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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I didn't want to read it. Frankly, she lost me at "ghost story". But it was our book club selection, so I read it. The book grew on me. The eugenics story was interesting. The ghost story was a bit over the top. I heard from several of her fans that her stories have good plot twists and unexpected endings, but I didn't find that to be true. I thought everything was a little predictable. Overall it was entertaining and thought-provoking.
This was an interesting read. It focused on the paranormal and the eugenics movement of 1930s Vermont. I learned a lot about that movement and I enjoy fiction with historical elements. Well researched!
I was very intrigued by the stories set in the past but found that the connections and ties between the stories in the present were quite complicated and maybe a bit unbelievable. But even so it did not ruin the story for me. Jodi Picoult is an amazing writer
This was an extremely interesting book. I really like books that incorporate history and real events that have happened, and I have never heard about eugenics before really, except for Nazi Germany. I certainly didn't think that it happened anywhere close to where I live. What really kept me reading though was the multiple point of views from so many characters that all ended u being connected somehow. I thought it was soo cool, and when I would feel that one person's story was beginning to be too long, the next paragraph would come and it would be a completely new point of view. I wasn't creeped out that much by all the ghosts in the story, except when they had to do with Lucy, because she made them seem so much creepier than it probably was. The only thing that was confusing was all of the subjects that this book talked made it hard to find the focal point of the story. Actually, I'm still not sure what it is hahaha. I really like Jodi Picoult's writing style and her storytelling, so I have a feeling that I'll be reading a lot more from her.
Good books are the ones where you wish the writer's world was your own. Great books are when you feel like the writer's world is your own.
Half-star, where are you?! I couldn't give this one 5 stars, because the beginning was slow and I almost put it down; but I would like to give it more than 4 stars, because I was so glad I didn't.
Jodi Picoult has done it again. She's a master of storytelling and everything I read of hers provers it further. With this book, felt like I could look up the characters in a phonebook and find a number & address; I felt like I could go out and run into them at the grocery store. Picoult truly has talent. Especially when it comes to making believable human characters and life stories that deeply affect you.
Despite the "fantasy-esque" feel to this book, it managed to remain totally down-to-Earth. In fact, I was halfway convinced myself that if I went to Vermont, rose petals really would be falling from the sky like rain, or if I went onto the Pike property, I could see Lia's ghost, too. Just as I said before: talent, talent, talent.
All in all, this is a beautiful, believable, and in the end HOPEFUL book that I liked so much I dog-eared pages (an extreme measure for someone like myself) and would read it again (high praise coming for me, again). If you like Picoult, you'll love this book. And even if you haven't read her before, or aren't that fond of her--well, this one just might convert you.
Half-star, where are you?! I couldn't give this one 5 stars, because the beginning was slow and I almost put it down; but I would like to give it more than 4 stars, because I was so glad I didn't.
Jodi Picoult has done it again. She's a master of storytelling and everything I read of hers provers it further. With this book, felt like I could look up the characters in a phonebook and find a number & address; I felt like I could go out and run into them at the grocery store. Picoult truly has talent. Especially when it comes to making believable human characters and life stories that deeply affect you.
Despite the "fantasy-esque" feel to this book, it managed to remain totally down-to-Earth. In fact, I was halfway convinced myself that if I went to Vermont, rose petals really would be falling from the sky like rain, or if I went onto the Pike property, I could see Lia's ghost, too. Just as I said before: talent, talent, talent.
All in all, this is a beautiful, believable, and in the end HOPEFUL book that I liked so much I dog-eared pages (an extreme measure for someone like myself) and would read it again (high praise coming for me, again). If you like Picoult, you'll love this book. And even if you haven't read her before, or aren't that fond of her--well, this one just might convert you.