Books
by Jodi Picoult
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Second Glance |
In his quest to be reunited with his dead fiancée (and given his seeming inability to die), Ross Wakeman has become a paranormal investigator. Hired to probe mysterious happenings in a Vermont town where an Indian tribe asserts that a plot of land scheduled for development is a burial ground, Ross gets more than he bargained for, from both the dead and the
living. A departure from the Picoult formula, and surprisingly compelling
(Siobhan Thomson - bwl 48 November 2008) |
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Vanishing Acts |
I'd been avoiding Picoult for some reason, but picked this up. It's OK, if too long. It's not possible to describe the plot without spoiling it, but it focuses on three childhood friends and their on-going relationships. There are graphic descriptions of US prison life (is it really this bad?), and the way a central character changes while incarcerated is rather unbelievable. But it's a good story. Read it when you've nothing else to do.
(Annie Noble - bwl 53 September 2009) |
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