A review by protoman21
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult

3.0

I never really connected with this book or the characters like I have with other books by Picoult. She has a way of unearthing feelings and situations that challenge the way you think about things, but in this case I'm not sure it was anything I had any interest in digging up. Paige is damaged and we do get insight into how being abandoned by your mother can affect you the rest of your life, but her journey comes across as selfish much of the time and that keeps her from being a sympathetic character. You may understand her reasons for doing something, but it doesn't make you like her or care about what happens to her. Nicholas isn't without his own flaws. He is arrogant and self serving and never very appealing. Together you feel like they almost deserve each other, but you also see that they need to fix themselves before they can work as a couple. Maybe that is the point, but if so it sure is a painful journey getting there.