Saturday, 23 November 2024

Book Review: "My Summer In Israel" by Isaac Neuman

Kindle Unlimited     Hardcover     Paperback
⭐ out of 5 stars

If you've read any of my other recent book reviews, you'll already know that they all start off with the full library load of stars and that I'm always hopeful that they will all still be firmly in place by the time I close the back cover.


It's been a while since I last read and reviewed a children's book, but that's about to change.


Let's get going with the reading and reviewing shall we?


Oh dear.  I'm only on the first page of the book and the author is already treating it like an adult non-fiction book... a child would get confused about the numbers and explanations of each term used so the first star is coming off already.


The text is very hard to read because it's white text on a dark background and it's already giving me a headache, so after only 6 pages we are already down to 3 stars!


Now we've got what I assume is Hebrew that not even most adults would know even the basics of, let alone a child so the third star is, unfortunately, coming off.


As the book progresses, the explanations are getting harder and harder to understand because they are so blurry, so the final star is coming off and I'm giving up on it.  If a late 40's adult can't even finish the book then a child stands no chance!