Jodi Picoult
4\5
age rec- 14 up
Jodi Picoult has officially done it again. She has spun a plot, characters, and a crazy twist into an incredible story. Not just incredible- also disturbing, controversial and heartbreaking.
I admit that at 40 pages I was ready to give up, but I pushed forward, and by page 50 I was hooked.
It was a hard book to put down-it kept me guessing, wondering and worrying for the 1 and 1\2 days it took me read. And again- THAT ENDING. Ridiculously clever yet terrifying.
I don't know if Nina should have killed the molester- I don't even know if I'd be able to.. I don't have kids. But I'd like to think that I could control myself without violence. Reading about Nina's transformation, almost going maniacal, and living with the horror of what she did was portrayed beautifully... And though it was sometimes sad to read, I LOVED it.
The characters, and consequently, their actions, made me think a lot. I loved Patrick as a character best- and I felt horrible for Nathaniel. Nina felt so real to me, but I was conflicted by Caleb sometimes. But things he did made the story very realistic. This book is NOT for the young or faint hearted, as it does deal with some mature themes. I was, as always in Picoult's books, spoiled, but this time by myself, when I accidentally flipped through the book.
I feel so sad that Nathaniel will have to live with these awful memories for the rest of his life, and his childhood was kind of ruined. He will never be the same again, and neither will his parents.
Again, I'm likely not rereading this book-the spoiler content WILL be high. WARNING YOU.
the spoiler sessions
read at your own risk---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay, I have SO many thoughts now!!!
I was kind of annoyed that Nina got off with manslaughter- and was freed without time for THAT anyway. The main character always wins the case in Jodi Picoult's novels, and I don't believe that everyone is that kind. I guess it had to happen though.
I really thought that Father Glen, the priest, was the molester, and was so confused by the blood donor thing.
In short, Father Glen had Leukaemia, and his stepbrother, Father Gwynne was the blood donor. So they had the same DNA, and the semen in Nathaniels underpants was actually from Father Gwynne, not Father Glen.
And when I found out that Caleb killed Father Gwynne... .
Sorry, these gifs are all I can use to describe it. BUT THE CAT!!!! BECAUSE THE REPORTERS SAID HE DIED OF HEART ATTACK AND THE CAT DIED OF A BROKEN HEART :0
I should have KNOWN it wasn't a coincidence when Father Gwynne died straight after Caleb left!!!!
And the part with Nathaniel playing with the poison (the stuff Caleb used!) and Caleb yelled at him because the dog was trying to drink it...................... SO MANY CLUES I WAS OBLIVIOUS TO!
Like all of Picoult's books, this is NOT a fun comedy. Don't read it unless you're prepared for days of hunching, frowning, rereading passages, flipping back and forth through the book, and screaming. Like I said- it's a controversial story... But a good one.
It's probably the most adult Jodi Picoult book I've read so far.
OH. Also. I was disappointed that Nina and Patrick didn't end up together- ESPECIALLY AFTER THEY DID IT! But I guess the Caleb-Nina end was essential to the story.... it just means my ship has blown up.
I really DO ship Ninatrick. ;_;
(and call me crazy, but I imagined Patrick as Neil Patrick Harris the whole time. xD)
Because of the start and end, I give Perfect Match FOUR stars.
Until the next time!
XemmiariaX
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