The Truth Will Unveil Itself
Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes. Washington Square Press: New York, New York, 2007
Heart
Borders, $15.00
Realism, Life and Moral Issues
455 Pages
High school is different for everyone. For Peter, it was a living hell where everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. He was picked on and teased ever since he started school when he was five, and it only go worse as the years went on. Peter had enough of the pain and suffering and decided it was time to seek revenge. As only a small integral of the school's population, it took only nineteen minutes for him to kill ten people and wound many others. After many other school shootings in history, a high school was no longer an ectopic place for this terror to occur. As this story goes on, Jodi Picoult takes you through the trial and emotions of all involved up until the very last page.
Like other books that Picoult has written, she makes it very easy to picture your self in the story and become one of the characters. She shows you all of the different view points, from when Peter was five years old, to inside the locker room where the last victim was killed in front of his childhood friend Josie. All of these provide the best details possible so that the reader knows everything they can about the story. With the details and story line, she is capable of making it impossible to put the book down because of a need that is developed to know what happens next.
In Nineteen Minutes, Picoult is able to pull so many subplots together underneath the main trial in the book, consisting of new relationships being formed, others falling apart, and the ongoing pain that the victims feel. To show all of these angles, Picoult goes from different time periods in the characters' lives to show new information about the story, giving the reader some prescience to what might happen. Whether it be that the trial turns in Peter's favor, or if Josie will ever be able to tell what happened in the locker room, Picoult will keep you guessing what really happened that day until the last page.
With the combination of Picoult's attention to detail and the ongoing wonder of the story, I have to claim that this is one of the best books by Picoult that I have read. With her ability to keep you interested in the book once you think you've figured it out, only to find out it was the complete opposite, and then keep guessing the next turn in the plot shows her accomplished writing skills. I am greatful for these skills because they keep me entertained every time I want to enjoy a good book. I only hope that her skills as a writer will inspire others to make her one of their favorite writers as well.
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5 comments:
This sounds like a good book, just from reading the post. It sounds like a book that will keep you in it untill the end , but also show you the effect someone had on someone else, just by the things that they do.
This book sound intersting and your post makes me want to read it
I've yet to read this particular Jodi Picoult book! This one sounds emtional which comes along with all of her books. All her books have twists and turns, which keep you captivated, so i will definately keep this in mind when i choose my next book.
I read this book last nine weeks, and its definitely one of my favorites. It really makes you think twice about how you treat others, and captivate high schoolers very well. Jodi Picoult's books are all very similar, yet very good, and always have surprising endings.
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