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Loading... Rachel and Leah: Women of Genesis (edition 2005)by Orson Scott Card
Work detailsRachel and Leah by Orson Scott Card
None. Once again Mr. Card takes the bare bones of a story that has the feel of trickery and reframes it in such a way that I could understand how things could have turned out the way they did. The jealousies and loyalties and conflicting hopes and needs of the four different women who end up bearing Jacob's children intertwine in interesting ways. I ended up liking all of them, though I felt that Rachel was the person least explored. I'm sad that Mr. Card hasn't continued this series. (  ) tjsjohanna | Oct 16, 2012 |  Oh man was I disappointed to finish this novel and realize that there is a planned Part 2 with no real release date. This part 1 gets to Jacob's marriage to Leah, there's so much more to the story, and Card's talent in telling the tale is such, that I can't wait for Part 2. Come on Card, get a move on! (  ) yrthegood1staken | Dec 30, 2009 | I thought Card did a great job of building up the sibling rivalry between Rachel and Leah, and highlighting their differences while making each character likable. He also gave prominent roles to Bilhah and Zilpah, the sisters' handmaidens; they are mentioned in the Genesis account and bear Jacob sons, but it never really discusses them. (To be fair, none of the women get fair face time. But the servants? They're virtually invisible.) I'm really looking forward to the last volume of this series, but who knows when OSC will get around to writing it. ( ) makaiju | Nov 25, 2008 | After reading many OSC books including both Sarah and Rebekah, this one was a big disappointment. I wasn't able to sympathize with these characters who were whining and crying through the entire book. Every three pages someone's eyes were "filling with tears" over events and characters that were not thoroughly developed. I realize that this must have been a very difficult book to write, considering that the characters and events have to be pretty constricted so they don't stray too far from history. However, I think he managed to pull it off a lot better in the first two books. (  ) Kilgore__Trout | Sep 10, 2006 | no reviews | add a review
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