Reviews for Fatima's Third Secret Explained

The average rating for Fatima's Third Secret Explained based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-08-30 00:00:00 Robert English Sam Karnish, the first-person narrator of Robert Cohen's gripping The Here and Now is a man going through a variety of changes, and most of them happening simultaneously. Paramount among these is his halting and reluctant reclamation of his Jewish faith, prompted by an encounter with a Hasidic couple while en route to his friend's (third) wedding. Sam's life, like any good fiction character's ought to be, is riddled with mistakes and disappointments: his long-term girlfriend leaves him after having a secret abortion, his job is floundering at best, and his back fucking hurts. The Hasidic couple is what gets all of this moving, pushing Sam away from his agnosticism which has, in fairness, gotten him nowhere, and toward what might end up being a more enlightened existence. But the relationship with the Hasids is a complicated one, as Sam is quite clearly falling in love with Magda, the couple's female half. Awkward Shabbos dinners, fainting spells at circumcisions, smoking pot and driving around Woodstock---Cohen takes the time to build a well-woven plot around these finely sketched characters, and The Here and Now ends up, surprisingly, to be quite the page-turner.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-18 00:00:00 Mark Elliott thought provoking. Memorable characters. a quote: " There are three things to be learned from children.They're often happy for no particular reason, they're never idle,and when they want something they demand it vigorously." So true.