Review of The Legacy of Job's Wife
Posted: 01 Apr 2023, 08:47
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Legacy of Job's Wife" by Cynthia Koelker.]
The Legacy of Job’s Wife by Cynthia Koelker is a work of fiction that is based on one of the most known books of the Bible, the story of Job, told from his wife’s perspective. The storyteller is also the main character and she talks about her life before and after she got married to Job and her own understanding of God. The story is set just outside the town of Uz, a town dependent on the business that the caravans of old bring to it.
The story talks about gain and loss, love and rejection, poetry and music, life and death, family and community. All her life, Job’s wife, Ix’ises, struggles with her desire to know God and make Him a part of her life as much as He is a part of her husband’s life. In a time when not a lot of people knew God or had access to the scrolls with the Old Testament (or were even able to read or write), Ix’ises’ struggles are real and the way she questions Job about his relationship with God is one that can make all of us relate.
The writing flows like a river and is a pleasure to read. The story follows Job’s wife Ix’ises from her birth to her death and talks about how hard it is to gain power and wealth and how easy it is to lose everything in the blink of an eye. The main idea of the book is that God is in control even when we don’t understand and that wealth is worth nothing if you lose your family and friends.
The Legacy of Job’s Wife by Cynthia Koelker is well-written, with passages that make you both laugh and cry and feel the joy or the sorrow of the characters. Considering that the book goes hand in hand with the story of Job from the Bible, I would have loved for the book to focus more on the story presented in the Bible, rather than on the early years of Ix’ises’ life.
I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars as it was a pleasure to read and I could hardly put it down after I started it. The book is well-edited and I would recommend this book for audiences of age 16 and up, considering there are a few passages where the author describes the intimate relationship between a man and his wife and though it is not explicit, I wouldn’t recommend it for younger audiences.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
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The Legacy of Job’s Wife by Cynthia Koelker is a work of fiction that is based on one of the most known books of the Bible, the story of Job, told from his wife’s perspective. The storyteller is also the main character and she talks about her life before and after she got married to Job and her own understanding of God. The story is set just outside the town of Uz, a town dependent on the business that the caravans of old bring to it.
The story talks about gain and loss, love and rejection, poetry and music, life and death, family and community. All her life, Job’s wife, Ix’ises, struggles with her desire to know God and make Him a part of her life as much as He is a part of her husband’s life. In a time when not a lot of people knew God or had access to the scrolls with the Old Testament (or were even able to read or write), Ix’ises’ struggles are real and the way she questions Job about his relationship with God is one that can make all of us relate.
The writing flows like a river and is a pleasure to read. The story follows Job’s wife Ix’ises from her birth to her death and talks about how hard it is to gain power and wealth and how easy it is to lose everything in the blink of an eye. The main idea of the book is that God is in control even when we don’t understand and that wealth is worth nothing if you lose your family and friends.
The Legacy of Job’s Wife by Cynthia Koelker is well-written, with passages that make you both laugh and cry and feel the joy or the sorrow of the characters. Considering that the book goes hand in hand with the story of Job from the Bible, I would have loved for the book to focus more on the story presented in the Bible, rather than on the early years of Ix’ises’ life.
I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars as it was a pleasure to read and I could hardly put it down after I started it. The book is well-edited and I would recommend this book for audiences of age 16 and up, considering there are a few passages where the author describes the intimate relationship between a man and his wife and though it is not explicit, I wouldn’t recommend it for younger audiences.
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The Legacy of Job's Wife
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon