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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

14 reviews

mimamia's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, Child death, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

pumpkin09's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Physical abuse

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

jenniferbbookdragon's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Powerful and surprising,  with a twist at the end. Picoult takes us into a school shooting,  the events leading up to it and the aftermath. This brought up a lot of feelings about bullying,  parenting,  education,  and guns in a way that defies the politics and focuses on people. There are no winners,  only survivors,  and a community forever scarred and changed. The equal focus on the high schoolers, parents, police, and lawyers highlighted the humanity of all the characters and reminded me that we all contribute to the environment that creates tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Grief

The main focus is a school shooting with bullying over 10 years.

trippalli's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Harrowing, Sad, thoughtful and reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Bullying

slipp99's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Not them trying to get me to sympathize with a school shooter…

I read this for my book club, and did not like it very much. I found it a bit triggering at times and boring at others - pretty hard to get through. Honestly, it also felt like it was way longer than it needed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Gun violence, Death, and Child death

xomandymoo's review against another edition

I did not like the constant time jumping, the story did not feel connected enough for me and it took too long to get into. 

The  shooting was also very heavy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Eating disorder, and Death

sarahannmac21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I’m not really sure I want to rate this book. How do you put a rating on enjoyment on a book about a school shooting? 

I will say I think this book should be read by every student, teacher, principal, and parent of a child in high school. There is absolutely no reason this book should be banned. It’s crucial our students and adults in the public education world read and understand this book. 

This book made me cry and sick to my stomach. 

Side note: I didn’t not enjoy the little romantic sub plot that occurred at the 70% mark, and felt like a good 100 pages could have been edited out (they felt like filler that distracted from the story). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

nadia_luq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Death, and Miscarriage

sandysmith's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I find the authors books very compelling, and this is no exception. She has an easy to read writing style and is never afraid to tackle contentious issues.  The characters are well developed but centre around Peter the shooter, and Josie is his on-off friend who craves to be popular. Told from various points of view that enhance your understanding of the various characters, their feelings, and motivations. The book makes you question and empathise the basic scenario of a high school shooting. You go from feeling sorry for Peter, the sensitive bullied boy, to being completely outraged that he went into school with guns shooting, killing, and horrifically injuring students and adults and a twist at the end, which again gives food for thought. This was read as a book club read and picked as a banned book in some US states. Do I think this book deserves to be banned? Absolutely not. In fact, I would recommend that others read it and make up their own minds. A book that leaves you questioning what can be done, gun control, the quest to be popular, and more effective bulling procedures in school is not a bad thing. A brilliant book that is still on my mind, questioning and thinking about what I've read. Excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence