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Vicki Mock asked this question about Wish You Were Here:
I'm very nervous to purchase another Jodi Picoult book. She was always my favorite author. However her last to books where so bad and more of a lecture or text book than an enjoyable novel I hate to waste anymore money on her writing. Has anyone here read her last couple of books as well as this one? Is this up to her previous standards?
Dani I borrowed it from the library and I enjoyed parts of the book, but I was disappointed at how the speech "therapist" was portrayed, given that I belie…moreI borrowed it from the library and I enjoyed parts of the book, but I was disappointed at how the speech "therapist" was portrayed, given that I believe Jodi Picoult does a lot of research for her books...just not sure who her source for speech pathology was, it missed the mark for me (I've been in the field for almost 30 years, work in an ICU, have been in the thick of Covid), and feel the profession could have been portrayed better. I didn't appreciate the insertion of her politics, favoritism towards certain celebrities, as well as the parallel to the John Lennon/Yoko Ono story either (as mentioned by someone else too), it could have been a great story without these elements scattered through the book. I have been a huge fan of some of her other books and have read every one, so wish this had been a better read this time too.(less)
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