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Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil

5 reviews

jenna_gilb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

kayladaila's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, and War

delz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Once More with Chutzpah is told from the POV of Tally, an eighteen year old Jewish girl going into her senior year of high school. She and her twin, Max are going to Israel over the winter break. This will be their first time, but it seems to be very important to Tally that they go. She believes this trip is just what Max needs since he was in a car wreck six months earlier where the drunk driver was killed. Tally is an unreliable narrator though because she doesn’t just lie to the people around her, she also lies to herself. This story invites the reader in with likable characters that you want to get to know and whether you’ve been to Israel or not you can relate to being a teenager, emotions being heightened, traveling and meeting new people. The bonus is the descriptions of Israel and these types of temple/birthright trips are like a travel guide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Grief

Moderate: Death and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism and Car accident

anniefwrites's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a wonderful debut! As a non-Jewish person, I thought this was such a fun and informative perspective. Tally embodies a lot of under-represented identities in YA and hopefully will pave the way for many more. I’m not Israeli, Palestinian, or Jewish (and don’t consider myself well informed about the conflict), but from an outside perspective I thought Haley handled the nuances of the conflict well throughout while acknowledging that there are lots of other perspectives besides American Jewish ones, especially Palestinian ones, to listen to. A really enjoyable, well-rounded read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

amandas_bookshelf's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol and Colonisation

Minor: Genocide, Hate crime, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail