I Am Forbidden: A Novel Audiobook

" Not what I thought it was going to be. "

" I liked it but I didn't. It was about a family of Hasidic Jews and it all seemed so extreme that I didn't know whether to believe it. The author was a Hasidic Jew who left to avoid an arranged marriage so perhaps you have to take it with a grain of salt. Another heartbreaking look at what WW2 did. "

" An excellent book, but I could not enjoy it, because it made me so angry and so wounded. A religious community in which legalism and control outweigh faith and love is the ugliest thing. "

" A story of Hasidic Jews who go through the Shoah and some to America - Williamsburg. The characters are gripping and love and loss is throughout including Atara who rejects the life of Orthodoxy. The ultimate fate of the main characters did seem unlikely but at the reading was believable. "

" This book was amazing, but often really hard to read. I think that having some background knowledge of Hasidism helped me deal with many of the "wtf" moments here, but the Satmar as portrayed in this novel seem even more insulated than I would typically think of a Hasidic community. "

" This book is absolute trash. I gave up after 50 pages. Next time you write a book about the Holocaust, don't start with a wet dream on the first page, OK, Ms. Markovits? "

" This is the story of two children who survived the Holocaust that destroyed their parents and their Jewish faith. The story was well written but I found it very depressing and sad. "

" An interesting glimpse into a closed society. "

" I read this book in one day. Loved the characters and looked forward to knowing what happened to them. "

" This was a fantastic book and I breezed right through it. It's always interesting to read about other cultures. I'll never understand how people can do such extreme things in the name of religion. "

" At first it was difficult to follow the story with my limited knowledge of the Hasidic community. In the end it was a very interesting story and beautifully written. "

" I couldn't put the book down; devoured it in three sittings over a weekend. "

" This book made me very happy not to be a Jew. "

" This was a fascinating book. I really had a hard time putting it down and finished it over a couple of late nights. "

" I was fascinated by the author's insights into the worldview and customs of Hasidic Jews. "

" I picked up this book because it received a positive review in Bookmarks. Glad I did! "

" Very interesting look into the lives of the ultra Orthodox. A bit slow, and definitely not an uplifting read - but character relationships were very real. "

" I really wanted to love this book, but it's not well written. The story itself is also extremely disjointed and underdeveloped. "

" I would give it three and a half stars. It was good, just went in a different direction that I didn't love. "

" If you like Chaim Potok's books, this may interest you. "