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Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
Picoult writes an interesting tale that is gripping from the very first page. One flaw of hers is the way she constantly switches perspectives. Only a few pages in I can tell that I do not like this writing technique.The flashbacks of Katie's visits to her brother, Jacob, at college and her relationship with Adam are very insightful.The flaw in this book is the constant switching between perspectives.The worst part about it for me is that the perspective of Ellie is just simply unlikeable and a great deal of the book is written from that perspective. The character of Katie becomes less likable as the story progresses. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is entirely dependent upon how you view the ending of the story. The sympathy the reader has for the character Katie is somewhat lost when she finally confesses to basically lying about having been pregnant and having a baby. I think the one glaring inconsistency in the story is that the reader is supposed to believe that Katie isn't capable of sinning(murdering) because she's Amish but yet the reader already knows that Katie can sin. She can have sex out of wedlock. She can lie for months. She can do those things even though she is Amish, so it's somewhat hard to believe that she can't murder as well. The middle of this book when the trial is happening is sort of strange for the reader because while you know that you should be rooting for Ellie and the defense you might actually find yourself rooting for the prosecution.The reason this book earns 4 stars is just because it's such a page turner. There is no doubt that Jodi Picoult is a great writer. The reason this book doesn't quite earn 5 stars is just because I don't like how easily Katie gets off. The whole thing works out too perfectly for Katie. I feel like Katie is painted in such a positive light in the book when she did more wrong than anybody else(cheated on her boyfriend, hid the pregnancy, lied often, had premarital sex). Meanwhile the father, Aaron, is painted in a negative light. Things of that nature annoyed me about this story.