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Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult
Wow, I hated this.
This book whittles down important topics to a bunch of stereotypes and cliches because that's the only way for this book to appeal to the masses. In my view, it makes the story pointless noise around an extremely sensitive topic.
I truly feel that it's irresponsible to have a book that contends with school shootings but does not contend with the realities of gun ownership in this country, and to chalk everything up to mental health and high school jock stereotypes...irresponsible at best, negligant at worst.
You can tell this book was published in 2007 for the way it's littered out-of-date thinking. It was genuinely shocking to see the f-word written out on the page and used so casually, especially by a writer who is (as far as I can tell) not queer herself. I can think of many books that center school shootings that do a much better job of showcasing the nuances in those situations and bring light to the political forces that prevent us from preventing them from happening without all the stereotyping and slurs.
I also found this to be incredibly overwritten and in many ways this would have made a better 1990's Lifetime movie than a book because then at least the fluff and random nonsense metaphors would be cut out.
<i>I picked this up as part of my book club, and I acknowledge that I would have never picked up this book otherwise.</i>
This book whittles down important topics to a bunch of stereotypes and cliches because that's the only way for this book to appeal to the masses. In my view, it makes the story pointless noise around an extremely sensitive topic.
I truly feel that it's irresponsible to have a book that contends with school shootings but does not contend with the realities of gun ownership in this country, and to chalk everything up to mental health and high school jock stereotypes...irresponsible at best, negligant at worst.
You can tell this book was published in 2007 for the way it's littered out-of-date thinking. It was genuinely shocking to see the f-word written out on the page and used so casually, especially by a writer who is (as far as I can tell) not queer herself. I can think of many books that center school shootings that do a much better job of showcasing the nuances in those situations and bring light to the political forces that prevent us from preventing them from happening without all the stereotyping and slurs.
I also found this to be incredibly overwritten and in many ways this would have made a better 1990's Lifetime movie than a book because then at least the fluff and random nonsense metaphors would be cut out.
<i>I picked this up as part of my book club, and I acknowledge that I would have never picked up this book otherwise.</i>