Rent A Pigeon and a Boy

I really tried to like this book but was frustrated by a number of things: The story took a really long time to develop so it was hard to get into. At the beginning, I was very confused by the narration. It jumped back and forth in time and it wasnt clear who was narrating about what. I wish the stories had been more closely woven to one another in a more poetic way. At the end, it felt rushed and forced and was almost too simple. The author could have done more to weave them together through symbolism or specifics regarding the characters. I dont quite understand why Yair is a pseudo birdwatcher. To allude to the fact that his parents were pigeon carriers but he wasnt fully connected to his past? I feel like there should be something important there but it wasnt clear. I do not understand why he killed and ate the pigeon. Given the significance of pigeons to his mother who he lovedand his father, I thought he would love them as opposed to being so violent did he really have to attack it, behead it, pluck it and then EAT it??. I am trying to understand the symbolic significance of this scene e.g., is he rejecting his past? did he need to free himself from his mothers memory? but I cant seem to make sense of it. I also thought it was interesting that Tirzah said they had to get rid of the pigeon nests and was also very mean to them. Given that pigeons are the reason he was even born, I didnt understand the rejection of them but perhaps thats the point?. I found the relationship between Gershon, Yair, and Tirzah to be disturbing they touched each other while Gershon watched and told them what to do?! and did not understand why they kept alluding to a relationship between Benjamin and Liora and himself and Zohar. The chances of his mother impregnating herself with a few drops of semen is hardly believable, but I was willing to overlook that. What I thought was unnecessary was the detail regarding the spoon and syringe and Dr. Laufer finding her naked in the barn. Also, what are the chances that shed just fall asleep in a barn when she had just found out that her beloved was killed in battle? This is yet another example of the overly descriptive and jarring scenes sprinkled throughout the book that seemed to be there to incite the audience like unnecessary sex scenes in bad movies. I, too, do not understand why he went to get Liora at the end. She is such an annoying and obnoxious character. I understand his desire to show her what he had accomplished since he always felt so inferior to her however, he didnt even pay for the house himself and he didnt even build it himself. His mother paid it for him reaffirming his over dependence on her and his mistress, who actually loved him, built it, so it wasnt truly his accomplishment. This choice made me dislike him even more. In the end he was always just a whiny mommas boy, who always disliked himself due to his short stature and darker skin, lacked confidence, never accomplished anything, and never could get anything done for himself and on his own. He simply lived in the shadows of others while hating himself for it.