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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Super slow beginning and the rest was just OK. Not like other Jodi books...
The start was nothing ordinary, and made me want to put it down right away, but before you knew it all the different characters started coming together. While this was not my favorite Jodi Picoult book-it was still good. I was hoping for a different outcome, this one just seemed too happy go lucky for the book it was. Like always though, you are left hanging with more questions than you are answers.
One of my least favourite books by Jodi Picoult, just did not engage me quite like her other books. Still worth reading though.
a story about learning how to live. interesting characters & story line with an inspiring ending :,)
Ok here’s the thing... even Jodi Picoults lesser novels are still pretty solid. This wasn’t my favorite of her novels BUT I enjoyed it and Picoult is such an amazing storyteller and so good at creating characters that are so vivid and real you can’t help but to care about them and want to know their story.
Read quite some time ago but loved this book in fact love all of Jodi Picoult books.
I was worried at the beginning that I wouldn't like this book (and I will admit that the negative reviews on here had something to do with it). But I actually really, really enjoyed this novel.
It started off rough. Jodi Picoult is known for writing in different POVs, but typically it's 4-5 point of views. This novel started out with many, and where I was used to the POVs being chapter sized and headed with the name of the character, these were small snippets, a page and a half, two maybe at most and you didn't know who it was about until you read further on. It made it very difficult to distinguish who was who and as I read on, I had to keep a mental note of what was going on in their lives a few pages back. Once you kind of establish the characters and their settings, it becomes easier.
Picoult is also known for throwing in surprises. Typically, the biggest surprises come st the end of her novels. But in Second Glance they were everywhere. Even though I could see some coming from pages and pages away, I still enjoyed every single revelation.
Second Glance is so different from every other Jodi Picoult novel I've read (and I've read 15). My first impression was a creepy almost Stephen King-like thriller feeling. It was weird. And there isn't a trial in this one!
It's one of her older books, but I would like to see her write something along these lines again, something so different.
Also, the I had no idea about the Vermont Eugenicists and I found that absolutely intriguing! Great topic! Great way to enter into it too!
It started off rough. Jodi Picoult is known for writing in different POVs, but typically it's 4-5 point of views. This novel started out with many, and where I was used to the POVs being chapter sized and headed with the name of the character, these were small snippets, a page and a half, two maybe at most and you didn't know who it was about until you read further on. It made it very difficult to distinguish who was who and as I read on, I had to keep a mental note of what was going on in their lives a few pages back. Once you kind of establish the characters and their settings, it becomes easier.
Picoult is also known for throwing in surprises. Typically, the biggest surprises come st the end of her novels. But in Second Glance they were everywhere. Even though I could see some coming from pages and pages away, I still enjoyed every single revelation.
Second Glance is so different from every other Jodi Picoult novel I've read (and I've read 15). My first impression was a creepy almost Stephen King-like thriller feeling. It was weird. And there isn't a trial in this one!
It's one of her older books, but I would like to see her write something along these lines again, something so different.
Also, the I had no idea about the Vermont Eugenicists and I found that absolutely intriguing! Great topic! Great way to enter into it too!
4.5. An interesting story with some great plot points.
Spencer Pike has sold his property in Comtosook, Vermont to a real estate development company, property that the local Abenaki tribe claims is actually an Indian burial ground, and shouldn't be built upon. No one takes them seriously until strange things start to happen, such as a snowstorm of rose petals. Second Glance is the story of a haunting, and how it impacts the lives of people connected to the town, including Ross, a paranormal investigator with a death wish; Eli, a local, part-Abenaki police officer; and Lucy, a young girl who can see ghosts.
Second Glance is the October selection for the readwonderland book club on livejournal (if you're interested in the book, you should join us). It's an appropriately spooky book just in time for Halloween. I found it to be a solid novel that plays both the paranormal, and realistic aspects at a satisfying level. Once I got the large cast of characters straight, I could not help but get caught up in their individual, and interconnected stories. Another thing I found interesting about this book is the fact that it feels like three different books, but not in a way which makes the story feel choppy. Divided into three sections, the first part reads like ghost story, filled with many creepy moments. The second part tells us the story behind the haunting, flashing back to the 1930s. This was the part I found the most surprising. I had no idea that there was such a prominent eugenics movements in Vermont during this time period, so it was fascinating to learning about that. The last, and most lengthy part of the novel is a mystery storyline.
Although I enjoyed Second Glance on a whole, there were a few times where I struggled with the book a bit. The writing is, for the most part, very solid. Still, there were a few times (typically when dealing with big ideas like love or heroism) where it felt very cheesy to me. I picked up Second Glance knowing it was a ghost story, so I was prepared to readily suspend disbelief on the supernatural side of things. Unfortunately, there were a few moments where I had a hard time swallowing some of the more practical aspects of the book (for example, we have a 100+ year old man who acted a little too spry for his advanced age to me, and I felt a lot of the characters feel in love with each other a little too easily). I also had some issues with the predictability of the book.
Ultimately, the issues that I had with the writing, believability, and predictability of the novel did bother me at times, but I still felt that this book was rather solid. There are tons of interesting ideas presented in this novel, and I enjoy how Picoult doesn't always give us clear answers, leaving it up to the reader to make up their own mind. I am happy that I read this book for the book club this month.
Second Glance is the October selection for the readwonderland book club on livejournal (if you're interested in the book, you should join us). It's an appropriately spooky book just in time for Halloween. I found it to be a solid novel that plays both the paranormal, and realistic aspects at a satisfying level. Once I got the large cast of characters straight, I could not help but get caught up in their individual, and interconnected stories. Another thing I found interesting about this book is the fact that it feels like three different books, but not in a way which makes the story feel choppy. Divided into three sections, the first part reads like ghost story, filled with many creepy moments. The second part tells us the story behind the haunting, flashing back to the 1930s. This was the part I found the most surprising. I had no idea that there was such a prominent eugenics movements in Vermont during this time period, so it was fascinating to learning about that. The last, and most lengthy part of the novel is a mystery storyline.
Although I enjoyed Second Glance on a whole, there were a few times where I struggled with the book a bit. The writing is, for the most part, very solid. Still, there were a few times (typically when dealing with big ideas like love or heroism) where it felt very cheesy to me. I picked up Second Glance knowing it was a ghost story, so I was prepared to readily suspend disbelief on the supernatural side of things. Unfortunately, there were a few moments where I had a hard time swallowing some of the more practical aspects of the book (for example, we have a 100+ year old man who acted a little too spry for his advanced age to me, and I felt a lot of the characters feel in love with each other a little too easily). I also had some issues with the predictability of the book.
Ultimately, the issues that I had with the writing, believability, and predictability of the novel did bother me at times, but I still felt that this book was rather solid. There are tons of interesting ideas presented in this novel, and I enjoy how Picoult doesn't always give us clear answers, leaving it up to the reader to make up their own mind. I am happy that I read this book for the book club this month.