I don't tend to give 2-star reviews, because if I don't like a book, I stop reading it. But I read 'The Red Tent' for a book club so I finished it. Unfortunately, I'm in the minority, but I couldn't get into this one. There's only so many pages about childbirth and menstrual blood I can take. By page 200, things started to get a bit more interesting, but I still found it difficult to plod on. That being said, I give the author her due props for weaving a story from only a few historical references (I guess there is not much about Dinah in the bible). There is some lovely prose as well, and if not for this skilled writing, I probably wouldn't have finished it.