So, after reading My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, I decided I liked it enough to give her other books a whirl. That's saying a lot, considering I hardly ever decide to read the author's collection after one book. So, I got onto Books Free and added her to my list.
The first book I got-Keeping Faith-is about a little girl who supposedly sees God. There are a lot of extenuating circumstances in it all-for example, the little girl, Faith, was not raised any religion, yet can recite Hebrew and verses from the bible. This isn't just-I see God in my grilled cheese sandwich-we have Faith resurrecting the dead and curing AIDS.
The best part about the book is it doesn't preach to you. Although it's the center of the story, the God thing takes a backstage to the characters and what they are going through. In the end-you are left to wonder (at least I felt this way) if it was all a scam or if she really saw God. In fact, I had to read the last part 3 times and I still couldn't figure out if she was doing it for attention or if she had been seeing God, but now, no longer.
I think what was most interesting was this was all (in my mind) directly related to her parent's divorce-or more specifically, walking in on her Father with the "other woman". For obvious reasons-this speaks to me and my experiences. I begin to wonder about how Joe, Dawn and I all dealt with our parent's divorce. I have never asked her-but I am certain Dawn's memories are much different from mine and Joe's-as we had each other and she was an only child. To that end-Dawn ended up receiving a real Father, while Joe and I really never had a Father figure growing up. But did any of us begin speaking to God? Or make up an imaginary friend. It's fascinating that you can take 100 people, put them in the same situation and there will be 100 different reactions and actions.
All in all-I loved the book and I am excited to continue reading Picoult's work. Now, if I could only find the time.
2 comments:
I'm reading Picoult's latest, The Tenth Circle, now. It's interesting because there's a graphic novel within the novel. I've read The Pact (AWESOME), Plain Truth (Very Good), My Sister's Keeper (Very Good) and tried to read Vanishing Acts, but I hated it. Tenth Circle is good so far, but if you're going to choose one, I'd choose The Pact.
i read The Pact and i absolutely loved it. im looking for another book with the same key points (yound adult/late teen, deep, powerful, meaningful love but with a tragic twist). really another book setup just like The Pact, if you have ideas please post back with the name and author of the novel. Thanks
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