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Shannon
Aug 29, 2012 rated it really liked it
Loved this book. It's a novelized account of the siege of Masada from the point of view of four women living within the walls. Seems to have been meticulously researched. The language is simple. The women are strong and compelling. Their stories are vivid and not too sensationalistic. My only two gripes are that 1. our four narrators do not differ in their turn of phrase, language, voice and 2. The story of Revka is somehow abruptly truncated, so drastically that I think my edition is missing so ...more
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Jess
May 20, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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Shoshana G
Dec 17, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: grown-up-fiction, historical-fiction
It took me a while to get into this book, but I ended up really liking it.
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Dec 18, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Jan 13, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jan 19, 2012 marked it as abandoned  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 21, 2018 rated it really liked it
3.5 stars
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Nov 09, 2014 rated it really liked it
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Feb 25, 2015 rated it liked it
Jess
Apr 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Cheyenne
Jul 02, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Meredith
May 23, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Melinda
Jun 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing
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Lauren
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