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A review by wendoxford
Strangers with the Same Dream by Alison Pick
2.0
Great material - early, idealistic pioneers creating Jewish state in 1920s. As a reader we can see the social experiment of kibbutz living playing out and unravelling. The narrative is presented from three perspectives. Normally, I love the insight this gives, but in this case, the timeline remained completely static, which made the book rather too pedestrian for me.
Perhaps the scope of what the author was capturing was too wide ranging for a telling of this kind. The flaws in each of main characters gives a realism and underlines the very real problems of communal living and how idealism, dedication to a cause and human nature can clash. I found it (if being generous) clunky...
...and what was the ghost about? A completely unnecessary literary device if ever I read one
Perhaps the scope of what the author was capturing was too wide ranging for a telling of this kind. The flaws in each of main characters gives a realism and underlines the very real problems of communal living and how idealism, dedication to a cause and human nature can clash. I found it (if being generous) clunky...
...and what was the ghost about? A completely unnecessary literary device if ever I read one