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ladynigelia 's review for:
Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
* Jodi Picoult lives in the neighboring town and I've been meaning to read her stuff for a long time.
* This book was like, 2x longer than I expected it to be.
* I knew VT had a history of eugenics, but I didn't realize the extent. There's a reason SNL made a skit about how white VT is... My mom reminded me that my (great) uncle Pete probably would have used G*psy for Native Americans - it wasn't really that long ago.
* Racism sucks.
* Ross is like, 35 and I didn't realize that until 3/4 of the way through the book. I definitely thought he was way older. Major spoilers:
* Why don't we get to hear from Lucy after the quarry? Does she still see the ghosts?
* Az tells Meredith that he wants to be around to see his (great-) grand daughter more than he got to see his own child, but then he drowns himself and by not being at the quarry greatly endangers her?? It just seems like he already waited 70 years, he could wait another day until they actually left town.
* Why didn't Cecelia's mom come back as a ghost until Az dies?
* The narrator did a really good job of keeping the (many) character voices distinct.
* This book was like, 2x longer than I expected it to be.
* I knew VT had a history of eugenics, but I didn't realize the extent. There's a reason SNL made a skit about how white VT is... My mom reminded me that my (great) uncle Pete probably would have used G*psy for Native Americans - it wasn't really that long ago.
* Racism sucks.
* Ross is like, 35 and I didn't realize that until 3/4 of the way through the book. I definitely thought he was way older. Major spoilers:
Spoiler
It's still really creepy that he falls in love with an 18 yr old ghost.* Why don't we get to hear from Lucy after the quarry? Does she still see the ghosts?
* Az tells Meredith that he wants to be around to see his (great-) grand daughter more than he got to see his own child, but then he drowns himself and by not being at the quarry greatly endangers her?? It just seems like he already waited 70 years, he could wait another day until they actually left town.
* Why didn't Cecelia's mom come back as a ghost until Az dies?
* The narrator did a really good job of keeping the (many) character voices distinct.