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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-paced
I've read several of Jodi Picoult's books and this was probably my least favorite. It is very readable, but the plot felt too outlandish and I didn't find any of the characters to be particularly deep. I was glad when I reached the predictable end.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very interesting. Horrible actions. Don’t know that I like the resolution. Well written.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I couldn’t get into the story felt unrealistic
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Jodi Picoult has a special talent. I've read 2 of her novels so far and what I've noticed is that she takes a main character who has a bunch of qualities that you won't like, but she tries to make you like the main character anyway, but it doesn't work. You still hate the main character.In Perfect Match,once again Picoult has managed to create a main character(Nina Frost) who is pretty unlikable. She shoots an innocent man and pretty much has very little remorse about it. She lies to her husband. She's a workaholic mother. She has an affair with her friend. Yet, even though the main character is unlikable, the characters around her(Nathaniel, Caleb, Patrick) are so interesting and likable that you have to keep reading. The only negative about this book not relating to the main character is that I don't like the way that it's not really acknowledged as much as it should be that she killed an absolutely innocent man. I also don't like the way the criminals seem to always get away with their crimes in Picoult's novels. I think that doesn't exactly send a good message. All the same, Picoult is a great writer. She manages to keep the reader interested.
I was looking forward to this book being over. Finally this morning I finished it. I usually really like Jodi Picoult's books, but this one was different. I can understand (in a way) Nina Frost's motivation in killing the person she thinks has hurt her child. Though I must qualify that and say I don't have a child of my own. However, Nina annoyed the shit out of me for most of the book.
She was so arrogant, self-centred and 'look at me everyone!' that it drove me nuts. Patrick also annoyed me for thinking she was 'a goddess' when she was actually a self-absorbed know-it-all. I was disappointed with the way it ended - how she got off scott free for murdering an innocent man. I almost hoped that at the end, the dead priest's mum would come and murder Nina in retribution, for what she had done - and for not getting punished.
So that's what I thought of that book.
Maybe I'm being unfair...but it's how I felt. I kept rolling my eyes and saying, "For fuck's sake!" every time Nina did some other "I know best" thing, and everybody else in the book loved her and admired her for all the annoying things she did.
She was so arrogant, self-centred and 'look at me everyone!' that it drove me nuts. Patrick also annoyed me for thinking she was 'a goddess' when she was actually a self-absorbed know-it-all. I was disappointed with the way it ended - how she got off scott free for murdering an innocent man. I almost hoped that at the end, the dead priest's mum would come and murder Nina in retribution, for what she had done - and for not getting punished.
So that's what I thought of that book.
Maybe I'm being unfair...but it's how I felt. I kept rolling my eyes and saying, "For fuck's sake!" every time Nina did some other "I know best" thing, and everybody else in the book loved her and admired her for all the annoying things she did.
It was OK. I thought the book was predictable. I did want to finish it, but just to see the outcome of the trial. I thought Nineteen Minutes was much better and more enthralling. I guess the hook is if you have a child, it speaks to you.
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced