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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I just LOVED this book. Loved the whole spiritual element.
Ugh. I am really disappointed. I had heard good things about this author from a lot of friends. But I found this book trite. And expected. And repetitive. When I got to the love scene around page 200 - I thought I was reading a bad Harlequin. I had to stop and go back to my Margaret Atwood-a-thon. Or Tony Blair's autobiography. If I should try a different book by Jodi - let me know.
Another compelling novel. As usual, Picoult takes on a highly divisive issue and some dramatic family relationships.
I wasn't really able to get into this book. Nothing in the first 100 pages grabbed my attention. Jodi Picoult writes awesome books but this is one of the best ones. I will give it a try some other time.
(2.5 ⭐️’s bumped to 3⭐️’s). Picoult is hit or miss for me. This book is one of her earlier books. She’s grown as a writer or maybe I expect more out of what I read. This book was published in the late 90’s. Fun to revisit pagers, fax machines, and limited cell phone usage. In a nutshell: Mom and Dad divorce, Mom gets the daughter, Dad gets his mistress, daughter buddies up with God, grandma arises from the dead, healing happens, stigmata’s appear, Dad wants daughter back, into the courtroom we go.
It didn't make this angnostic change her faith, but it was a great read.
The least favorite book of hers I've read so far, but I still liked it and read it in just a few days. Subject matter was "out there" but still thought-provoking, and she always keeps me interested in what's going to happen next.
I loved this book but felt like the ending was missing something. Usually with Piccoult's books the answer is revealed at the end, but here I didn't think it was. Which I guess was kind of the point since the answer was not really reveales to the characters either. But I still wanted it! The story itself was really compelling and interesting.