Rating:  - Tried to read but couldn't..
This was loaned to me by a co-worker who loved the book. I could not get through it. I tried but couldn't. She could have made this book in half the pages. On and on about her mother and what could have been.
Rating:  - Amazing
This is a great book, it is the kind of book you don't want to put down. I like how there are several turns in the book, just when you have made up your mind about a character something new comes along to give you a new perspectve.
Rating:  - What we've come to expect from Jodi
This is a pretty formulaic Picoult book. She tackles many issues in this book including kidnapping, alcoholism, memory, being a parent, etc. The novel is told from multiple perspectives: Delia, who finds out her father kidnapped her as a four-year-old; Eric, Delia's alcoholic fiancé who happens to be a lawyer and defends her father; Andrew, Delia's father who spends a majority of the novel in jail; Fitz, Eric and Delia's best friend; and Elise, Delia's mother who has not seen her daughter in twenty-eight years. In true Picoult fashion, the sequence of events plays itself out: Andrew gets arrested and sent to Arizona to await trial, Delia, Eric, and their daughter relocate there temporarily, Fitz tags along and creates friction, Delia meets her mother, whom she thought was dead, and a trial begins, with Eric as the defense attorney.
Like all of Jodi's books, I was captivated and got though Vanishing Acts very quickly. It wasn't quite as engaging as some of her others, but I still enjoyed it. The one aspect I can say she could have done without was Andrew's narrative from jail. I understand the need to convey what a deplorable situation he was in, but I found it hard to believe that a sixty-year-old man would willingly engage in crime so freely with his fellow prisoners, even being a party to their Crystal Meth smuggling schemes. I liked the change of scenery in this book. For once, Picoult takes the reader outside of New England into a somewhat mystical Southwest. The conclusion left a few mysteries, but led the reader to form their own conclusions in regard to the truth. This is a book that any Jodi fan will enjoy.
Rating:  - Just Couldn't Finish It, Zzzzzzzz
I tried and tried, but this book never interested me. It drags on and on. Once the indian woman gets involved with the story it just became ridiculous.
I finally gave up 200+ pages in....
Rating: - Wow!
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