Mercy - Jodi Picoult Reviews

I am a big fan of Jodi Piccoult and have read many of her books, strangely this book did not grip me like all the others have. The main characters are Allie and Cam Macdonald are introduced first, Piccoult successfully paints a wonderful picture of their perfect life which doesn't run so smoothly once the characters Maggie and Jamie ...  Read the complete review

An increasingly familiar name to anyone who keeps even half an ear on literary matters, Jodi Picoult has published a number of novels that share a familiar format and focus on topical issues. In fact, Picoult is such a popular writer that I often feel I must be missing something when I reflect on my fairly negative feelings about her novels, so I ...  Read the complete review

I find that in most cases with Jodi Picoult, her novels are very hit and miss. On the one hand you have The Pact and Salem Falls which are both very good in my opinion but then you have Nineteen Minutes and Plain Truth which I wish I had never of picked up. Sadly Mercy falls into the latter of the two groups. It's a shame because I thought the ...  Read the complete review

Mercy focuses on the issue of euthanasia, and the balance of love within a relationship. The storyline follows two couples, Allie and Cam McDonald, and Jamie and Maggie McDonald. Cam McDonald is the police chief of Wheelock, Massachusetts and has been married to Allie for 7 years. Allie runs the town flower shop, and spends her day thinking of ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge fan of the american writer Jodi Picoult and find each of her novels fresh and original. Every time, she seems to come up with a successful formula in her storylines and her novel Mercy is no exception. I was a bit worried when I first started reading the book though as I found it quite difficult to get into. I wondered ...  Read the complete review

As always with Jodi Picoult books, this story surrounds a crime and the subsequent courtcase but this is actually a relatively small part of this book so I wouldn't really class it as a courtroom drama or crime novel but most definitely a character driven drama. Whilst the main topic being explored is love and relationships, I find it to be far ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Allie MacDonald and her husband, the police chief - Cam MacDonald - live in a lovely town. Their marriage is a happy one if not for all of Allie's efforts going into keeping Cam happy, not because he is an unreasonable man but because she loves with every fibre in her body. On a regular morning for them however, Jamie MacDonald, a ...  Read the complete review

In The Name Of Love. I've read a few book reviews on dooyoo about Jodi Picoult's novels and when I saw this one in my favourite second-hand bookshop I decided to buy it. I know little about the author, and to be honest I find her website confusing with lots about forthcoming book tours and very little about the author and the themes ...  Read the complete review

I love a good book, one that I can really get stuck into and can't put down forget the housework and just escape. I usually don't get the luxury of doing this unless we are on holiday but at the moment I am stuck indoors due to an operation on my foot and am confined to the sofa! So I sent the other half out shopping (culture shock for him!) and ...  Read the complete review