Review by interwebs_jedi -- The Expelled by Mois Benarroch

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Expelled" by Mois Benarroch.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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The Expelled by Mois Benarroch is made up of many stories that are seemingly unrelated. It starts off with a man spotting a woman that seems to be his wife only many years younger. After approaching this woman they end up at her house getting to know each other mentally and sexually. The book then shifts and we get a look into a bus split into two groups. One group that believes they are superior to the other and the other group is left to suffer the abuse of the first. Next we get a look into a writer’s life. This part of the book goes into detail about the discrimination and prejudice of different ethnic and religious groups.

The next part of the book gets back to the members of the bus and they are being questioned about the events that took place on said bus. Eventually we end up reading about the original man and woman again. This part describes the interactions that they have with each other and the man’s actual wife. The end of the book ties the rest together and clears up some of the confusion caused by the constant jumping from story to story.

One word I would use to describe this book is confusing. Like I said earlier the book is constantly changing between stories that have no apparent relation to each other. This constant changing caused me to have a hard time understanding what the book was trying to tell me. It was difficult to maintain interest when as soon as I was feeling attached to certain aspects of a story it abruptly shifted towards a different story.

The book also went into detail about some things that did not really deserve the attention. Some things were written about for pages and felt very unnecessary. I felt like the book should’ve focused on the original man and woman without the shifting between stories. The moment created at the end was satisfying but I think that the confusion caused by the shifting stories kind of ruined it.

Overall, I would rate this book a 2 out of 4 stars. This book has some potential but I think that the execution is off. Also, there were some editing errors that contributed to an unpolished feeling. Ultimately, I think that the book should’ve focused on one particular story and fleshed that out into something that could stand by itself.

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