I have read a couple of books by Jodi Picoult before picking up this one. Although they were all incredibly well-written, none captured my interest the way this novel did. I found myself quite captivated from the first page. The author has a gift for portraying her characters in such detail that the reader either loves them, or loves to hate them. Each character's personality is almost tangible -- as a reader, one can see thru his/her eyes, feeling the emotions as the storyline develops. This is true of all of the books I have read by Ms. Picoult thus far, but it was especially true of this one. |