The title of Edeet Ravel’s second novel, Look for Me, is as multi-layered as the story it tells through Dana’s lens, the reader is afforded a panoramic, intimate view of Israeli society As an imperative, Look implores the reader to look around and see the people whose parallel lives coexist with your own and see the love that you are overlooking The Israeli army uniform and music are two ongoing refrains that surface throughout the often mordantly funny, sad, intensely passionate and always honest story.

- Angela Himsel, New York Jewish Week

Look for Me becomes extraordinarily moving and reveals a depth and compassion that speaks to everyone who cares about Israel. Dana’s voice is direct, idiosyncratic but thoroughly sane. Her passion is direct too, channeled with clarity Look for Me is easy to read and far from didactic. It was only afterwards that the many layers of meaning in the story took on political significance and the depth of this novel became fully apparent. I suspect is is a book that will reward re-reading, full of foreshadowing and forbearing.

- Australian Jewish News

Edeet Ravel’s uniquely insistent voice took me prisoner Her calibration of this jangled world is reminiscent of Nadine Gordimer, [providing] insight that factual reporting can never give. Neither righteous nor preaching, Look for Me is a small but radiant plea for a better world. By using the direct, personal voice, Ravel creates the everydayness of courage amid the equally everyday bitterness involved in trying to behave according to your beliefs. Look for Me is about nobility, goodness and the strength of passionate love, all carried within the character of the wonderful Dana.

- Weekend Australian

A polished and perceptive writer, Ravel suggest not only that hope springs eternal in the human breast but that occasionally goodwill and love can bring their hoped-for reward The novel is unsentimental, quietly suspenseful and realistic, and the author has succeeded in making Dana determined, compassionate and vulnerable, but also not wholly predictable.

- Sunday Canberra Times

Ravel’s ability to convey the edgy, violent tenor of life in contemporary Israel and the different ways its citizens, Arab and Jew, try to deal with this situation [is] memorable.

- The Age (Melbourne)

Like its predecessor, Ten Thousand Lovers, this arresting second novel in a trilogy unfolds in Israel, where the relative comforts of urban life stand in stark contrast with the dangers of settlements and Palestinian communities Like Israel itself, Dana is caught in a double bind, victim to irreconcilable loves and duties. It's no surprise that the searing immanence of Ravel’s personal experience and her polished prose converge to make a truly compelling book Recommended for larger public libraries and academic collections carrying works by writers like A.B. Yehoshua.

- Library Journal

In Look for Me, the second installment of Ravel's Tel Aviv trilogy, she again makes good use of the drama of the Middle East and the problems of lovers caught in the chaos. Once more, she blends the personal and political so well that our understanding of each dimension is enlarged Ravel's characterizations are nuanced, and sidestep stereotypes. Her portraits of an offbeat group in Dana's apartment building are especially good. But Ravel's writing is at its loveliest when she describes the terrain Dana carefully observes and sometimes photographs. Like its predecessor, this is a novel with a strong moral centre, one that argues forcibly and honourably for an end to hatred and violence The dialogue is crisp, the plot compelling, and the glimpses of the ongoing war are powerful. Not a false note anywhere as Dana looks for her husband and also attends peace rallies, struggling to be effective in both arenas.

- Cynthia Holz, Globe and Mail

Ravel's tight plotting each chapter appears in sequence, starting on a Saturday and ending 10 days later makes the pages almost turn themselves Gritty scenes detailing Dana's involvement in often harrowing protests more than balance any surfeit of romance Without giving away the ending Ravel both satisfies our lust for closure while adding another square to the crazy quilt that is life in Israel.

- Toronto Star

What elevates these books [Ten Thousand Lovers and Look for Me] is Ravel’s commitment to the political, to documenting the ways in which war breaks and unravels people The conflict in these books is not romanticized in the way that stories about the First and Second World Wars can sometimes be; it is immediate and brutal and full of ambiguities. Look for Me is a compelling book about a complex situation eminently readable and interesting, in all the best senses of that word.

- Winnipeg Free Press

Thoughtful and intelligent, Look for Me breathes humanity into the Middle Eastern conflict. Instead of the tired stereotypes perpetuated by the media, Ravel paints a picture of life in today's Israel that exposes the ordinary hopes and dreams of ordinary Palestinians and Israelis Ravel is a poignant writer whose skill for crafting character makes Dana Hillman as fascinating as she is enigmatic. Complex and compelling, Ravel's emotional attention to detail results in a quirky and alluring narrative.

- Montreal Hour

The second novel in Montreal author Edeet Ravel's Tel Aviv trilogy, Look For Me, compellingly examines love and tragedy in the midst of war. The suspense over whether or not one of the many leads Dana follows will end with reconciliation drives the story. But the heart of the novel is Ravel's examination of the ways in which the Israel-Palestine conflict stunts and distorts Dana's life and the lives of everyone around her, both those who exercise power and those whose lives are irrevocably altered by its abuses.

- Ottawa Citizen

Ravel moves effortlessly from the larger to the smaller picture, bringing us a fascinating perspective of someone living the politics of one of the world’s most notorious hot spots amidst a daily life of much personal eccentricity.

- Quill & Quire, Canada

Edeet Ravel expresses her belief that there is a real potential for peace the reader is given snapshots of the tragedy, madness and occasional comedy of the conflict, as well as being handed the human and emotional fallout Look for Me is a classic combination of the forces of love and war and the effects of one on the other, and how the magnitude of each seems amplified in the presence of the other.

- What’s On, Manitoba

In Ravel’s work, the personal is political and the political is personal. In both Look for Me and Ten Thousand Lovers, she shows she is unafraid of tackling the big taboo topics of politics and religiun. But it’s in the subtler aspects, the perfectly lit up moments of her writing, that I find the real rewards.

- Vancouver Sun

A punchy and readable story of thwarted love amid the recent escalation of Middle East hostilities.

- Saturday Night, Canada

Extremely engrossing.

- Edmonton Journal

The author presents a much-needed novel perspective... the story is also about the ability to continue smiling, laughing and loving in a land always in mourning.

- Calgary Herald

The book is a swift read. The narration effortlessly carries the reader along.

- Jerusalem Post

Montreal writer Edeet Ravel has courageously decided to write about the occupation in not one novel, but three: the Tel Aviv Trilogy... Look for Me is constructed as a mystery, cleverly keeping the reader turning pages to find out what has become of Daniel and why he would leave his solid, loving wife... Like her heroine, Ravel has compassion for all the parties caught in this decades-long struggle for land and self-determination... this [is a] bold novel that dares raise so many questions and refuses to give up on love.

- Montreal Review of Books

Edeet Ravel writes a touching love story framed by the vivid realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a deft hand, describing the different sides and viewpoints of the situation without slipping into political rhetoric. The descriptive passages in her latest book are strong, as is the insight offered into everyday life in one of the world's most troubling conflict zones... [the novel is] fascinating and well written.

- McGill News