415 reviews for:

Second Glance: A Novel

Jodi Picoult

3.68 AVERAGE

momof3wildlings's review against another edition

5.0

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Wow. This book was incredible. This is the third book I have read by Jodi Picoult.

I read the entire thing in 3 days (and I have kids so it takes me a minute usually). The story definitely starts slow and the changing POVs do take a bit to get used to. Once you’re sucked into the story though and the pieces start to come together, it is an amazing story.

jennylane's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

tifflesy's review against another edition

1.0

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Too hard to get into. Abandoned it at around page 60 or so. Flipped through the book to get the idea of what the story was about.

chelseasello's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

blueyogi's review against another edition

2.5

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation

brookeje60's review against another edition

4.0

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This book was really good. I definitely recommend it to anyone who is a Picoult fan. This book also is interesting in that it involves the history of Abenaki indians and is also a ghost story. The themes are very important and generally inspiring. It's a little slow at the beginning, just like any, but that would definitely not discourage me from recommending this to all readers. (:

wicahpis's review against another edition

3.0

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Este livro é completamente diferente do habitual da Jodi.

spahade's review against another edition

2.0

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Mindless read. I never know which books of Picoult I will like or dislike. This one was very predictable.

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was such a slow burn that initially I thought I wasn’t going to like it. The first few chapters introduce an overwhelming number of characters that feel impossible to keep track of but as the story builds, each of their stories, and their connections to one another unfold in an organic and beautiful way. The research Picoult does for her novels always gives them a level of authenticity that other novels don’t have. The information about the eugenics project that happened in Vermont in the 1930s was new to me and very interesting. I loved the way Picoult wove her story around such an intense topic — the characters are real and the story is believable even when it’s fantastical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

cjsjellybean's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed this book but it took a while for me to get into it. By the time I got into it, the first section was over and part 2 started which was in a whole new time period. I felt like I was back at the beginning again and fighting to get into the book. It was just a struggle. The third section was really good though and I liked how it tied everything together. It completely made up for me being so confused at the beginning.