Jodi Picoult

So I've recently been obsessed with Jodi Picoult. After reading My Sister's Keeper, that I sobbed through, I decided to read some more books by her. A few days ago I finished The Tenth Circle, and I stayed up all night reading The Pact. Now, she seems to have a theme with all of her books. She writes about really intense situations involving family, teenagers, and abuse.

Now, I hope that doesn't make me a sick person, feeding off of all this negativity that is somewhat true to other people in the world, but she makes her words flow so you're constantly wanting to turn the page! No wonder she's a New York Times Bestseller.

I think a good comparison to Jodi Picoult would be the Canadian based t.v. show, Degrassi. I LOVE THAT SHOW! It also deals with tough issues, such as bullying, suicide, teenage pregnancy, rape and so on. I think this gives people the information on such extreme situations that it really is teaching them to be aware and what to do in case this is to happen to you.

Back to Jodi. I've passed down My Sister's Keeper to my mother, who probably hasn't touched a book since she was in school. She slowly got into it and now I see her reading it every free chance she gets. It's all about a family with two daughters and a son. The oldest daughter has cancer and the youngest daughter was basically born to save her older sister. All anyone cares about is the sick girl, nobody pays attention to the son, and all anyone wants out of the youngest is blood or other parts of her body. I recommend this book to everyone!

The Tenth Circle was all about a young girl going through a rape, with the investigation and the trial and what not. Her father and mother's issues are also brought in and it turns from being all about the young girl to their entire family. There's also secret messages in the artwork and I stayed up for an hour trying to decode!

The Pact says it's a "love story." I would fight that. It was about two families living next door and raising their children together. Eighteen years later the girl decided to kill herself and the boy charged for her murder, even though the defense says it's a "blotched suicide pact." In this book you see everything change between these best friends and even within their own families. This book jumps around so you don't quite know the truth until the end, at which I sobbed, of course.

Now I'm on to read Nineteen Minutes!