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Overview

Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is dead&#8212shot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pact&#8212leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.

From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult&#8212one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction&#8212comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

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Picoult suggests the subtle ways in which parents can place dangerous pressures on their children.
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Engrossing...Picoult's deft touch makes this her breakout novel.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061150142
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 8/29/2006
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 512
  • Sales rank: 20,433
  • Lexile: 0820L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 4.18 (w) x 6.75 (h) x 1.02 (d)

Meet the Author

Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult
Known for expertly blending provocative themes with family conflicts and difficult moral choices, Jodi Picoult keeps her readers riveted with heartfelt yet impeccably researched novels, like the richly suspenseful Second Glance and the poignant and controversial family drama My Sister's Keeper.

Biography

Born on Long Island, New York, Jodi Picoult was convinced that the tranquil, suburban setting offered no real inspiration to her for being a writer. There was no drama; just the daily grind of families living their lives. Eventually, though, the story of this challenge became the core of Picoult's bestselling novels.

Picoult studied creative writing at Princeton, and before she graduated, she had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine. This early success inspired Picoult to devote her life to writing. After college, she paid the bills with a series of copywriting and editing jobs, and she even taught eighth grade English. Marriage and children soon followed, and while she was pregnant with her first child, she wrote her first novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale, a remarkable tale told from five different points of view that heralded a bold new voice in fiction.

In subsequent novels—including phenomenal bestsellers like My Sister's Keeper (2004) and Nineteen Minutes (2007)—Picoult has mined the complex mysteries of everyday life: love, marriage, career, family. Faced with difficult, often painful moral choices, her characters struggle to find balance in an off-kilter world fraught with danger and shattered by terrible sociological ills like domestic violence, sexual abuse, and teen suicide. Though page-turners of the highest order, Picoult's stories avoid easy solutions and provoke thoughtful reading and animated discussion. Unsurprisingly, they are a favorite choice for book clubs.

From her web site, Picoult talks about the relationship between her family and her writing. "It took me a while to find the balance," Picoult says, "but I'm a better mother because I have my writing…and I'm a better writer because of the experiences I've had as a parent that continually remind me how far we are willing to go for the people we love the most."

Good To Know

"I've gone skydiving," she told us, "and I'd do it again—if I didn't have kids.

Picoult and her family own two Jersey calves, named Decalf and Coffee.

On her official web site, Picoult reveals some fun and fascinating facts about herself, including:

Before becoming a novelist, Picoult worked at a two-person ad agency, where her main responsibility was "to keep the owner's wife from finding out he was sleeping with the freelance art director."

If she could invite anyone, living or dead, to a dinner party, Picoult's guest list would include Ernest Hemingway, Alice Hoffman, William Shakespeare, Mel Gibson, and Emeril Lagasse.

Other than writing, other talents of Picoult's include making Linzer tortes and broccoli soup, and childbirth. "I'm awfully good at giving birth—quickly, no drugs, etc.—though that definitely has a limited appeal," she quips.

    1. Hometown:
      Hanover, New Hampshire
    1. Date of Birth:
      May 19, 1966
    2. Place of Birth:
      Nesconset, Long Island, NY
    1. Education:
      A.B. in Creative Writing, Princeton University; M.A. in Education, Harvard University
    2. Website:
      http://www.jodipicoult.com/

Read an Excerpt

The Pact
A Love Story

Chapter One

Now

November 1997

There was nothing left to say.

He covered her body with his, and as she put her arms around him she could picture him in all his incarnations: age five, and still blond; age eleven, sprouting; age thirteen, with the hands of a man. The moon rolled, sloe-eyed in the night sky; and she breathed in the scent of his skin. "I love you," she said.

He kissed her so gently she wondered if she had imagined it. She pulled back slightly, to look into his eyes.

And then there was a shot.

Although there had never been a standing reservation made, the rear corner table of the Happy Family Chinese restaurant was always saved on Friday nights for the Hartes and the Golds, who had been coming there for as long as anyone could remember. Years ago, they had brought the children, littering the crowded nook with high chairs and diaper bags until it was nearly impossible for the waiters to maneuver the steaming platters of food onto the table. Now, it was just the four of them, blustering in one by one at six o'clock and gravitating close as if, together, they exerted some kind of magnetic pull.

James Harte had been first to arrive. He'd been operating that afternoon and had finished surprisingly early. He picked up the chopsticks in front of him, slipped them from their paper packet, and cradled them between his fingers like surgical instruments.

"Hi," Melanie Gold said, suddenly across from him. "I guess I'm early."

"No," James answered. "Everyone else is late."

"Really?" She shrugged out of her coat and balled itup beside her. "I was hoping I was early. I don't think I've ever been early."

"You know," James said, considering, "I don't think you ever have."

They were linked by the one thing they had in common&#8212Augusta Harte&#8212but Gus had not yet arrived. So they sat in the companionable awkwardness caused by knowing extremely private things about each other that had never been directly confided, but rather blurted by Gus Harte to her husband in bed or to Melanie over a cup of coffee. James cleared his throat and flipped the chopsticks around his fingers with dexterity. "What do you think?" he asked, smiling at Melanie. "Should I give it all up? Become a drummer?"

Melanie flushed, as she always did when she was put on the spot. After years of sitting with a reference desk wrapped around her waist like a hoop skirt, concrete answers came easily to her; nonchalance didn't. If James had asked, "What is the current population of Addis Ababa?" or "Can you tell me the actual chemicals in a photographic fixing bath?" she'd never have blushed, because the answers would never have offended him. But this drummer question? What exactly was he looking for?

"You'd hate it," Melanie said, trying to sound flippant. "You'd have to grow your hair long and get a nipple ring or something like that."

"Do I want to know why you're talking about nipple rings?" Michael Gold said, approaching the table. He leaned down and touched his wife's shoulder, which passed for an embrace after so many years of marriage.

"Don't get your hopes up," Melanie said. "James wants one, not me."

Michael laughed. "I think that's automatic grounds for losing your board certification."

"Why?" James frowned. "Remember that Nobel laureate we met on the cruise to Alaska last summer? He had a hoop through his eyebrow."

"Exactly," Michael said. "You don't have to have board certification to create a poem entirely out of curse words." He shook out his napkin and settled it in his lap. "Where's Gus?"

James checked his watch. He lived by it; Gus didn't wear one at all. It drove him crazy. "I think she was taking Kate to a friend's for a sleepover."

"Did you order yet?" Michael asked.

"Gus orders," James said, an excuse. Gus was usually there first, and as in all other things, Gus was the one who kept the meal running smoothly.

As if her husband had invoked her, Augusta Harte rushed through the door of the Chinese restaurant. "God, I'm late," she said, unbuttoning her coat with one hand. "You cannot imagine the day I've had." The other three leaned forward, expecting one of her infamous stories, but instead Gus waved over a waiter. "The usual," she said, smiling brightly.

The usual? Melanie, Michael, and James looked at each other. Was it that easy?

Gus was a professional waiter, not the kind who carried food to tables, but the one who sacrificed time so that someone else would not have to. Busy New Englanders solicited her business, Other People's Time, when they didn't want to wait in line at the Motor Vehicles Division, or sit around all day for the cable TV repairman. She began to tame her curly red hair. "First," she said, an elastic band clamped between her teeth, "I spent the morning at the Motor Vehicles Division, which is awful under the best of circumstances." She bravely attempted a ponytail, something like leashing a current of electricity, and glanced up. "So I'm the next one in line&#8212you know, just in front of that little window&#8212and the clerk, swear to God, has a heart attack. Just dies on the floor of the registry."

"That is awful," Melanie breathed.

"Mmm. Especially because they closed the line down, and I had to start from scratch."

"More billable hours," Michael said.

"Not in this case," Gus said. "I'd already scheduled a two o'clock appointment at Exeter."

"The school?"

"Yeah. With a Mr. J. Foxhill. He turned out to be a third-former with a lot of extra cash who needed someone to sit in detention for him by proxy."

James laughed. "That's ingenuity."

"Needless to say, it wasn't acceptable to the headmaster, who wasted my time with a lecture about adult responsibility even after I told him I didn't know any . . . "

The Pact
A Love Story. Copyright © by Jodi Picoult. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.

Reading Group Guide

Plot Summary
The Pact, Jodi Picoult's fifth novel, is at a once love story, a psychological study of two families in crisis, and a courtroom drama that could be taken from today's headlines. It is a multi-layered novel that invites discussion about the mysteries of relationships of all kinds: How well we know ourselves, our children, our best friends? Jodi Picoult has given us a rich canvas that allows us to ponder these questions and to see that it is in a crisis that we find out what we're really made of. In the end The Pact poses the heart-stopping question: How far would you go for someone you love?

Topics for Discussion

  • How do you feel the extended family environment created by the Hartes and the Golds affected their children? Did it contribute to Emily's suicide?
  • Is there such a thing as being too close to another non-blood relative family?
  • How do you feel Chris handled his guilt? Can he justify helping Emily commit suicide?
  • How did the marital relationships of the Golds and the Hartes contribute to Gus's and Michael's temptations?
  • Is Emily correct in believing she had no other alternatives to suicide? Explain.
  • Is Melanie justified in her feelings and actions toward the Hartes following Emily's death? What might justify her behavior?
  • On page 35 is the following statement: "Chris and Emily had grown up with love, with wealth, and with each other. What more could they have needed?" Comment.
  • In what ways does jail change Chris? In what ways does he benefit from the experience, and in what ways does it hurt him?
  • Consider the personalities of the Hartes and the Golds. Do oppositesattract? Does it make for the best communication in a marriage? How do the events of the book support or deny this thesis?
  • Where do you see these characters in five years?
  • Is the punishment meted out to Chris just? In your opinion, is Chris guilty of murder?
  • Which character in the book is the most adaptable? The least adaptable? Why?
  • Do you think Chris's trial will affect Jordan's view of the justice system? Explain.
  • What is the significance of the "blank" piece of paper that Chris finds in the tin can at the end of the book?
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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 1, 2008

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    A book all can connect to

    I had read this in my Freshman honors english class. At first i thought it would be just another boring book we had to read for school but as soon as i read the first page i was drawn in and could not put it down. I finished the book in one day even though my deadline to read was not for two weeks. I came in to school the next day and found that most of the class had finished it in one day as well and others were nearly finished as well. There was not a single person in the class of 26 who did not love the book. It made me laugh and cry, even a few of the guys in the class admitted to crying. It was a powerful story and i reccomend it to everyone.

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  • Posted October 14, 2008

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    Haunting Read

    After reading Nineteen Minutes, I picked up the Pact. I wanted an enthralling book, and that is what I got with the Pact. It did not offer the same thrill ride I got with Nineteen minutes, but instead took a deep look into a non-traditional and even twisted relationship between two teenagers. The main characters, Chris and Emily, grew up side by side, becoming inseperable, almost like twins. But when their relationship evolves into something more, it abruptly ends with an apparent suicide pact that leaves one of them dead and one of them alive. Teenage relationships, depression, and suicide are all dissected with the fervor and grace that I've come to love from Jodi Picoult.

    This book explores the darker side of love: What is love, and is it too much for some people to handle? What happens when such apparently deep love ends in death? And when it goes wrong, is there a way out?

    I found this book intriguing and disturbing all at once, and asked myself these very questions. And although the book came to a satisfying conclusion, I still don't know if I have any answers.

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  • Posted May 4, 2009

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    I had to make myself finish this one.

    I found that the characters were not very real - it was like the author had to spend a lot of time trying to convince us that people really have close relationships like these two sets of parents did. I'm sorry, but I don't know many parents who would be okay with their teenage kids having sex just because they were destined for one another. I just didn't buy it. The book was well written and vaguely interesting but in the end I had to force myself to finish it - more like a chore than a treat.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 16, 2010

    Not a book for Christians

    I read 'My Sister's Keeper' and loved it, so I bought this book. However, I made it through a few chapters and came across language such as 'Jesus *&#^ing Christ' that made me not want to read any further. I gave the book for my dad to use for a fire starter this winter. If you have Christian views, you might want to save your money.

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  • Posted February 13, 2010

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    WONDERFUL!

    Although the subject matter is pretty sensitive and I did not agree with all of the book's premise, I could not put it down. I cried. I laughed. This book is a favorite of mine. Jodi is an author that I find compelling, controversial, in that her subject matter touches on highly controversial topics. Her character development is the best. This book really touched my heart. I loved the idea how the author made the story about two kids who grew up together and from the day Emily was born they were placed in the same bassinet up to when they turned teenagers they were inseparable. These two kids have a rare relationship, a bond. Well worth the read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 15, 2009

    Trapped or inescapable?

    The Pact is a sad tell tale. It holds a thin line of the words trapped and inescapable. Between what you have grown up with and what has been given to you. Chris and Emily have been best friends since they were toddlers. But what do you do when the one you love the most, wants to leave. What do you do when your best friend asks you to do the evitable? How do you tell your family, parent's best friend, and your best friend that you want to get out? How do you escape a kind of life that you have been thurst into without a say in what you want anymore? This suspenseful, love story will make your heart shatter at the tragic ways of life. It will make you ache and cry until you learn the truth of letting go.

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  • Posted August 17, 2009

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    A BOOK OF SUBSTANCE

    THIS BOOK IMPACTED ME FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS. YOU THINK YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR CHILDREN. THIS IS ONE BOOK I COULDN'T PUT DOWN UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED, NOT JUST FOR ITS STORYLINE BUT FOR INFORMATION I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM. WITHOUT GIVING ANYTHING AWAY, I THINK EVERY PARENT, ESP. WITH TEENS SHOULD READ IT. IF PARENTS HAVE AN ENVELOPING RELATIONSHIP ALREADY WITH THEIR CHILDREN, THEN CEMENT IT BY READING THIS BOOK. I HAD ASKED MY SONS, WHO ARE IN THEIR EARLY TWENTIES, IF THEY KNEW ABOUT STUFF LIKE THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE ANSWER WAS "YES". I CRIED AFTERWARDS AND THEN THANKED GOD THAT MY CHILDREN TALK TO ME ESP. WHEN A PROBLEM ARISES. THE POINT IS THEY NEED TO TALK TO ANYONE.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 21, 2009

    The Pact

    Jodi does it again and again. I feel like I am involved in the story as she pulls you in. I get little sleep when I read her books as I can not put them down!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 10, 2009

    "The Pact" A Love story...... By 4259

    "The Pact," a love story by Jodi Picoult is honestly one of the best love stories I have ever read, just all the passion and inspiration by the two young teenagers in this book is just absolutely amazing. They're just any ordinary high school sweethearts, only Emily isn't quite as happy as she seems and has a plan to kill herself. Emily and Chris were going to do it together, only Emily goes first, and Chris passes out, and things start to turn around when the police start questioning Chris, and the real truth comes out about everything. The story is just so compelling and makes you want to read it forever, and the end is something you really aren't expecting.

    Chris Harte is the victim in the story, he's the one who has lost his one true love, his best friend, his neighbor, everything, and he's put in jail for a year before the conviction and final court sentencing is held. His life is turned upside down within a week, but he makes it through. He is a very truthful, trustworthy person, and if he was a person in real life that I wish him to find the best person he can in life as a soul mate.
    Emily Gold, honestly has a heart of gold and was the sweetest person in the world. She was absolutely positively in love with Chris Harte and told him everything, except for the biggest possible thing to happen, a baby. She was pregnant when she died. She wanted nothing but the best in the world for everyone and people to be happy around her as well.
    Michael Gold was Emily's father, a proud one at that and had an extremely close relationship with Emily. He was the one who turned around the entire jury and made a speech about Chris Harte for the good and make those in the court know how great of a person he was. He was having marriage problems with his wife after the death of Emily, and he would have lunches with Gus (Chris' mother) on a weekly basis. He was an amazing father, husband, friend, and veterinarian.

    Jordan says, "It's not that. It's that I'm more than twice as old as Chris Harte, and I've been married, and I've still never felt that way. Gut feeling-do I think he killed that girl? Yeah, I do. Technically, anyway. But Jesus, Selena. I'm jealous of him. I can't imagine loving someone so much you'd do anything they asked. Even if that happened to be murder."

    This is just an amazing quote to me, because it really shows how much Emily and Chris did love each other. It's such a blessing to find someone in your life to love and to be loved by someone that close to you. It is truly the most precious thing in the entire world. I mean, personally I've been in a longtime relationship with my boyfriend of two years, and I love him to death, but I would never be able to kill him no matter what or what he asked me or anything. That is just way too much, and especially after reading this book, I would never even think about doing it.
    I agree with a lot in the book, I don't think that Chris was guilty either, his heart and himself never wanted to kill Emily. It was the pressure of her and him loving her so much that made it happen in my opinion. There weren't any errors that were extremely prominent in the book that I noticed myself. I didn't analyze the book while I was reading, I was enjoying it. I love the idea of this true love though, I think its truly amazing. The only thing that I have to compare with this is just that I have a boyfriend honestly, and that is really it. Its such an amazing and inspiring book, and I hope

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 6, 2009

    It was great!

    I read The Pact and I thought that it was a great book to read. I could not put it down. It reminds you of of innocent love, you know that first real relatuionship. I thought that the way it was interesting, how you go from past to present. I would recomend anyone to read this book, you will not regret getting it.

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  • Posted May 16, 2010

    "The Pact" is my new favorite book!

    Jodi Picoult steals the reader's attention in a heart wrentching and breath taking thrill about a love so pure between people so young. I totally emersed myself into the pages reading about Chris Harte's devistating story, and each time I turned the page it left me wondering "what's next?"
    Jodi Picoult's writing style flips from back then, to present day, and back again, until, at the climax of the book, the both reach the date in question. November 7, 1997. This is a must read book for anyone who enjoys court trials, thrillers, and a parent's worst nightmare. One of Jodi's best books!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 7, 2010

    Feel connected long after you put it down

    This is one of the first books of this author I have read. I am hooked, her characters are so real that you feel that you have a deep connection to them. The story line is great, does not follow the same path as you would expect. The characters are so well developed that you want to get updates well after you finish the book. I look forward to the time of day that I can sit and loose myself in the writings of this memorable author.

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  • Posted April 13, 2010

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    Excellent Read!

    This was the second book I have read from Jodi Picoult, the first being My Sister's Keeper, which was an incrediable read so I thought "well this book has some big shoes to fill" Well, it didn't disappoint. I loved this book. I thought he storyline was touching and I fell in love with each of the characters. I have never read anything with this story and I thought Picoult did a wonderful job. I didn't rate this a full five stars though because there were some dull moments. They were like filler moments; moments that you needed to read to understand the story and keep it going but were slightly boring. Overall I loved this book and read it within days.

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  • Posted December 17, 2009

    The Pact

    Like most of Jodi Picoult's book, The Pact hits a sometimes sensitive, rare, and intense subject. Suicide can be a touchy subject and most people and/or authors steer clear of the subject. Thats what makes The Pact so interseting, it goes through the pain and problems of suicide. The book is a tragic love story. It starts off with two families that are unsepratable, their children, Chris and Emily soon follow their parents example and become best friends and become unsepratable. Once the two kids become older they start dating and fall in love. Chris and Emily get into a lot of trouble when they are young and when one dare goes to far it will scar Emily for life. For the next couple of years Emily starts collecting a few dark secrets that she keeps from Chris and her family. With one secret so drak it will mentally kill Chris and her family. With these secrets Emily slowly starts resisting Chris. And once Emily supposibly commits suicide, Chris is the first suspect for murder. When Chris goes to jail and then trial the once so close families are now the worse of enemies. This book really shows the extent and reality of suicdes in high school. I learned a lot from this book but I did not like how sometimes the book was to intense or in other words hardcore. It talks about life in jail, sexual assault, teen pregnacy, drinking, sex, hate, and suicide. Sometimes in the book it is just to much. Overall I liked the book and enjoyed reading it. The Pact is a tragic love story that hits the hard topics that some or most authors would not. Even though the book gets kind of intesne and heated at certain parts, I would still recommend this book.

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  • Posted November 28, 2009

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    One of my favorite books of all time

    I can't say enough about this book. I read it YEARS ago and still remember almost every detail. It is captivating, romantic, hearbreaking and beautiful. I love this book. I am also a law and order fan, I feel to fully appreciate this book you must love a little mystery and be a romantic at heart. I have read many of Jodi's books and have liked them, but none compare to The Pact.

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  • Posted August 14, 2009

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    Shocking!

    I could not stop reading. This book it totally engrossing! Either you can relate to the parents and their friendship or the bond between the children. It's a very surprising enthralling story.

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  • Posted August 12, 2009

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    so sad

    this book was so sad i could hardly keep reading it at times. took awhile to get thru. wish it could have had a happier ending, but i guess that isnt possible all the time.

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  • Posted April 13, 2009

    Another great story line.

    Another great novel. The characters grab you and you love them all. She makes it hard to decide what you would do in the same situation. That's what I love about Jodi's books. They make you look at all sides and make you rethink how you feel. Great book.

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  • Posted December 8, 2008

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    Very emotional

    I love Jodi Picoult's writing style, but I find that sometimes she gets kind of lazy. However, this book is my favorite from her. Simply because I could connect so well to her characters. Both of them. I saw both perspectives and sympathized with both sides of the story which is rare. Having gone through a very similar relationship in my life with a boy I grew up with I can completely understand Emily's perspective and pick up on the subtle underlying things throughout the book that help you to understand the reasoning behind the main tragedy. An amazing read that will definitely pull at your heart strings.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    Favorite!

    I read this book awhile ago and I still think about how good it was! Couldn't put it down!

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