Review of Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Really enjoyed it. There was plenty of tension and suspense, the characters were believable, the emotion compelling, ending was pretty good. I only have a couple of knocks on the story.

For one thing, I like an ending better when the main character is the primary actor in bringing about resolution. In this case, and I'm saying this carefully so as to avoid spoilers, there are two main characters, with one seeming to me to be the more important. And that more important main character did not bring about the resolution. We're taught that story problems shouldn't be resolved with the Marines dropping in to save the main character. This wasn't quite that, but close. Unless you accept that the less important main character - oh, never mind. I'm becoming tedious.

Secondly, Picoult is a serious writer - she works very hard, obviously researching the heck out of everything she writes. But in this book, she goes a little far in sharing that research. At one point, I thought she was trying to do a good deed by tipping off attorneys and advocates who fight for the rights of gay people. Not that that's not a real service to humanity, but it slowed the story down enough that when I saw a soapbox moving into position, I began skimming.

Still, it was a fairly well-written story which enlightens the reader about a timely issue, so I give it a B+.



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