David and Bethsheba

David and Bathsheba is a spellbinding story of a gifted king and the woman he loved but could not have.  Told from Bathsheba's perspective, author Roberta Kells Dorr brings to life the passion that almost cost David his kingdom and tested a people's courage and faith in God.

David and Bathsheba is colored richly with details of Bible-era Israel-from the details of the everyday way of life to details of the Jewish religion.  Dorr brilliantly merges reality with folklore as she tells the story of two great characters of the biblical era. The book starts out with Bathsheba as a young girl and David as a strong willed rebellious military leader.  It details the way they met and follows them all the way through their difficulties.

The only problems I had with this novel is 1: the story of Bathsheba and David seem to feel inaccurate and 2: the words in the story were miniscule. They weren't normal-sized. If I were more determined, I would hunt down a magnifying glass but as it stands, I barely made it through the book halfway because of the small print.

I would have liked to see what happened at the end, but the small print made my eyes hurt after concentrating on each word.

If the publisher ever made  the words bigger in the book, I would really like to find out how the book ended.