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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

24 reviews

annalynn34's review against another edition

Was supposed to read this for my book club but did not enjoy the school shooting storyline. Will try again as an audiobook to see if it as not as slow & painful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mass/school shootings, and Blood

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicide attempt and Medical content

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

malise's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book was an intense read. I felt all the emotions and could not put the book down. The subject of a school shooting was handled thoughtfully and delicately by the author, giving the perspective of the young shooter, his family, and victims.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Mental illness, Body shaming, Car accident, and Alcohol

lindsay_kay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I usually love Jodi Picoult and this book was no different. I love the way the characters developed and how their backstories played into there current characteristics and choices. Everyone has a story and just when you assume someone is the villain, you understand that they are taunted by their own villains. Perspective is a crazy thing. See

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Bullying, and Gun violence

markedwithanm's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Murder, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

ginga_ninja's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide, Mental illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident and Animal death

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.

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide attempt, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Gore

cultbyproxy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

“Something still exists as long as there’s someone around to remember it.”

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult tells the story of a beaten down 17-year-old and the 19 minutes which change the reality of his entire community as he went through his highschool, shooting fellow classmates. 

An aspect of Picoult’s writing that is ever present is her multiple narration, which we see through the process of the school shooting, investigation, and trial. Whilst this is usually done in a more cohesive manner in her later books, this made the reading of Nineteen Minutes quite chaotic, with no definitive switch in narration. This was made more confusing in the never-ending list of characters who were introduced, only to never resurface. As much as this was a negative, it did help in outlining just how broad of a scope the impact of school shootings have on the students, the parents, the community and the country at large; how no one is untouched and the grief divides but also unites people eternally. Picoult’s nonlinear timeline also makes an appearance, as we jump between a pre-shooting and post-shooting society, putting the pieces of the story together leading up to the shooting, as well as the trial (like solving a mystery, or trying fixing something broken?). 

There is mass criticism into Picoult’s writing style, as having the shooter’s perspective and reading his thought process and justifications can come off as sympathetic or defensive of his position and actions. I believe, however, that this was simply a way of portraying the sea of nuance that divides such a polarising issue. That in the aftermath of tragedy, there are those who will look at impact and those who will look at reasoning, and both can bring closure. 

As much as I blitzed through these pages and got completely engrossed in the story, I do find that other Picoult novels were more impactful for me. This could, however, be due to the lack of personal experience I have with the subject matter growing up in a country that does not experience mass shootings, much less school shootings. 

I did find a lot of relatability in the issues of conformity and the pressure to maintain appearances in positions of authority. The removal of the masks we all wear and how beneath them we are all simply people trying to do our best. And how to continue loving someone who has caused harm to so many. I think it is a story about kindness, to other and ourselves. And how the smallest acts usually have an everlasting effect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Bullying, Blood, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Car accident, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide