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Mercy - Jodi Picoult |
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20/07/08 (129 review reads) |
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Advantages: Could spark a good discussion about euthanasia
Disadvantages: Dull characters, story is very slow paced
After really enjoying the last 2 Jodi Picoult books I thought I was guaranteed a good read with Mercy.
The book focuses on the life of Cameron and Allie MacDonald, Cameron is a police chief in the town of Wheelock and also the clan chief, which is a titled passed down through the generations and more of an honour than a real responsibility. Allie owns a flower shop and adores her husband to the point of making you feel sick at times.
Jamie MacDonald a cousin of Cameron pulls up to the police station and admits to killing his wife, she is in his truck and this is where the real story begins.
Why did Jamie kill his wife whom he loved so much? Why did he travel to Wheelock to do it? Who is this new stranger in the town who befriends Cam and Allie?
I have to say that I really didn't enjoy reading this book. I never really felt any connection to the characters, and a few times I did think about just not finishing the book (I hate to not know the ending, no matter how bad a book is).
Some of the language used was unusual. I consider myself a relatively intelligent person and I found myself reaching for the dictionary on a few occasions as she used words that are not really common, this made me feel like she was trying to prove that she was smarter than her readers.
All in all the story is quite interesting, the characters are just not interesting and I found myself not really caring what happened to them next. The book is part love story, part criminal investigation, part court room drama and seems to do none of these areas any great favour.
The story seems to run at a very slow pace, it took me almost a month to read as I couldn't muster any enthusiasm for it, just once I was hoping for something exciting to happen so I could rush through a few chapters in anticipation, but alas, no such luck.
I would definitely not recommend this book if you have never read a Picoult book before as I feel it could put you off of some of her better work.
ISBN 978-0-340-83550-0
Paper back £6.99
Publisher by Hodder
449 pages
Summary: Not her best work by far.
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