Pennies
From Heaven By: Gary Chattman **/***
I
loved the story * concept *. It was a delightful and
charming story. The surrounding scenery was very well described
allowing the reader to visualize what the areas looked like. All of
the characters were well described. I was pleased to find story
family oriented with strong and loving family bonds as well as having
great moral values.
I do
have some mixed opinions and strong disappointments in the story as a
whole that I will detail later.
In
April 2016 we find Aaron Cohen. He is Jewish, 32 years old, happily
married to Miriam, with a 3 year old daughter, Rose, that he adores.
He is living his dream life, until his life is altered by tragedy.
Mysteriously he is swept back in time to 1936!
The
story continues through Aaron's life in 1936 [one must live in
whatever time and place they exist right?]. Aaron finds a 10 year
old negro girl on his apartment doorstep and discovers, to his
horror, that her mother has abandoned her! He takes Penny into his
home and into his heart. He later adopts Penny. They do face the
obstacles of a 1930s racist America. It was unheard of [unspoken of]
to dare to have a blended family in the 1930s! I'm glad the story
did not dwell on these issues – merely mentioning that they
occurred and giving only small examples in the story. Aaron builds a
“new” dream life with his adopted daughter Penny. He desperately
wants to warn America of the coming Holocaust! Circumstances seem to
offer Aaron the opportunity to do so. Then the fates intervene once
again.
As a
whole, as I mentioned earlier, I have very mixed opinions of this
book. I loved the actual story CONCEPT.... BUT...
I did
not like the 3rd person writing, nor the author constantly
reminding me as in Chapter 3, “you're reading a book”. The
author kept interjecting himself into the story and I found it very
ANNOYING! At first I thought this book was suggested for Middle
School aged children, so maybe the author could get
away with interjecting his narration into the story. But I now
notice that Netgally lists it's category as Historical Fiction. So,
I'm back to annoying and childish narration.
My
primary concern with this book, and it's a deal breaker:
I was
very disappointed [disgusted] that the author REPEATEDLY
inserts his own personal political opinion of the 2016 Presidential
candidate [name calling – Trump bashing] into this otherwise
charming story.
There
is NO place or reason for this in the book! I was so mad and
disgusted that I almost threw my kindle across the room!
*WITHOUT*
the repeated Trump
bashing or the author's very left-biased political opinions, I WOULD
HAVE recommended this book for Middle School age children. But NOT
as the book is now written! I'm sorry to say I can not recommend
this book to ANYONE due to the forced inclusion of the author's
UNWANTED political opinions.
WRITE
BETTER NEXT TIME. Please leave your political opinions in your own
heart.
The
story concept alone: Fabulous.
The
author's injecting himself into the story and forcing his left-wing
political opinion on the reader: EPIC
FAIL !
Thank
you netgally for the opportunity to read and give my honest review of
this book
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