Review of The Story Of...
Posted: 26 Jun 2022, 03:58
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Story Of..." by Shirley B Novack.]
Jacob Kalinsky was born in December 1904. As a child, he received no love or attention from his father, Max. His mother showered him and his brother, Heschel, with so much love so as to make up for the absence of a father's love. He was happy and content with this until his mother passed away when he was twelve years old.
Three months later, Max left both Jacob and Heschel in the care of Jordanna, a brothel owner. He left them with a promise to send for them when he made money and settled in America. Jacob and Heschel learned how to survive in the brothel. One night, Jacob experienced a hurtful and shameful thing. He kept quiet about it to protect Heschel. Several years later, Jacob and Heschel were successful crafters in America. They were both living well and were even married with children. They were happy and content with their lives until Jacob's worst nightmare resurfaced again.
The Story Of… by Shirley B Novack is an interesting and engaging fiction novel that has a lot of positive aspects. The characters were well developed. There were many characters in this book, and the author made sure to develop each and every one of them. This book took me on a journey with Jacob. It was as if I was present in the story. The originality of the author is top-notch. She did a lot of research in order to write this beautiful book. I admire how she inserted some historical/chronological sources in this book to make it more realistic. At first, I thought most of it was fiction until I browsed about it on the internet. For instance, the market crash of September 1929, which was included in this story, actually happened. There were a lot of themes that were defined in this book, but the two dominant ones were friendship and love. Wherever Jacob went, he made a lot of friends. He was loved and cherished by all the people he encountered. They always had Jacob's back no matter what. I learned what a real friendship should be like. If everyone in this world could behave like Jacob's friends, this world would actually be a better place. Also, I felt connected to the characters in this book; this way, I was able to understand most of the decisions they made. For instance, I don’t blame Jacob and Heschel for doing what they did to their father, Max, because he never treated them like his children.
In chapter 8 of this book, the author made me know what was to happen later on in the book. This was the only thing I didn’t like about this book. The element of suspense was a little bit but not completely ruined by this chapter. This is because I got to know that Jacob and Heschel would go to America even before they went, but I didn’t get to know what would happen at the end until I finished the book.
I didn’t come across a single grammatical error in this book. This shows that it was exceptionally well edited. Therefore, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I gave it a full star rating because of the positive aspects I stated above, and I didn’t deduct a star from my rating because the negative aspect didn’t lessen the overall satisfaction I got from this book. I learned a lot about the Jewish tradition and their religion. This book contains a lot of it, but I don’t consider this harmful to people practicing other religions. I recommend this book to lovers of historical and romance fiction. Generally, lovers of fiction would find this an exciting read.
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The Story Of...
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Jacob Kalinsky was born in December 1904. As a child, he received no love or attention from his father, Max. His mother showered him and his brother, Heschel, with so much love so as to make up for the absence of a father's love. He was happy and content with this until his mother passed away when he was twelve years old.
Three months later, Max left both Jacob and Heschel in the care of Jordanna, a brothel owner. He left them with a promise to send for them when he made money and settled in America. Jacob and Heschel learned how to survive in the brothel. One night, Jacob experienced a hurtful and shameful thing. He kept quiet about it to protect Heschel. Several years later, Jacob and Heschel were successful crafters in America. They were both living well and were even married with children. They were happy and content with their lives until Jacob's worst nightmare resurfaced again.
The Story Of… by Shirley B Novack is an interesting and engaging fiction novel that has a lot of positive aspects. The characters were well developed. There were many characters in this book, and the author made sure to develop each and every one of them. This book took me on a journey with Jacob. It was as if I was present in the story. The originality of the author is top-notch. She did a lot of research in order to write this beautiful book. I admire how she inserted some historical/chronological sources in this book to make it more realistic. At first, I thought most of it was fiction until I browsed about it on the internet. For instance, the market crash of September 1929, which was included in this story, actually happened. There were a lot of themes that were defined in this book, but the two dominant ones were friendship and love. Wherever Jacob went, he made a lot of friends. He was loved and cherished by all the people he encountered. They always had Jacob's back no matter what. I learned what a real friendship should be like. If everyone in this world could behave like Jacob's friends, this world would actually be a better place. Also, I felt connected to the characters in this book; this way, I was able to understand most of the decisions they made. For instance, I don’t blame Jacob and Heschel for doing what they did to their father, Max, because he never treated them like his children.
In chapter 8 of this book, the author made me know what was to happen later on in the book. This was the only thing I didn’t like about this book. The element of suspense was a little bit but not completely ruined by this chapter. This is because I got to know that Jacob and Heschel would go to America even before they went, but I didn’t get to know what would happen at the end until I finished the book.
I didn’t come across a single grammatical error in this book. This shows that it was exceptionally well edited. Therefore, I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars. I gave it a full star rating because of the positive aspects I stated above, and I didn’t deduct a star from my rating because the negative aspect didn’t lessen the overall satisfaction I got from this book. I learned a lot about the Jewish tradition and their religion. This book contains a lot of it, but I don’t consider this harmful to people practicing other religions. I recommend this book to lovers of historical and romance fiction. Generally, lovers of fiction would find this an exciting read.
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The Story Of...
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
