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 with David Duchovny (Narrator), Ethan Herschenfeld (Narrator), Joshua Cohen (Narrator)

8 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary challenging funny reflective medium-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%
challenging 46%
reflective 46%
informative 44%
lighthearted 16%
tense 14%
dark 11%
emotional 7%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 3%
sad 2%

Pace

medium 59%
slow 28%
fast 12%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 58% | A mix: 31% | Plot: 8% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

No: 41% | It's complicated: 27% | Yes: 27% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 43% | No: 39% | Yes: 16%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 42% | Yes: 31% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 7%

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3.9

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