The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

Joshua Cohen

237 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish In...

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Moods

funny 81%
reflective 50%
challenging 47%
informative 43%
lighthearted 19%
tense 11%
dark 10%
adventurous 5%
emotional 5%
mysterious 5%
sad 1%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 32%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 60% | A mix: 32% | Plot: 6% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

No: 41% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 3%

Loveable characters?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 18%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 24% | N/A: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 74% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 7%

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3.94

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