A - Samantha returned the book herself.
When using the active voice, the subject comes before the verb with the action (Samantha returned). Passive sentences have a noun with the action being done TO them (cake was made, buildings were built, coach was pushed)
i dont think there is any reason. you might find that the author has the same themes that he/she likes to write about but idk i think you need to read the book
The Lord then told Moses to wage war against the Midianites<span>: “Treat the </span>Midianites<span> as enemies and kill them. They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a </span>Midianite<span> leader” (Numbers 25:17–19). The </span>Israelites did<span> eventually attack the </span><span>Midianites</span>
There is way to much time travel going on and makes the book hard to follow