Has anyone read this? ive just been on holiday and i read it in three days i was so engrossed and i just litterally finished it! its an amazing book! she never fails to make me cry but in a good way i just get so engrossed in the book! i dont want the stpry to ever end! its books like these that leave a mark on you forever!
i would recomend it to anyone, although it has some triggering moments to do with ED and selfharm but the book isnt actually about that its just like a side story running through the book!
Lindsay, I'm the same. I've got it to read, but there are so many books that I want to read, so I don't know when I'll manage to read it. It sounds really good though and I loved Plain Truth :)
I've read a few of her books including My Sister's Keeper, The Tenth Circle, Perfect Match and I've just finished Nineteen Minutes. I enjoyed all of them, but I have to say Nineteen Minutes I enjoyed the most so far. The little tagline is "Your son says the bullying was unbearable. But his revenge was murder."
Now it could be a little triggering with some of the descriptions of bullying if you are or have been bullied yourself (I wasn't personally, but then again I'm not that easily triggered). But I think those that have suffered because of bullying will relate well with some of the characters, especially the bullied character Peter Houghton, I especially sympathised with his side of the story, knowing by getting revenge on his bullies, he was doing what I and a lot of other sufferers have wanted to do, let's face it.
Now I've put a long review in, I do very much recommend it :P It's around 600 pages and I read it in about three or four days (Keeping in mind I was on holiday at the time, so was rarely able to read and I'm a slow reader). I've never read a book in such a short space of time, I was completely engrossed.
I'm reading The Pact at the moment, but only about ten pages in, so I can't really comment :P And after that, I have Handle With Care ;D which, from what you say, I hope I will enjoy as much as the others :)
I read too much Jodi Picoult..
I'm gonna tap him like a maple tree. I'm gonna search him for some syrups. I'm gonna be having sex with him.
Yep! I loved it, but then I love everything by Picoult.
Although the ending was a little :/
It was good, but not as effective as say, my sister's keeper, I thought
I gotta say, i loved this book so much! I then went back after reading it for the first time and just read the sister's chapters, and again could be found bawling my eyes out(!)
I gotta admit as a self harming bulimic Jodi really does do an very good job of getting inside the mindset of someone like that. I love her books - the tenth circle is my next to read, i saw the movie version but have been told the book is so much better!
“Never lose faith in yourself,
and never lose hope;
remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back,
there is still always hope.”
This is such an AMAZING book. I loved it. I love all of Jodi Picoult's books. This was such a fantastic book. It was so well written, and I just loved the book soooo much, I would read it again any day.
"Wish that I could cry,
Fall apon my knees,
Find a way to lie,
About the home I'll never see"
Superman by Five For Fighting
I didn't like the way that, in the end, all of Amelia's - is that her name? I've not read it for ages and can't remember xD - problems seem to be solved and she's fine again. And I didn't like what happened at the very end either!
I love Jodi Piccoult, but Handle With Care isn't her best one at all, I don't think. Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart are my favourites :)
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you land among the stars
