Mercy

It was a good read because she's a great writer and Picoult makes you see the town, the home, the characters so accuately. She even makes you feel the hurt, the betrayal that the characters do. I wish she would have finished it differently, I wish that the side drama apart from the main issue at hand with the dear man who killed his wife out of mercy...I wish the other punishment would have fit the crime! That bothered me but it was still showed great talent in her writing. I just came away wanting more.

Although I was a tremendous fan of "My Sister's Keeper", I've been summarily disappointed by all her other books, except for this one. The characters who are realistically flawed, the writing is amazing, and the part about the trial was lovely to read. This isn't a book about mercy killings. It's a book about love. Jamie is condemned for having loved his wife too much, to the point where he was willing to kill her when she selfishly asked, knowing that it would destroy him physically and mentally. Cam, the police chief and star witness, cheats on his doting wife and yet is hailed as the lord of the town. This book brings about original, startling revelations about love that most people would never have thought of. I highly recommend this book.

I have many (most ) of Jodi Picoult books. I loved the first 2-3 I read. 19 Minutes, My Sister's Keeper and a few others. Mercy was not one of my favorites, nor was Keeping Faith. maybe I am getting tired of her books, but they use to grab me on page one. Both of these books seemed to drag. They also were more predictable than others in her series. It seems like she is researching topics of interest to her and spinning them into books. The discussion of stamata was interesting, but it seemed to occupy too much of the story. Mercy also seemed to drag in spots. I am accustomed to reading her books quickly, hardly waiting to turn the page.

This is the fifth Jodi Picoult's novel I've read and probably will be the last one. I almost put it down because it simply got to my nerves. That Cameron Mc Donald was such a selfish, arrogant and weak man and Allie, his wife, such a pushover, that I just could not stand neither one of them. What irritated me most was the fact that after finding out that he was betraying her, Allie punishes Cam, but then forgives him (a deduction based on the notes Cam writes to Mia, which are on the left page at the beginning of each chapter). A good sequel would be one with Allie, leaving this guy for good, leaving town, overcoming her low self esteem and finding true love with a real man, not with the kind of male characters that Jodi Picoult usually creates, which seem to be very handsome and attractive but extremely stupid and airhead(for reference, see Salem Falls' Jack St. Bride and Second Glance's Ross Wakeman).

i love jodi picoults books ive read most of them however i really really didnt liek this book. Boring boring boring. The story never picks up. Flat...and 200 pages could get cut out and still tell the same story.

read other books by her not this one