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Mercy by Jodi Picoult

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jamiedee24's review

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4.0

Interesting take- I like the dual country theme

flygeah's review

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3.0

Having a hard time finishing this book. Good book just a slow read for me.

kbruden's review

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2.5

Interesting about a mercy kill, an affair and healing marriage. Not my favorite

When the cousin of the police chief Cam McDonald drives in to town with his dead wife beside him, he confesses to murdering her. Jaime McDonald's wife had stage 4 breast cancer and was deteriorating every day. She asked Jamie to kill her and because of his deep love for her, he obliged. Some people are touched by what he did, others think he should go to jail. Cam's wife Allie is one that thinks Jamie did the right thing, but she too has a deep devotion for her husband. When Cam's attentions waiver as a new girl comes in to town, their relationship is put to test over the duration of the trial.

This book has two parts: the murder of a terminally ill wife and the affair of a somewhat distant husband. The first part is good but not very suspenseful although I'm sure it's supposed to be. The second part is awful. Cam doesn't treat his wife that well to start with, then starts a relationship with a new girl and within 3 days is in love with her. It's not that plausible and fairly annoying. I expected more from Picoult than this trashy book.

kpeet's review

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1.0

Worst Picoult book I've ever read. Why.

owlicious's review

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1.0

I love every Jodi Picoult book I've read but this one. It's different than her usual style and it doesn't work. I couldn't even get through more than a few chapters.

leslie_turner0121's review

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4.0

I just LOVE Jodi Picoult. I love how she writes about truely controversial topics in such a way that it's also a great story. MERCY is about a husband who is on trial for the murder of his wife. BUT he admitted he did it and he said she asked him to kill her because she was in so much pain from cancer and didn't have long to live; mercy killing. Great story.

sfujii's review

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1.0

I listened to two hour of this, and it's just such garbage. I'm a Picoult fan. But this is garbage. It's like a seedy romance novel or something. The descriptions are stinky Epoisses - and I'm going to get as far away from them as I can.

chloewiley15's review

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2.0

I love Jodi and her work, but this book just was not doing it for me. It was not focused on the trial really until the very end, and there was lots of extra "fluff" and completely unnecessary romance (scandal) that I've never seen in her books. I still support her and enjoy her books, but I really did not enjoy this book one bit.