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alybre13's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounded up. You can definitely tell this is one of her earlier novels
gabmc's review against another edition
3.0
This book grew on me the more I read. One of my reading challenges this year was to read three books by one of my favourite authors. The first two I read by Jodi Picoult left me wondering about my decision to list her as one of my favourite authors. And this one took me a while to get into, mainly because the viewpoints from the different narrators seemed too similar. Paige's own mother left when she was just five years old. When she runs away from home at 18 and moves to Boston she meets Nicholas within days of arriving. Something about Paige sweeps Nicholas off his feet and he asks her to marry him after four dates. They come from very different worlds but that's one of the things Nicholas loves about Paige ... until he feels those differences are too great as he's trying to make his way up the hospital social scene. When Paige falls pregnant after eight years of marriage she is terrified - she doesn't know what it is to be a mother because she can't remember hers.
dacosta0931's review against another edition
4.0
I've loved Jodi since I was in high school and now reading her at an older age, wow her writing is amazing. I could relate to so many parts of the book it was scary. Between Paige's upbringing with Catholicism and an absent parent to new motherhood and being so scared that she needed a break.
mrsbrewcrew's review against another edition
3.0
One of Picoult's earlier works & much less involved than her other titles I've read. Lacking in the story lines, too predictable & the ending wasn't very tidy, many loose ends. However, she does a great job of speaking from the point of view of a young mother struggling to discover her own identity while losing it in her husband & son.
Liked:
"There is such a difference between living the life you are expected to live and living the life you want to live. I just realized it a little late, is all." (356)
Did not like:
The main character seeing her husband as the same thing as God & her personal savior. Complete faith in & worship of a human is only setting yourself up for hurt & disappointment. Not to mention that when you are wrapped up in this type of relationship you miss the divine things right in front of your eyes.(442)
Glad to know Picoult's skills improve in her later novels.
Liked:
"There is such a difference between living the life you are expected to live and living the life you want to live. I just realized it a little late, is all." (356)
Did not like:
The main character seeing her husband as the same thing as God & her personal savior. Complete faith in & worship of a human is only setting yourself up for hurt & disappointment. Not to mention that when you are wrapped up in this type of relationship you miss the divine things right in front of your eyes.(442)
Glad to know Picoult's skills improve in her later novels.
kb_hg's review against another edition
3.0
Ehhh main characters aren't that likable but over all good read
rayraymaximum's review against another edition
It was so boring, and the characters weren't compelling. I didn't love them, like them, or even hate them. This is the first Piccoult book that I have DNF'd.
emerygirl's review against another edition
3.0
This book reminded me of why I like Jodi Picoult. It didn't have any weird plot twists, but rather just a story exploring complicated relationships.
dmiller1120's review against another edition
2.0
Jodi Picoult is my fav. author - but this book seemed to drag on far too long without much happening.
If you like horses and horse talk you may enjoy about 150 pages somewhere in the middle.
If you like horses and horse talk you may enjoy about 150 pages somewhere in the middle.
rachcannoli's review against another edition
2.0
So everyone in this book is a bad person, pretty much everyone (except the baby of course). It's just they're all insanely selfish and I feel like despite all the crap they go through, no one really learns anything or grows into any better version. I feel like they try so hard to get me to sympathize with them and to root for them and I just didn't do either, I was irritated and frustrated the entire time. I waited for either of them to get any kind of comeuppance and it just didn't happen. I used to be super into Jodi Picoult and she's known for her courtroom dramas, so I will say this at least differed from that, but I think because of it the story lacked any drama or tension. Sure there's family drama I guess, but it was just so obnoxious. I think Nicholas's parents were the only ones who had any kind of interesting arc. Honestly, Picoult has so many books they can't all be winners, and this wasn't the most offensive I've ever read, just incredibly boring full of terrible characters. You can give it a miss.