A review by zptdoda
House Rules by Jodi Picoult

3.0

I have enjoyed several of Picoult's book, but that is becoming the exception to the rule unfortunately. She is becoming a formula writer - pick a disease, stereotype, write. I know several people with aspergers, but none of them look like Jake. At first I thought this is good, she will educate people about aspergers, but by the end I was afraid if this is the only education people received about aspergers, it will be unfortunate. Jake was very one dimensional with some very extreme aspects of aspergers (genius, the lying, etc) She made such a big issue about his not being able to lie, but nobody ever asked him if he DID it -- very frustrating. The other issue I have with her stories is that she builds them up so much, and then neatly wraps them up in 3 pages - very anticlimatic. I will probably pass on any of her future books, unless I see rave reviews........