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House Rules by Jodi Picoult
2.0

I'm usually a Picoult fan but this really disappointed me.

Firstly I didn't find the character of Jacob convincing. It felt a bit like throwing in every bit of research she'd found no matter if it was relevant or not (why the totally unproven anti-vaccination stuff? why?!)

The character of Theo was just awful. I'm a sibling of a brother with Aspergers & yes, sometimes you can't do the things you want & have to be the 'older' sibling but I've never heard of anyone acting as selfish as Theo.

Then there's the story. Even if you ignore all the above its totally predictable (solved by me halfway through!) & the ending doesn't conclude anything.

Not her best!