The Tenth Circle in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jan 15, 2008 Debbie rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, realistic-fiction

Readers who are familiar with Dante's Inferno, will appreciate the rich symbolism and allegory here, but that background knowledge is not necessary to enjoy the story.

Trixie Stone is 14-year-old high school freshman who is devastated when her hocky player boyfriend, Jason, breaks up with her. To get him back, she decides to try to make him jealous by flirting with other guys at a party. She gets drunk and plays some gross party games that I hope my students aren't stupid enough to play. She ends ...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Kristin rated it it was ok

I'd say this has been my least favorite of Jodi Picoult's book. The storyline seemed intriguing, a father with a hidden past, a mother as the chief breadwinner in the household, and their teenage daughter whose relationship with her boyfriend goes farther than she would like. When the father finds out his daughter was raped, his dark side emerges, with furious anger directed towards her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his wife is at her college office having an affair with one of her students. I just didn ...more

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Dec 24, 2007 Julie rated it really liked it

Jodi Picoult truly knows how to delve into emotional issues in all her books, and she definitely does it again in The Tenth Circle. Some parts took me by surprise and left me speechless, and others were a bit...out there. Bottom line though, Picoult just gave voice to all parties involved in such a severe action as rape.

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