tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600609.post4614602541166105655..comments2024-02-22T09:42:34.110+02:00Comments on Sue's Book Reviews: The Gates of Zion (by Bodie Thoene)Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835205817921501248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600609.post-87246521722518684112008-09-28T05:22:00.000+02:002008-09-28T05:22:00.000+02:00I would just like to say, I loved her books when I...I would just like to say, I loved her books when I was a young teen girl and still do now, and they are based on facts. Yes, she fictionalized parts but she made the war and what happened behind the scenes real. I never found them hard to read. I believe she portrays both sides of the story quite well. Read the other series it will all make sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11600609.post-31893439278364596892008-07-21T20:30:00.000+03:002008-07-21T20:30:00.000+03:00Sue, If you knew a little more about Biblical, Mid...Sue, If you knew a little more about Biblical, Middle Eastern and Modern History you wouldn't have made comments about the book being so pro-Jewish-Anti-Muslim or having a U.S. Bias. Knowing history, you would also have been able to have followed the book and characters better. If you hadn't skimmed over the political discussions you might have recognized the names of a few of Israel's founders and heroes. The series is a fiction (based on real facts) telling the story about the struggle of a rag tag Jewish population to build a homeland while Arabs from all over the middle east tried to wipe them off the face of the earth - with the help of ex-Nazis and British mercenaries. These are facts - do some research. I can't believe you review books if you can't even distinguish a book being written in the first or second person. The story was supposed to be written showing you how it was for the Jews, so yes, cockney and American, accents and attitudes different from their own would have been part of the background. You were annoyed at a fiction that tried to portray what these poor people had to go through. You say the book was unbalanced. I can't believe it! What was unbalanced was the way the Arabs from Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine were going after a hundred thousand or so Jews that had nothing. There wasn't racism against the British people in the book. Are you so thin skinned and ignorant about WW II and its'real history? Look into it. You might be surprised and ashamed to know that Britain closed their eyes and borders (America too!) when they could have helped save hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Gas Chambers and death. Since violence and truth seem to offend you, it might be a good idea for you to stay with light romance novels. No offence in that genre. An FYI. I do not know the Thoene's so I am not sticking up for them. I am an American with British roots. I have family that still live there. I support Israel's right to the same life, liberty and pursuit of happiness that you and I have (without bombs blowing up around us). I do not hold animosity toward Arabs, Germans or my own British hertitage. But my eyes don't have scales on them in regards to the part they played in Israel's hard history. I am also a believer and follower of Jesus the Messiah and pray for all the people that go against Israel - that their eyes may open and realize the sin of it, and turn from it. I find it interesting that you feel good that the author "Managed the Christian theme very well, and didn't get too preachy." There was such wonderful scripture reference and insight into God's word. I am truly sorry you missed it.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814781543958047646noreply@blogger.com