Elliot takes poetic license as she delves into the mysterious lives of Adam and Eve. The story is told by Eve and her daughters; Naava, Aya, and Dara. Eve tells about the Garden, her relationship with Adam and her children and the undoing of Cain. Naava is a self centered beauty. Aya is the caregiver. Dara is young, sweet, easily swayed and somewhat overlooked.
Elliot had some great nuggets of wisdom interspersed with eh. I didn't really like any of the characters except maybe Aya. By the end I finally came to appreciate the Eve that the author set out in the book. At the end, Elliot did make note of the obvious reasons she had to use such depths of literary license. Also she explained where her ideas came from. I appreciated that.
Rating 2.5 The book didn't do it for me. I think it had great potential and I am really rating it poorly because Eve didn't fit the mold I had for her, which really isn't the author's fault.
Rating R murder, incest, sex,
No comments:
Post a Comment