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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Once again Jodi Picoult examines a social issue through its impact on a particular family, with emphasis on the mother and children. This time out it's a kind of murder mystery in which Emma Hunt's oldest child, 18yo Jacob, is on trial for the murder of his social skills tutor. Did he commit a brutal murder? Or was he playing at staging a crime scene? Or was he protecting the real murderer?
A good yarn, with engrossing characters. I left feeling as though I had a better handle on what Asperger's is all about.
A good yarn, with engrossing characters. I left feeling as though I had a better handle on what Asperger's is all about.
This is one of my favorite books by Jodi Picoult. This book opened my eyes to autism.
Slogged through audiobook. Felt too much like a dissertation on Asperger's Syndrome, which I understand was necessary to a certain extent for the story line, but felt the minutia overwhelmed the story.
Coupled with the fact that ONE particular glaring fact was overlooked repeatedly, and without reason or comprehension, made me feel that this book was at least 200 pages too long.
Wouldn't recommend, even for the beach.
Coupled with the fact that ONE particular glaring fact was overlooked repeatedly, and without reason or comprehension, made me feel that this book was at least 200 pages too long.
Wouldn't recommend, even for the beach.
I always enjoy Picoult and am very interested in aspergers, so it was a good match for me. A light, easy, interesting read.
Great book, the insight into a family living with Aspbergers was interesting. Not sure I loved the ending, though!
Part of the reason I like Jodi Picoult's books is because she manages to surprise me with her endings. In this one, I knew the ending before the book had barely started. Furthermore, I didn't understand why no on in the book figured it out, or asked Jacob the direct question that needed to be asked. The story was good, and I found in interesting and engaging, but in the end I was not as satisfied with this one.
So I really loved the detailing of the characters and the overall education of Aspergers. However I felt like the ending was abrupt, and not as exciting as I anticipated. However I believe it is still a great read. Just a lot of build up for a very small ending.
Not sure whether it is me or not, but it seems as if the last few of Jodi's books haven't been as interesting to me. They seemed a bit predictable...most of the time when I read her books, the ending is a total twist..not so much this time. I had pretty much figured it out before I got to the end. Usually when I do that, she completely throws me for a loop in the final few pages. I kept waiting for that to happen this time, and it didn't. It was still a good read...but not as good as some of her other books. One thing that Jodi's books do..at least for me..is to bring social issues to the forefront and that is a good thing I think.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I would have given this one 5 stars but the last 5-10 minutes was stupid.
I've read just about everything Jodi Picoult has written, so the plot of this book wasn't a great surprise to me. I can't comment on how accurately she described Asperger's (though the mentions of vaccines possibly being harmful seemed a little irresponsible), but the story itself was so-so. After about the first third of the book, I figured out what had happened and it seemed like I was just waiting until the end to find out that I was correct. I thought the topic was interesting but not original.