You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
innae 's review for:
Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
It is a wonderful tale, but heavy in characters. I think that is the reason it took so long, I tend to skim sometimes (I know, its bad) but I get bored with descriptions...but you can't do that with this book. You really need to read every word, because most of the story is characters and their thought. There isn't a whole lot of "the trees were large and green"
Overall, I really liked this story.
The beginning, which is setting up the story of the people in the "present" is slow and plodding. I think mostly because there is SO much to set up. I also found myself having to go back and re-read paragraphs to decide who Eli was in comparison to Ross.
For me, the story really started picking up when we went to the past. 1932 and Cecilia Pike's story is what MADE this tale for me. She's a very interesting character, and I admit I fell in love with her. The trials she dealt with by having a man whom she loved, but who only loved her for her pedigree (although I think that in his own way he did love her) and meeting her true father in the form of someone who was so NOT pedigree.
Overall, I really liked this story.
The beginning, which is setting up the story of the people in the "present" is slow and plodding. I think mostly because there is SO much to set up. I also found myself having to go back and re-read paragraphs to decide who Eli was in comparison to Ross.
For me, the story really started picking up when we went to the past. 1932 and Cecilia Pike's story is what MADE this tale for me. She's a very interesting character, and I admit I fell in love with her. The trials she dealt with by having a man whom she loved, but who only loved her for her pedigree (although I think that in his own way he did love her) and meeting her true father in the form of someone who was so NOT pedigree.