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Defending Jacob: Now a major Apple TV series by William Landay, William Landay

dunnadam's review

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3.0

A good distraction while I had a cold but the melodramatic ending turned me off a little. Also from 50% to 80% nothing happens.

ladybaela's review

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3.0

3.5 stars

michelereise's review

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5.0

Highly recommend this book. In some ways it reminded me of 19 minutes by Jodi Picoult but was not a repeat of it. The writing format was unique and refreshing and very easy to follow but yet still kept you in the dark until the end. A wonderful, "I didn't see that coming" story, that kept me reading when I should have been doing other things.
For a parent, the concept is very interesting and frightening. What would you do if your child was indicted for murder? Would you stand behind him/her no matter what? What if you believed he/she might be guilty?
Scary concept, great book!

proudlocks's review

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5.0

Wow. Honestly inhaled this book - as a parent it ate me up inside and that ending.

ms3194's review

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4.0

4.25- This was frustrating sometimes because Andy is a very single minded person and refuses to see it any other way than how he wants it to be. And he sticks with his version till the end.

And the writing is annoying because the author objectifies every female character in the book and makes her into a cliche and most male characters get the same treatment.

But some frustrating books are worth it. They usually turn out to be the best ones. And in this case it could be Andy's single mindedness that we see through the whole thin. We don't get any real answers but that's okay because we're not as blind as Andy.

Would you have convicted Jacob? Which parent are you?
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