world, there was still religion and prayer, just no radios, no typewriters, no watches. *Why?* Letting someone else raise your child for the sake of fairness in the new world? Colour me sceptical.
I gave it more than one star because I wouldn't have minded continuing. I wasn't disliking it heaps, but at the same time, ended up decided I'd rather spend the time on something I actively enjoyed.
But it was just kind of weird. I didn't understand the premise. From the blurb, I thought starting again meant no God, no nothing that would allow the world to label them, especially not as Jewish. But in the new world, there was still religion and prayer, just no radios, no typewriters, no watches. *Why?* Letting someone else raise your child for the sake of fairness in the new world? Colour me sceptical.
I gave it more than one star because I wouldn't have minded continuing. I wasn't disliking it heaps, but at the same time, ended up decided I'd rather spend the time on something I actively enjoyed.