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A review by parklandmom
For Such a Time by Kate Breslin
5.0
Stars: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ (5/5 stars)
Read: February 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #25 of 50 — “Featuring a Jewish character” (there were many within this novel). This was my first time reading this author.
Book #13 of 2024: I’m unsure how to even begin to convey my thoughts but I will try. I would like to first say, *ignore* the bad and hateful reviews. Read the entire book and decide for yourself. It’s not what the naysayers make it out to be. While this may be a polarizing book for some, MANY have been moved by it, including me.
None of us can possibly know how we would have acted if we were people during that time. It’s *very important* to realize that this story, chapter by chapter, correlates to Esther’s from the Bible. Each verse at the beginning of the chapters laid some groundwork from which to draw. Those not familiar with Esther would be at a disadvantage and perhaps not understand how God can make good from a bad situation—even miracles. It was brilliantly done.
Right from the opening pages, the author transports you there to the cold, the stench, and palpable fear. The imagery is powerful on pages 8 and 10 in particular. Throughout the book, I felt the words captured the horrors, the terror, as well as the unformidable courage and bravery of the Jewish people.
I found myself holding my breath, tears welling in my eyes, and bursting with heart-swelling gratefulness. They sought to trust in God to save them in the most unlikeliest of ways.
Novels such as this, though fiction, serve as reminders of truly ugly times. History cannot be forgotten, edited, or destroyed. It must be preserved in truth and we must learn from it.
God acts in the storm and He also talks in a whisper. The very last line of the book reads: “And Hadassah smiled, hearing His whisper.”
Read: February 2024
Format: paperback
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #25 of 50 — “Featuring a Jewish character” (there were many within this novel). This was my first time reading this author.
Book #13 of 2024: I’m unsure how to even begin to convey my thoughts but I will try. I would like to first say, *ignore* the bad and hateful reviews. Read the entire book and decide for yourself. It’s not what the naysayers make it out to be. While this may be a polarizing book for some, MANY have been moved by it, including me.
None of us can possibly know how we would have acted if we were people during that time. It’s *very important* to realize that this story, chapter by chapter, correlates to Esther’s from the Bible. Each verse at the beginning of the chapters laid some groundwork from which to draw. Those not familiar with Esther would be at a disadvantage and perhaps not understand how God can make good from a bad situation—even miracles. It was brilliantly done.
Right from the opening pages, the author transports you there to the cold, the stench, and palpable fear. The imagery is powerful on pages 8 and 10 in particular. Throughout the book, I felt the words captured the horrors, the terror, as well as the unformidable courage and bravery of the Jewish people.
I found myself holding my breath, tears welling in my eyes, and bursting with heart-swelling gratefulness. They sought to trust in God to save them in the most unlikeliest of ways.
Novels such as this, though fiction, serve as reminders of truly ugly times. History cannot be forgotten, edited, or destroyed. It must be preserved in truth and we must learn from it.
God acts in the storm and He also talks in a whisper. The very last line of the book reads: “And Hadassah smiled, hearing His whisper.”