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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I did not think I would like this book, and it became my obsession. This book is compelling, smart, and presents an intuitive and very real picture of a friendship. If you feel like you have had profound friendships, this book may affect you in a similar way. (  ) sarah-e | Dec 11, 2009 |  Had to read for school. Didn't care for it much. (  ) woodge | Nov 20, 2009 | A quasi-review of The Chosen, in random numerical sequence. 1. As I think it over, the characters are all well-drawn and decently realistic, as are their relationships. This is A Good Thing; even Reb Saunders, who could very easily have become a caricature, does just fine. 2. The exposition about Hasidism comes close to being an infodump, but (somewhat narrowly) manages to avoid that. Actually, I'm not really sure if there was any way Potok could have done it better; Reuven needs the backstory, and so do the majority of the readers. Including yours truly. 3. I was just a little surprised at the level of emotional vulnerability considered acceptable for the males in the book to display. Or no, that doesn't seem like quite the right word. But you know what I mean. 4. The scene with the fly in the spiderweb does come off as being rather heavy-handed. Oh, symbolism. Right. I guessed that. 5. I hadn't really considered before just how traumatic the revelation of the Holocaust was to American Jews. 6. TC sounds strangely like a book I could have written. Possibly because Reuven reminds me of the nice Jewish boy who was the protagonist of my chapter story for ninth-grade English. 7. I was disappointed by the boring Edward Hopper painting on the cover. hypocrite.lecteur | Oct 26, 2009 | One of my favourites. Read it for the first time in highschool and have been reading it ever since (and that's a lot of years). ( ) highbar | Oct 2, 2009 | This book is a little bit boring. I don't really like it. (  ) mceachernd | Sep 29, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0449213447, Mass Market Paperback)Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom, or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, their friendship, and the chaotic times in which they live. Though on the surface it explores religious faith--the intellectually committed as well as the passionately observant--the struggles addressed in The Chosen are familiar to families of all faiths and in all nations.In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven Malther and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences (Reuven is a Modern Orthodox Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father; Danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe), the young men form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. Together they negotiate adolescence, family conflicts, the crisis of faith engendered when Holocaust stories begin to emerge in the U.S., loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. The intellectual and spiritual clashes between fathers, between each son and his own father, and between the two young men, provide a unique backdrop for this exploration of fathers, sons, faith, loyalty, and, ultimately, the power of love. (This is not a conventional children's book, although it will move any wise child age 12 or older, and often appears on summer reading lists for high school students.) (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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