A review by iona8
Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

4.0

I loved that Esti's way to disobey was taking a fighting stance, evidently provoked by Ronit's return: "Time, which is a circle, which will always return us to our starting points, has returned her to me (p.109). Alderman writing about Hashem's gift to people, He who "could have given us a painting, or a sculpture, a forest, a creature, an idea in our minds to explain His world. But He gave us a book. Words." (p.15), illuminated this reserved, calm, silent girl's inner force. "Our words are, in a sense, real. They can create worlds and destroy them." (p.16); therefore by speaking, Esti disobeyed, started forging her life at last.