Reviews - Nineteen Minutes

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Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult

4.09 AVERAGE

sydmq's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

debbielg's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ffionsanders's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was an interesting read. A slight twist at the end. But the book was long winded, it could’ve been shorter and had the same effect.

be_emvi_ous's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mada_lean's review against another edition

4.0

difficult to read subject wise, but very well written. I enjoyed the different perspectives and povs

Content Warnings

mayhemboundbookshelf's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was one of those books that you absolutely love and hate simultaneously. As a mom, as a wife of an educator, as a human being... it was absolutely heart-wrenching. It's one of those book that you go into thinking you'll know how you'll feel, but then you get tested over and over again with new information that contorts your feelings, your reactions, and makes you reflect on your own life. I read this book as part of my banned book series (shout out to WAKE UP with Bill Finch who hosts me every other week on WICC in CT), and I can honestly say it was one of the more difficult reads we've done. Sometimes, it's the books that push us to the brink of an emotional breakdown that are the ones we need the most. This book in particular did just that for me, I had to keep taking breaks because it was all so hard to think about. That all said... I feel incredibly strongly that this book should be curriculum reading for high-schoolers. It touches on so many scary realities, and truthfully, now more than ever, we need to be having these discussions. So forget banning it, it should be promoted and read by anyone who is entering high-school in my parental opinion.