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yooliahzwei 's review for:
Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
Good books are the ones where you wish the writer's world was your own. Great books are when you feel like the writer's world is your own.
Half-star, where are you?! I couldn't give this one 5 stars, because the beginning was slow and I almost put it down; but I would like to give it more than 4 stars, because I was so glad I didn't.
Jodi Picoult has done it again. She's a master of storytelling and everything I read of hers provers it further. With this book, felt like I could look up the characters in a phonebook and find a number & address; I felt like I could go out and run into them at the grocery store. Picoult truly has talent. Especially when it comes to making believable human characters and life stories that deeply affect you.
Despite the "fantasy-esque" feel to this book, it managed to remain totally down-to-Earth. In fact, I was halfway convinced myself that if I went to Vermont, rose petals really would be falling from the sky like rain, or if I went onto the Pike property, I could see Lia's ghost, too. Just as I said before: talent, talent, talent.
All in all, this is a beautiful, believable, and in the end HOPEFUL book that I liked so much I dog-eared pages (an extreme measure for someone like myself) and would read it again (high praise coming for me, again). If you like Picoult, you'll love this book. And even if you haven't read her before, or aren't that fond of her--well, this one just might convert you.
Half-star, where are you?! I couldn't give this one 5 stars, because the beginning was slow and I almost put it down; but I would like to give it more than 4 stars, because I was so glad I didn't.
Jodi Picoult has done it again. She's a master of storytelling and everything I read of hers provers it further. With this book, felt like I could look up the characters in a phonebook and find a number & address; I felt like I could go out and run into them at the grocery store. Picoult truly has talent. Especially when it comes to making believable human characters and life stories that deeply affect you.
Despite the "fantasy-esque" feel to this book, it managed to remain totally down-to-Earth. In fact, I was halfway convinced myself that if I went to Vermont, rose petals really would be falling from the sky like rain, or if I went onto the Pike property, I could see Lia's ghost, too. Just as I said before: talent, talent, talent.
All in all, this is a beautiful, believable, and in the end HOPEFUL book that I liked so much I dog-eared pages (an extreme measure for someone like myself) and would read it again (high praise coming for me, again). If you like Picoult, you'll love this book. And even if you haven't read her before, or aren't that fond of her--well, this one just might convert you.