Freedom to Be by Chaya David

Beginner Joined: Nov 20 2006 Posts: 14

Just finished reading Freedom to Be by Chaya David - LOVED it!!!!! at first the amount of pages was really daunting - who has time??? but once I started I found that I couldn't put it down.

The whole book was so realistic & very well written except for the D-Man part. Am I the only one??

Otherwise I'm looking forward to more great books by this author.

Silver Member Joined: May 06 2007 Posts: 718

yeh I enjoyed it very much, liked that fact is was a fat book not transalated and written well (at least I think so Wink

) but I wud give this book thumbs up!

Posted: Wed, Nov 09 2011, 6:04 pm Post subject:

just started reading it. having a hard time getting into it. might be because im also in middle of reading the shadow, mind break, and a promise fulfilled.
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Senior Member Joined: Mar 16 2010 Posts: 195

On my TBR (To Be Read) list. I know the author and she is mad talented.

Silver Member Joined: Nov 21 2010 Posts: 707

I really enjoyed it. I was sure the boy with adhd was gonna go off the derech too, but it was beautiful how he overcame his challenges and found his path in life. I was quite emotional at certain parts, and I don't usually get that way.
A great read!

Gold Member Joined: Jan 08 2006 Age: 34 Posts: 1224

Yeah, I read it too, I liked it but found the drug part too graphical.
But I must say, the way they dealt with the ADHD child was beautiful, sometimes I had tears in my eyes...
Well written!
And Scotty, you can see she has talent! Waiting for many more novels Smile

Diamond Member Joined: Feb 20 2007 Posts: 4464

not translated?? Wow. Okay it's now on the list Very Happy

Senior Member Joined: Dec 06 2008 Posts: 111

I just finished reading it ! really amazing !!!!!!! I LOVED IT !!! very real... and very sad that these are the feelings kids feel when they go off....
an amazing author..very well written ( I also didn't care for the D-man... it made it "unreal ) but on the whole I really enjoyed it.. I'm a very fast reader and I usually finish books faster then I get them but this one was great it took a long time to read!!

A MUST READ !

Diamond Member Joined: Nov 10 2005 Posts: 3401

I just finished it over shabbos and it is excellent.

I am curious if she purposely "borrowed" Yossi Shachar from Desperate Deceptions (the soldier who died in battle in that book too!) or if it's a coincidence!

The part about D-Man that I found funny was it seemed that from a google search Duvid'l got into a live chat which I didn't think possible...

Platinum Member Joined: Nov 17 2008 Posts: 5050