This is a review of the 2011 book "Sing you Home" by Jodi Picoult who is a very famous author with many books under her belt. I have read many Picoult books and would say I usually enjoy them but there has been the odd one that didn't tick my boxes. Different In Sing you Home, the book is interestingly divided into ten chapters each with a QR code or web link so you can listen to a song that has been written in conjunction with the book by Picolt's friend Ellen Wilber. The songs are designed to follow the emotions of Zoe, the main protagonist in the book. As Zoe works as a music therapist this fits in very well with the book. A bit ...  Read the complete review

After recently reading Jodi Picoult's first novel recently printed in the UK for the first time, I was in need of reading something much newer from her and was thrilled when my local library got 'Sing You Home' in for me. I know that many people are finding her novels are starting to sound the same but this one is a real blinder of a book and I can't remember when I last enjoyed a book like this so much. In some ways I wished I could have got the soundtrack to go with this, but without knowing about it beforehand I really couldn't afford to buy the book in the hopes of enjoying the music as well. Something tells me that I might be disappointed and this would spoil the ...  Read the complete review

I've read many Jodi Picoult books. Most have been very good, some have been non starters, one or two have had predicatable endings yet there's only one that has wasted what was a good story... Max and Zoe Baxter were once happily married but after years of attempting to have a baby and going through costly IVF treatments Max decides he's had enough. As the end of their marriage finally results in divorce they both take two very different paths from what they might of expected earlier on in their lives. As Zoe is comforted by her friend Vanessa which soon turns to love and Max turns back to drink, leading him to a more religious outlook they do not realise ...  Read the complete review

I have read most of Jodi Picoult's books and I generally enjoy them as I find they grip me and make me want to spend a few hours getting stuck into the book. Her books are good quick reads. However, people often comment that they can be a bit formulaic and this is definitely true. Many of her books are narrated from different characters perspectives and they include some kind of social or moral issue, culminating in a court battle. Sing You Home is no different! The one different thing which stands out is the soundtrack which comes with the book. Each chapter has a QR code you can scan with your phone to get the soundtrack online. Alternatively if you don't ...  Read the complete review

Jodi Picolt always writes about things that are a moral dilemma and this book is the same. I like those types of books because it makes you see things from both sides and you can sympathise with both sides too. It opens your eyes to situations and makes you a little more emphatic - so next time you get a cold fact story you don't just say 'i'd do that' or judge either party for the action they took. This story is about a couple who crave a child more than anything. They go through numerous miscarraiges and failed attempts at IVF. In the background they have serious financial problems, borrowing money and suffering businesses due to the constant pressure ...  Read the complete review