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Title: Second Glance by Jodi Picoult, TBA ISBN: 1-4025-5647-0 Publisher: Recorded Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 10 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: People Magazine Book Review.....APRIL 2, 2003 ISSUE
Comment: People Magazine Book Review
April 3, 2003
Second Glance
by Jodi Picoult
Reviewed by Amy Waldman
In the eight years since he saw his fiancée die in a car accident, Ross Wakeman has tried repeatedly to join her. But after a failed suicide attempt and several accidents that should have been fatal, Ross begins to take an interest in hunting ghosts instead of trying to become one. In rural Comtosook, Vt., he spends time with his sister and nephew and starts investigating a piece of land that may or may not have been an Indian burial ground. Rose petals rain down and a house in the process of being demolished rebuilds itself. Meanwhile, Ross meets Lia, a mysterious young woman who also tracks spirits.
Picoult ingeniously ties the ghost story to a true one about eugenics. In the 1920s and '30s, Vermont and other states sanctioned involuntary sterilization for supposedly "inferior" people such as the mentally and physically disabled, convicted criminals and New England's Abenaki Indians. The history lesson makes for chilling, even shocking, reading, and Picoult (Plain Truth) comes up with many unforgettable characters. This is a fast-paced, densely layered exploration of love, the pull of family and the power of both to transcend time.
BOTTOM LINE: Great ghost story
Rating: 5
Summary: Extraordinary
Comment: "Second Glance" is one of those books that, although minimally intriguing and ultimately standard upon first inspection, is actually an extremely well constructed, well written novel that will leave any book lover breathless with appreciation and admiration.
The book picks up steam quickly, introducing many characters in a short amount of time and then spends the rest of the book fleshing out those characters and tying them together. Without giving anything away, "Second Glance" is a ghost story set in the present, a portrait of horrifying historial truth set in the 1920s, and a truly unique character study that successfully brings the reader to fully know and understand the dozen or so characters introduced along the way.
Author Jodi Picoult should not only be praised for her polished prose and an admirably complex plot, but for shedding light on shocking facts from our country's history and taking a stance on modern-day medical practices without being overly preachy.
This review may sound jumbled and not coherent, but that is how the book often feels. In the end, though, it all comes together wonderfully. Read this novel if you like old-fashioned ghost stories / mysteries, historial fiction, or in depth character studies with supernatural plot twists along for the ride. The book isn't short by any means, and it doesn't feel short. The information could easily have been given (by a lesser author) in a smaller amount of pages, but the added length results in the more fully-developed characters. This novel isn't a thriller (although it contains thrills) and its supernatural premise may attract horror fans, but its really just a supernatural love story. Find your cheap thrills elsewhere. This is a much deeper, complex, and heartfelt drama about love and the ghosts that are created out of it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Keeps you on your toes
Comment: This is a great book. The story grabbed me from the beginning, and I really enjoyed the way the author fleshes out each character. I do not agree with some of the comments that the structure of the story is too confusing or that the author jumps around too much. Just the opposite, I found that the way the story jumps from character to character was one of the things that kept me on my toes, and helped to tie the characters together throughout the book. This is the first book by Jodi Picoult I have read, but I will definitely be getting more.
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Title: My Sister's Keeper : A Novel (PICOULT, JODI) by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0743454529 Publisher: Atria Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0140230270 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Keeping Faith : A Novel by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0688177743 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0743418719 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Mercy by Jodi Picoult ISBN: 0743422449 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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