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The Storyteller

Jodi Picoult

4.28 AVERAGE

terimeads's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

miss_reads_alot's review against another edition

4.0

The book was beautifully written. I was a bit torn about how to rate this book because while I enjoyed most of it, I was a bit disappointed that such a brilliantly written story had to include vampires. While I liked Ania's story and understood the parallels being made I felt that the inclusion of vampires was cheesy. However the rest of the book was so good and so moving I had to give it 4 stars. The ending was a bit abrupt I would have liked something with a bit more closure, but all in it was a wonderful book.

zooie236's review against another edition

5.0

Very few books make me stay up until 3 in the morning reading. This one definitely did. The two stories, past and present, were very emotional and well written. I even cried during part of the book, which is rare for me. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors, and she proved it even more with this book. If you want a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat, and possibly bring you to tears- read this one.

mahaffeye28's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ggrissom's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

kitvaria_sarene's review against another edition

5.0

This was a really hard, but brilliant read.
It takes place nowadays and has a second POV in Nazi Germany and later on in Concentration camps. Once again is was hard to even imagine the horrendous things that happened there. Jodi Picoult once more manages to describe it to the point and not use it as shock value. She also tells a story within the story, which made for a good breather between the hardest parts and also added another layer to the book.

I loved The Storyteller and would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to read realistic fiction fiction that is well researched and yet easy to read for it's fluent prose and story.

kimleppold's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was not what I was expecting but I am happy I finished it.

Content Warnings

patfog's review against another edition

4.0

Besides never buying into the request that Josef makes, I felt that this was well written. The topic is always a tough one. The characters were well developed.

christmasmumma94's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

jessw17's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Content Warnings

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