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Apr 03, 2019 Joi rated it liked it · review of another edition

I love Jodi Picoult as an author but this book was only okay. It's a hard read. There were so many stereotypes and I just didn't love it. I didn't like the language used --- it made it sound like it was set in the 1930s but mentioned up to date issues. ...more

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May 21, 2018 Anne ✨ Finds Joy marked it as x-dnf

For some reason I had a hard time with the first person point of view with these characters.. it was not feeling authentic for me.. too much tell, not enough show. I was listening on audio, and it felt odd. I may try again in book form later, as reviews were so good from others.

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Nov 10, 2023 Maggie Shanley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: suggested-for-me, audio-read

Heavy hitting Picoult book where she takes a look at racism in America. Ruth has always done everything "right", she studies, she went to college, she got married, had a son, had a wonderful career. Things were hard but she was doing okay, until one day a baby dies and from then her life is broken, fod for tv anchors and divisions in the community are brought to the surface. Can she go quietly into the night or will she choose to rage against the machine? I wasn't 100% sure about the badgering o ...more

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Aug 09, 2017 Lindsey rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary, american, mom-s-lists

Not what I normally would have picked up to read but I found myself staying up to finish it in one day. It was a very thought-provoking story about class differences and racism in this country. Picoult brought up good points about how people who insist they aren't racist really carry around prejudices they are constantly acting on every day. I felt, however, that the ending just took the story in another direction and didn't seem to fit with the rest of Turk's story. It made things too happily-e ...more

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Sep 25, 2017 Kristin rated it really liked it

Shelves: literary-fiction, 4000-books

This is one of Jodi Picoult's best books except for one thing: the ending ties up everything in a neat package which doesn't fit with the realism that precedes it.
Picoult succeeds in bringing all sides of a hot button issue to her readers. In this case, it is racism. Her novels brings validation to African Americans and a soul-searching teaching tool to whites. This book provides interesting discussions for a book club. ...more

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