A review by xeyra1
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

3.0

I haven't read much Jodi Picoult yet. As a matter of fact, this one is my second one. It's, as usual, a very interesting and gripping read (I stayed up very late finishing the book this night and really wanted to know what would happen in the end). Although the initial sucession of different points of view with only a page each annoyed me, after a while, especially during the trial, it worked for me and the story. And although I couldn't put this book down, especially at the end, I thought the ending implausible. I should probably learn more about the court-of-law and how jurors work and give sentences, but after reading the trial and the final allegations, I doubt a jury would go for the veredict that ended up being decided... I just thought it too predictable and improbable. Otherwise, the book entertained me, Jodi Picoult proved to be a masterful storyteller, but it didn't have the same beauty "Second Glance" had (the only other Picoult novel I read).