Wednesday, August 22, 2007

The Pact by Jodi Picoult

My Rating: 8/10


I started reading Jodi Picoult’s books in 2006. The first book I read of her was My Sister’s Keeper and there was no looking back. I got hooked on to her way of spinning stories; her style of writing to make the characters real; it always seemed like it’s authentic. She describes the emotions in such a heart-touching way that more than once, unknowingly, I was shedding copious tears by the end of the book. The Pact was a nice read, though I would say: if you are pre-disposed to sadness and melancholy in life, do not read any of Jodi Picoult. Here’s what it is about.

It is a riveting, timely, heartbreaking and terrifying novel of families in anguish-and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence. Until the phone call came at 3:00 AM on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, The Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone that their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was going beyond that of lifelong friends. But now 17 year old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact- leaving two desperate families stranded in the dark and dense pre-dawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never knew.

You can know more about Jodi Picoult and her latest books here.

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