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A review by sundaykofax
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
3.0
Well, I have to agree with my friend Mary who said that Jodi Picoult is a strong writer of situations, but a terrible ender.
There was a nice amount of cultural information I was able to glean about the Amish from reading this book. That gave it the extra star.
I was puzzled by who the main character was going to be, when were were first introduced to a urban lawyer and a small-town detective. It turns out we follow the lawyer, unless we jump over to the detective. The lawyer's character I could handle. The detective was extracted straight out of a hard-boiled gumshoe story.
I enjoyed that there was a bit of a whodunnit mystery plot, while the book is mostly English and Amish situational.
Overall, it was a fantastic vacation read, and I'll probably give Jodi another try (she writes such different plots, it'll be easy) but I'm wondering if she'll continue to lean on clichéd language.
There was a nice amount of cultural information I was able to glean about the Amish from reading this book. That gave it the extra star.
I was puzzled by who the main character was going to be, when were were first introduced to a urban lawyer and a small-town detective. It turns out we follow the lawyer, unless we jump over to the detective. The lawyer's character I could handle. The detective was extracted straight out of a hard-boiled gumshoe story.
I enjoyed that there was a bit of a whodunnit mystery plot, while the book is mostly English and Amish situational.
Overall, it was a fantastic vacation read, and I'll probably give Jodi another try (she writes such different plots, it'll be easy) but I'm wondering if she'll continue to lean on clichéd language.