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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
The research the author does on Asperger and forensics, is very detailed through out the whole book.
Jacob is eighteen yrs old and has been on the outside looking in on everyone his whole life. He sees the world in black and white, gray areas don't exist for him. His mother has fought his whole life for the world to see him normal until one day when a murder happens in their town and she wants the world to see him as different.
As the story ebbs and flows, Picoult is a great story teller, I felt at times I knew more than the characters did. When you put pieces together, you will question who committed the murder and who didn't and at times you think it was a horrible accident.
In the end, it is up to the reader to determine if a crime was committed, if Jacob is guilty of the act or did he cover up the evidence to protect or to him was it just a crime scene.
Jacob is eighteen yrs old and has been on the outside looking in on everyone his whole life. He sees the world in black and white, gray areas don't exist for him. His mother has fought his whole life for the world to see him normal until one day when a murder happens in their town and she wants the world to see him as different.
As the story ebbs and flows, Picoult is a great story teller, I felt at times I knew more than the characters did. When you put pieces together, you will question who committed the murder and who didn't and at times you think it was a horrible accident.
In the end, it is up to the reader to determine if a crime was committed, if Jacob is guilty of the act or did he cover up the evidence to protect or to him was it just a crime scene.
I liked the book okay except for the fact that the author kept using the terms autism and Aspergers interchangeably. However, most people know or should know that there are not at all the same thing.
A riveting story about a teen with ASD, the struggles he and his family go through day to day and then when he is charged with a crime. It felt like a realistic picture of how hard life is from each family member’s perspective. Additionally it was thought provoking about the legal competence and if it is affected by asd. Pages kept turning to find out what happened!
3 1/2 stars. Did I stay up late to finish this book? Why, yes I did! Jodi Picoult has always written books that are hard for me to put down and this one definitely fits that description. I like that there are more than narrator (try 5) so you get to see the story from all angles. Jacob is a boy with Asperger's and who happens to be obsessed with forensics and crime scenes. A fun time is staging crime scenes for his mom to "solve." He also just happened to solve a local murder case after showing up to the scene of the crime. When his social skills tutor ends up dead, guess who gets blamed for her death? Good story!
With this book, it really didn't keep me much on my toes as much as her other books do. I figured out what happened halfway through the book and I really disliked how she left the ending hanging. I still enjoyed the book though.
Julie and Robin got me started here. Reading on the Kindle App on the iPad/iPhone
I enjoyed this book, but thought it got a bit slow in the middle. This is the first of her books that I have been able to predict the ending ahead of time, and in this case, I did it way ahead of time. The ending was also pretty abrupt, in my opinion, leaving me with several unanswered questions. However, I thought that the author did a very good job of describing what it is like to have an autistic child and the everyday struggles and joys that go along with that.
I loved this book the first time I read it and I still like it upon rereading it. Jodi Picoult is absolutely one of my guilty pleasures. She has a very readable style and her plotlines are compelling--even when you know the ending of the book, like I did reading it again. (In fact, it was more interesting reading it knowing the ending, because I was able to see how everything "worked" in a way that I couldn't the first time around.)
Predictable. However, it is interesting and makes you want to keep reading.
Too long and soooooo much research on Autism and Asperger's that was straight up regurgitated and repetitive. A promising start felt like it didn't go anywhere after all the Asperger's thesis started in the middle.