Review (PDF) To Be An Israeli: The Fourth Book In The All My Love, Detrick Series
The fourth book in the “All My Love, Detrick” series.Elan Amsel understands what it means to be an Israeli. He’s sacrificed the woman he loved, his marriage, and his life for Israel. When Israel went to war and Elan was summoned in the middle of the night he did not hesitate to defend his country. Even though he knew, he would pay a terrible price for his decision. Elan is not a perfect man by any means. He can be cruel. He can be stubborn and self-righteous. But he is brave, and he loves more deeply than he will ever admit. This is his story.However, it is not only his story; it is also an account of the lives of the women who loved him. Katja, the girl who he cherished but could never marry, who would haunt him forever. Janice, the spoiled American that he wed to fill a void, who would keep a secret from him that would one day shatter him. And…Nina, the beautiful Mossad agent who Elan longed to protect, but knew that he could not. “To Be An Israeli” spans from the beginning of the Six-Day War in 1967 through 1986 when a group of American tourists are on their way to visit their Jewish homeland.This book is a saga of a people who to this day live under the constant threat of war and terrorism. It is the story of a nation built on the blood of her people, a people who understand that if Israel is to survive they must put Israel first. These are the Israelis.
File Size: 877 KB
Print Length: 500 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01A951EVO
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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I have now read all four of the books in the "All My Love Detrick" series. The stories and the characters are compelling. Unfortunately the inconsistencies, repetitiveness, disjointed dialogue and horrible editing make for unnecessary distractions. Is there not an editor on staff? Does the writer not proofread? Were the books translated from a different language? (that would make sense of some of the writing).Then there are the inconsistencies.. the most glaring being the fact that Zofia knew that Karl died in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. But when Zofia and Helga meet, Zofia claims to not know what happened to the man who saved her child. The conversations tend to be disjointed and in some cases run into tangents unnecessary to the progression of the story line and disruptive to the flow of the story itself. Additionally, there is no need to continuously repeat or remind readers of what happened in previous books. If a person is reading book 4, chances are they also read books 1-3. I continue to read the books because I am invested in the characters and enjoy the story. I just wish the writing were better. Ms. Kagan has created interesting characters, but she needs some guidance and editorial support.
The intention of the writer was good the execution was poor. Lots of historical errors were in the book. This book is a page turner despite the erroneous historical writing for everybody who does not know the history
Great series but as the books went on I found more and more errors in grammar, punctuation and consistency of the story line. One book says they are on their way to Paris when they are hijacked to Entebbe and the next book says they were on their way home from Paris when it happened. There was a lot of rehashing the story line and had that not happened it could have been shortened into fewer books. Even so this was a good story.
Enjoyed thus book very much! It gives you an insight into what the Israelis went through under Hitler. Also how it affected their whole life and the lives of their children. The Jewish people of Europe love their homeland and will fight and die for their freedom. They recognize their enemy. Beware America it could happen to us! Appreciate our freedoms and guard them. Radical Islam is our Hitler. Listen to the Prime Minister of Israel!!!!!
I can't get enough of this series...It keeps getting better, anything I write will never be able to explain how much I love this series. Kagan has a,way of telling history through characters you learn to love, you can feel there pain. This book in many ways relates to the World we live in today, it's not just based about the Holocaust but Israel. It's moving and very well written as all Roberta Kagan books are. I cannot wait for the next one to come out, it just keeps getting better. You won't be disappointed so buy all books in this series they are amazing.This one in the series takes place after the Holocaust, tells a story of the war and the fight Jewish people faced still. It's amazing how you will learn facts in a way that you feel like you lived it, her writing is like poetry moving and inspirational
This is the fourth book in the All my love Detrick series and I haven't been able to put these books down. I am now going to read the fifth and final book - I highly recommend all the books from this series - thank you Roberta Kagan
No, this can't be, I wanted it to last longer. Again, Roberta Kagan has written a terrific novel. This book was again, as fascinating as the other three. I can't imagine waiting too long for Forever, My Homeland.
I committed to finish this series but it was difficult. It was so bad I literally skipped pages and pages of the book, but I wanted to find out what happened. Author repeats parts of the story - ad nauseam. Lots of errors in the Kindle edition. Part of the story was compelling, but the constant repetition was incredibly annoying. The beginning of 'To Be An Israeli' (book 4) is confusing because it doesn't seem to be a continuation of the story from book 3, 'The Promised Land'. I even went back to check and see if I had read the ending wrong. I would not recommend.
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