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Not my favorite Jodi Picoult. This one was hard to read, not so much for the subject matter (which was, of course, difficult), but because I could not get into the Ania/Aleks story that Minka wrote at all. I also hated the character Rocco from the bakery who talked only in iambic pentameter. Small details, but enough to annoy me.
That being said, I did like the story line and I thought the ending was pretty good.
That being said, I did like the story line and I thought the ending was pretty good.
Picoult's formula had always seemed predictable. The Storyteller, however, threw me for a loop that I thought I saw coming, was diverted from, and then learned in the last two pages I had known all along who Josef was.
The book is much more graphic and bloody than I was used to reading. However, it was necessary to make the two other stories within the story work.
I couldn't help but feel compassion for Josef. He was a man who deep down, cared... and cared about what happened to Sage, but obviousl ...more
The book is much more graphic and bloody than I was used to reading. However, it was necessary to make the two other stories within the story work.
I couldn't help but feel compassion for Josef. He was a man who deep down, cared... and cared about what happened to Sage, but obviousl ...more
Best Jodi book in ages!!
Always enjoy Jodi Picoult novels. This one was especially good; WWII- Holocaust, SSagents and as always with a twist.
Feb 12, 2013
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