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A review by bibliotequeish
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
3.0
Hanni Kohn is determined to get her daughter away from the war and the advancing Nazi soldiers.
Enlisting the help of the Rabbis daughter, Hanni has a Golem created whose sole purpose in life is to protect her daughter Lea and lead her to safety.
The book weaves the story of Ettie the Rabbis daughter, Lea and her protector Ava and their determination to survive and avenge those they've lost.
I really liked the premise of this book.
I thought it was a really cool concept, I love magical realism writing and was really excited to read it.
I got into it right away and then somewhere along the way, I kind of lost interest.
While beautifully written there was something about this book that I just couldn't get into.
Enlisting the help of the Rabbis daughter, Hanni has a Golem created whose sole purpose in life is to protect her daughter Lea and lead her to safety.
The book weaves the story of Ettie the Rabbis daughter, Lea and her protector Ava and their determination to survive and avenge those they've lost.
I really liked the premise of this book.
I thought it was a really cool concept, I love magical realism writing and was really excited to read it.
I got into it right away and then somewhere along the way, I kind of lost interest.
While beautifully written there was something about this book that I just couldn't get into.