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Aug 09, 2008 05:15PM
Hello! I keep wanting to read a book by Jodi Picoult, but I have no idea where to start. Can someone suggest a good book to start with if you've never read any of her books before?
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Hmmm..... I started with My Sister's Keeper and was hooked. It's a real page turner and it actually made me really emotional while reading it. I was so invested in the characters in the book (more so than any other Picoult novel, I think). I wasn't a parent at the time I read it but am now and I think it may even get to me on another level now.I posted a question about what Picoult book to read next a while back and someone recommended to read the one I could relate to my own life best. I thought that was a really good idea. Picoult has a way of writing so that the reader seems to become emotionally involved in highly emotionally charged topics..... suicide, school shooting, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence, religion (to name a few). Maybe think about starting with one that has a topic that would interest you to read about or one that you may be able to relate to your life in some way.
Enjoy!
My Sister's Keeper was also my 'gateway' Picoult novel. It's probably the most well-known of her books. (I think it is in the Top 100 on Listopia here on GoodReads?) Plain Truth is also a great one. I would suggest that readers new to Picoult stay away from the earlier ones (Song of the Humpback Whale, Harvesting the Heart, etc.) for a while, since the tone and style in those is very different from most of her work, and may not give you a real feel for her as a writer.
My first one was Salem Falls. It's my favorite one. I also really liked Tenth Circle and The Pact. I have read Mercy, but didn't enjoy it at all. I haven't read, but have heard that Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper are great. They're on my bookshelves waiting to be read. Happy reading!
I started with My Sisters Keeper, just came across it by accident, and then I went out look for more of her books :) I would definetly recommend either The Pact (AMAZING!) or My Sisters Keeper. Both great books, neither will dissapoint :)
My favorites after My Sister's Keeper are Raising Faith and Nineteen Minutes, but I really liked Plain Truth, Change of Heart and The Pact. I agree with Brittney to stay away from Song of the Humpback Whale. One of the groups I'm in wanted to read a Picoult book I hadn't, so they choose that one. I don't think I would have been as avid a fan, if this was my first look at her.
Enjoy!
it's kinda funny and ironic... i was reading the end of my sister's keeper and crying in the same place where it was taking place, in the er (i wasn't hurt, a rollergirl had slammed into the bar on the outside of the roller skating rink, and my dad's an er nurse so he got her in quickly and was helping)
