I know, I know. I know I said I was done with Jodi Picoult. But I was at my aunt and uncle’s last night, and I had The Charioteer but I am in London, I don’t have loads of books with me, and I didn’t want to use up The Charioteer because I love it so much. So I read The Tenth Circle, which my aunt and uncle had on their bookshelf. The issue: date rape. The court scenes: none – shocking, I know. However, there is a murder. As Jodi Picoult’s books go, this is not one of her…
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Yeah, pretty much, Jodi Picoult. Her books tend to be largely the same. Keeping Faith has all the elements – moral quandaries, relationship troubles, fierce mothers, legal battles, and handsome men hopelessly in love with the protagonist. I read it because I was at my parents’ house and I didn’t have my books with me, and I needed something to read for a while. And then of course I got interested and took it home to finish it. As I say, it was much like all of Jodi Picoult’s other books. Always entertaining but not generally worth rereading.
5 CommentsThe addiction continues. This one’s about a school shooting. Only one silly thing happens, and it’s not all that silly. Definitely not as silly as poisoning the Louisiana priest with antifreeze in his cocoa. …I can’t do this. I don’t have the heart to continue reviewing this. I’m too depressed. I’m about to go directly into a decline. I’m taking to my bed and I may never rise from it again. I have several seasons of Gilmore Girls out from the library, my computer is plugged in, I have my cross-stitching, and I can stay lying in this flip chair…
Leave a CommentSigh. I know she’s better than this. Ms. Picoult is an excellent writer. She does good dialogue, her characters are generally consistent, the little kids are really good little kids. In each case where I have begun reading a book of hers, I have stayed up way past my bedtime finishing it. (In the case of Vanishing Acts, I was already up thoroughly late because I was introducing my friend Teacher to Firefly and I didn’t want to let her leave until she totally liked it and had stopped saying snide things about Kaylee. Victory!) So I will not suggest…
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