Yeah, Ruven is a much nastier person now that I read him, though to be fair he is juxtaposed on another character in The Promise who is mentally sick from the hatred he has for those that criticized his father's lack of faith. But again and again Ruven describes his hatred for the Jewish Talmud professor's, or Danny's father, and it gets to be who Reuven is. Always angry at someone. On a personal level, I know how damaging anger can be to someone and the people around them. But it never comes through in the book as a bad thing. I wonder why? Is the author saying his anger is justified, because I think in a Christian tradition forgiveness would be the order of the day. I guess the Jews really missed the boat when that Jesus guy was around!
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