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Nov 10, 2008

Alana rated it:

11/10/08

Ugh!! I finished this last night because I couldn't bear to spend another day of my life with this in my purse. So why did I read it? For the same reason that many young women read books they might not be thrilled with... I had to read it for my book club (...which normally picks much more intelligent and interesting books). As I mentioned to the person selecting the book when she solicited comments about her short list of options, I've never been tempted to read a Picoult More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Erin rated it:

When Mariah and her daughter walk in on Mariah's husband with another woman, she thinks that this is the ultimate shock in her life...that is, until her daughter starts speaking in Bible passages. In any other child, this may not be startling; however, Mariah has raised her seven-year-old with no religion present in the household.

Things go from strange to miraculous as Faith begins spontaneously healing people, developing stigmata, and speaking with her "guard." Could Fai More...

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Oct 24, 2008

Heather rated it:

This book was pretty good, overall. Definitely kept you reading, wondering what was going to happen next and, of course, WHY!? There were a few things that bothered me about it though. I think there were too many questions left unanswered. I understand that maybe this was purposeful, but I didn't like it, personally. I was also put off by the fact that the story was told 'about' several different characters, in the third person, but ONE character was told in first person. It didn't make se More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Missy rated it:

could not get into - one of main characters was so depressed I stopped reading it

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Jan 09, 2009

Discoverylover rated it:

This book had a bit of a slow start, but I was hooked by the ending... I was up till 2am with 'just a little bit more', until I had finished it!! One of those ones where I wish there were half stars, so this could be a three and a half!

"As Mariah White struggles with depression her seven-year-old daughter Faith seeks solace in a new friend - a friend who may or may not be imaginary. Faith talks to her 'Guard' constantly and begins to recite passages from the Bible - a book she's More...

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Feb 07, 2010

Bev rated it:

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Nov 30, 2007

Lain rated it:

There is so much to recommend this book -- a unique, unexplored topic, great writing, realistic characters. The story of Faith, a seven-year-old who suddenly seems to be talking with God and working miracles, keeps readers enthralled as we attempt to figure out if she's the real thing or a charlatan. But as with several of Picoult's books, there are glaring holes in the plot that beg to be poked at and prodded. While I'm willing to suspend disbelief in favor of a great tale, I'm only wililng to More...

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Dec 13, 2007

Britta rated it:

"I figured that motherhood would be something that descended naturally, the same way my milk came in - a little painful, a little awe-inspiring, but part of me now for better or for worse. I waited patiently... any day now, I told myself, I am going to wake up and know what I am doing."

"My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct, but an instinct."

"Being a fa More...

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May 29, 2007

Jack rated it:

Jodi Picoult's prolific and somewhat erratic catalogue of novels may be topped by the excellent "Keeping Faith." Picoult's story, as usual offers a major dilemma for her all-too-human characters. This time Mariah and Colin have just dissolved their marriage because Colin can't seem to keep his anatomy to himself when he gets around members of the opposite sex. Mariah, with Colin's blessing, will receive custody of their seven-year-old daughter Faith.

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Apr 19, 2008

Meghan rated it:

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Jun 07, 2007

Bethany rated it:

I loved this book while I was reading it, and I was very disappointed by the ending. It was a fast read, it was engaging, I absolutely didn't want to put it down.

A mother who has just discovered that her husband is cheating on her (several years after another cheating incident lead her to a suicide attempt) finds out that her daughter has an imaginary friend--God...who happens to be a woman. Faith performs some miracles and a media circus rises up around her--reporters camped out More...

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Aug 25, 2008

Melissa rated it:

Ay yi yi..ok, no more Jodi Picoult books..I always say that and then end up reading more...I WANT to like her books...and they always have sooo much potential...then, always...always always...they disappoint...I was especially excited about this one because of her latest interveiw she talked about this book and how it's her favorite and most challenging so far because of it's ground breaking subject matter...

Stigmata? Are you serious Jodi? Ay yi yi. This book wasn't so much about h More...

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Nov 28, 2007

Sassacaia rated it:

This one started out well, and I really liked the premise of a girl who may or may not be experiencing stigmata. But I got mired down by all of the tv and court drama, both of which I'm so not interested in. I'm listening to this one as well and someone spilled something all over the first couple of discs so there were sections that skipped and I didn't hear. When that happens I usually go to the bookstore on campus and read the parts I've missed. Well, in this case, there were about 16 other Jo More...

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May 26, 2008

Jessica rated it:

I liked this book. It is a story about a woman who gets a divorce from her husband because he continues to cheat on her. They have a little girl named Faith who starts manifesting strange religious related behavior after her parents get the divorce. It is even more strange because the father is Christian, the mother is Jewish but neither one taught their daughter anything about religion and never once went to church. It then turns into an ugly custody battle between husband and wife. I recommen More...

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Apr 10, 2009

Marie rated it:

I am always amazed at the research that Picoult performs for her writing. I was hooked, as always, to the characters in this book. I thought the novel, simply put, very "smart"

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Aug 07, 2007

Jacki rated it:

First book I had by Jodi Picoult and was really looking foeward to it.
It was hard to get into and the felt the religious element was slightly over kill.

Great plot though - wanted slightly more insight into the charachters - Mariah seemed a bit spineless and I really wanted to get into Faiths head of which the author does not.

The ending was very confusing ..... would have liked something a bit more complete - can we assume that Faith imagined it all and her mother wa More...

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Mar 13, 2009

Sarah rated it:

I chose this book in a moment of desperation at a Barnes and Noble. I needed something to read and since I have read one of Picoult's books before, I grabbed this one.

Initially, I found myself a bit chilled by this book. Even as I warmed up to the characters and the story, I still would have chilling moments where I was a bit unnerved by Faith's experiences.

I felt that Picoult threw in some storylines that seemed to divert from the heart of the story....Faith's story an More...

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Mar 16, 2008

Pat rated it:

Attimes this book made you say now wait a minute and there did seem to be flaws. But when all was said and done, it's another great book by Picoult. The daughter Grace seems to have some supernatural powers surrounding God. It was a quick read. Her books deal with different subject matter but I love all of them. She is a writer who pulls you into the story and you are there. In checking her out, I see she has several books I haven't read. I'll have some good reading material for awhile yet.

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Jan 06, 2012

Jennifer rated it:

So it took me about a month and a half to read this book. Usually that would mean that it was so bad that I just couldn't get through it. To the contrary, I thought it was a good book (not great, but good), just a little too slow for me. There were so many times I wanted to read, but I was bored with it, so I just put it down. I thought the story line was a good one, but there was so much unnecessary story added to it, that it seemed to drag on and on.

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Dec 31, 2011

guiltlessreader rated it:

Originally here:
http://guiltlessreading.blogspot.com/200...

I decided to read this because: I enjoy Jodi Picoult's stories. She always manages to weave a story around something controversial, and this time it is religion.

First line: There are certain things that I don't talk about.

The book in one sentence: Within a disintegrating marriage, a child of a mixed marriage suddenly claims that she talks with a female God, spouting Bible verses, and developing st More...

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Nov 13, 2011

Alyssa rated it:

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Jul 02, 2011

Gayle rated it:

I thought I'd read every Jodie Picoult book and then I ran across this one. I don't know how it slipped by me.

Mariah White and her young daughter, Faith, returned home one day to their husband/father only to be surprised
to find his girlfriend in the shower and him, dressed in only a towel.
This precipitated the father moving out and the beginning of divorce proceedings.

Faith acquired an imaginary friend that she called 'my guard'. She began to quote Bible scriptures More...

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Jun 17, 2011

Carrie rated it:

This was my first Jodi Picoult book and even though I'm only giving it 3 stars, for full disclosure I did stay up until 3:00 am this morning reading it and I did finish it in two days.

Positives: The storyline was riveting and I related to the characters moderately well. It deserves 5 stars for keeping me interested during the first 3/4 of the book and 4 stars for its writing during the first 3/4 of the book.

Negatives: The last 1/4 of the book was tedious and overly dram More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Emma rated it:

Keeping Faith is primarily a story about a young girl who suddenly starts seeing God and performing miracles. My impression was that readers would be allowed to come to our own conclusions about this (whether it was real, invented by Faith, invented by her mother for attention, etc.), but it doesn't work out that way: clearly, within the context of the story, Faith is healing people, experiencing stigmata and so forth. The story of how her mother Mariah, the local churches and the media react to More...

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Nov 04, 2010

Linda rated it:

Let's see ... what did I think ? First, let me say that I appreciate my friend Kristin who reads faster than the wind for making a recommendation for this Picoult novel. I personally find Picoult very undependable as an author. Kristin said this one was worth my time. It was, but was not up there with Plain Truth nor My Sister's Keeper, but neither was it waxing the bottom like The Pact.

Had I known a bit more about Catholicism I might have understood better the basic premise which was More...

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Mar 26, 2010

Shyla rated it:

THi was the first Jodi Picoult book I read and it got me hooked enough to read several more written by her. This book is about Faith a 7 year old little gilr who's parants are divorcing and her whole life is has been changed with her father's moving out. She is left with to live with her very depressed uninterested mother Mariah. Soon, Faith begins to tell her mom about her new friend, Jesus and things get stranger from there with Faith performing healing mircale, speaking in tongue and eventual More...

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Feb 24, 2010

astried rated it:

Talking about self-deception. Mariah caught his husband cheating on her in their own house right after she was bragging to reader that he loved her as she is regardless of how she looks right now. It's still a bit predictable so Picoult capped it by making her say that it's not the first time. Nice way to start a book.

The book itself though, is more about the mother-daughter relationship, since the fact that Faith can talk with God, healing miracle, and stigmas came out to bring the More...

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Feb 01, 2010

Tori rated it:

This Review May Not be Entirely Fair
1. I read the book during a VERY stressful period on my life so I did not give Keeping Faith the level of attention and focus I usually do with the books I read. My feelings about the story are very half-a**ed.
2. I read the book back-to-back with another Jodi Picoult book, Perfect Match, and the repetitive themes in her writing pattern became so evident (the story is set around some controversial issue, the complexities of motherhood are the primar More...

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Jan 29, 2010

Sarah rated it:

This adult novel was published back in 1999, and I must say that I like Picoult's early novels better than her latest ones. Why? I'm not sure. But it seems like the books are better written.

Mariah is a mother who has quite a problem. Her daughter Faith is talking to God. And teaching her Bible verses. And making her bleed from her palms. What is going on? Mariah doesn't know. She is trying to deal with her husband's cheating and the divorce. And Mariah isn't known for her own mental st More...

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Jan 11, 2010

Heather rated it:

Ah, Picoult. She's almost solely responsible for keeping me committed to the task of reading 50 books. "Keeping Faith" is a book I *never* would've bothered reading, if it weren't Picoult who'd written it. I see stuff about religion and miracles and parents and I just want to walk away. But I'm glad I wasn't interested in reading anything else at the library that day! "Keeping Faith" is about a woman who catches her husband in the midst of his second affair. He leaves h More...

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