This was a very memorable book, I loved it. Interesting subject matter. It tells about some of the women in the Bible from their point of view. Fiction, not a Bible companion.

This book was incredibly good. Although fiction, it takes you into the life of Dinah and fills in the big chinks you find in the Bible when it comes to the stories about women. It is an adventure, a romance and a life journey. I would highly recommend reading this book.

I really enjoyed the first part of this book. It detailed how women connected with women in female ways. It stood strong and was beautifully written. However, as it continued with exploring women from the Bible, it seemed to make each and every male in the story into a weirdo or monster. It felt as tho being female must make a person anti-male. I was particularly annoyed at how the story of Joseph was handled. It felt like an insult. So the second half of the book went downhill really fast. I'm aware of the horrible inequality women have lived with in various cultures, having experienced it for myself. But this book felt like a blanket condemnation of the other half of the human race. Diamont has great writing skills but in my opinion, she used them only half as well as she could have.

This book is well written, but is in no way Biblically accurate. Again, a good book, just don't trust it as truth.

deep, provoking, dark- great novel about biblical times

Modern retelling of OT stories from the woman's point of view. Fascinating.

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Loved this book! Although the characters are from the bible it needs to be read as fiction. Interesting insight into what it must have been like to be a woman in bible times.

Wonderful book about women in biblical times. I was told to read this by a friend and didn't think I would like it cause it wasn't my type of book. However I really enjoyed it and it is now one of my favorites.

I found this book completely fascinating, which was particularly gratifying because while I consider myself spiritual, I am not, in any way, a religious person. In fact I find most organized religions rather repellant, but theology from a historical perspective or non-preaching fictionalized standpoint, can be really fascinating, and this certainly fills the bill.

I was not aware of the vague reference to the character of Dinah in the bible, and its suggestion of violence in her life, so I didn't come to the table with any background, curiosity, or knowledge about this character. Even so I found myself riveted by her story, that of her family, how groups lived in this time period, how they functioned, how they loved.

This book was also one of those page turners that you just keep reading, late at night, when you head nods off in bed and you jerk your eyes back open again and check to see where you left off on the page. It's one of those books I also snuck into my purse and when no one was looking, I read a few pages at work, under my desk.

This book was wonderful. Meet Dinah, a small blurb in the bible. The author takes her entire life and lays it before our very eyes. I loved her as a character...and really enjoyed learning about the culture of that time. This book is keeper for me.

Not that great. It swayed from the traditional biblical story way too much. Some would consider it blasphemy. However, it is a quick read and interesting.

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