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Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
Dear merciful God! What did I just read!!!!!!!!!!!
When a friend recommended Picoult's latest, quite obviously I had to read it (because My Sister's Keeper and Salem's Fall. Enough said)
However, this book, from the word go, is so very different from Picoult's usual fare. Teenaged girl searching for her missing mum, deranged father, a psychic, and a washed out Cop. It is, in fact, terra nova for Picoult whose forte is human interest stories. I enjoyed the is she-isn't she dead suspense and I never saw the twist come (oh boy it was a major one and cleverly done.)
Sure, the story has its shortcomings (The final chapter. Lameness in the name of closure. But what worked for me was the writing and especially the parts about elephants.
Feels good to finally read a book with a decent, coherent plot, devoid of grammatical errors and flowery prose. You keep 'em coming Picoult. Just keep 'em coming.
When a friend recommended Picoult's latest, quite obviously I had to read it (because My Sister's Keeper and Salem's Fall. Enough said)
However, this book, from the word go, is so very different from Picoult's usual fare. Teenaged girl searching for her missing mum, deranged father, a psychic, and a washed out Cop. It is, in fact, terra nova for Picoult whose forte is human interest stories. I enjoyed the is she-isn't she dead suspense and I never saw the twist come (oh boy it was a major one and cleverly done.)
Sure, the story has its shortcomings (The final chapter. Lameness in the name of closure. But what worked for me was the writing and especially the parts about elephants.
Feels good to finally read a book with a decent, coherent plot, devoid of grammatical errors and flowery prose. You keep 'em coming Picoult. Just keep 'em coming.