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I'd never read any Jodi Picoult before. I read the first 100 or so pages of this one and didn't want to read any more. I found it very uneven, and the character of Delia just ran around being shrill, unreasonable, and oblivious, while there are three men in her life who seem to live only to please her. Jeez.
Also, I could tell the answer to the "mystery" of why the father did what he did was going to be a long time coming--there seemed to be a lot of secrets conveniently being kept, which I thin ...more
Also, I could tell the answer to the "mystery" of why the father did what he did was going to be a long time coming--there seemed to be a lot of secrets conveniently being kept, which I thin ...more
AUTHOR Picoult, Jodi
TITLE Vanishing Acts
DATE READ 06/01/20
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2016/audio/13 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 109/120;
GROUP READ Beekeepers
TIME/PLACE 2015/NH & AZ
CHARACTERS Delia Hopkins/search and rescue with her bloodhound Greta; Andrew Hopkins/father
COMMENTS This book is why I usually like Picoult books… the double meanings, the look at both sides of an issue, far from cookie cutter character ...more
TITLE Vanishing Acts
DATE READ 06/01/20
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2016/audio/13 CD's
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2020 Reading Goal 109/120;
GROUP READ Beekeepers
TIME/PLACE 2015/NH & AZ
CHARACTERS Delia Hopkins/search and rescue with her bloodhound Greta; Andrew Hopkins/father
COMMENTS This book is why I usually like Picoult books… the double meanings, the look at both sides of an issue, far from cookie cutter character ...more
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Is it a crime if your father kidnaps you to save you from a life with an alcoholic mother?
This was an intense novel and a really good novel. I noticed a main theme throughout this book: the issue of judging others and their actions. Do we have the right to judge other and their actions? Do we have the right to make assumptions about others without walking a mile in their shoes? No we don't. I think this book teaches the lesson of not judging others. It teaches us to get our facts right be we slap a label on something or someone.
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One of the best things about Picoult's work is how she never shies away from presenting life as it truly is, with all its gray ambiguity.
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Really enjoyed this one. Didn't want to put it down until I found out if my predictions were right.
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Compelling and deeply moving!
Oct 13, 2013
Dana Arbelaez
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2019
Dawn
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