The Pact: A Love Story

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It's a hit!

Loved. Every. Word.

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

normally i love all the jp books, this one i have to say was an exception. i felt like the story was missing a huge chunk of what would make it all... (show more)

normally i love all the jp books, this one i have to say was an exception. i felt like the story was missing a huge chunk of what would make it all make sense. its a strong love story with sex scenes and all but its not what i prefer to read so already i wasn't loving it. i really felt there was a big part of emily's story missing that i guess in real life we would never know but in fiction its ok to know the history and the background. i can come to my own conclusions about the reasons but its more satisfying to know for sure. there were a couple of different angles she worked that were the "could be's" and although teen suicide and depression are real and more common then anyone likes to think or admit the "could be's" i was left to run with on my own i just wasn't satisfied with. the ending was not a strong mind blower by the end i was skipping paragraphs here and there to get to the point and it never came. it was interesting to read yes finished it in under 2 days but really i needed a strong point it was lacking. on to the next book. (show less)

 

 

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  This by far is my favorite Jodi Picoult book. It was the first text I read of hers and it's what made me continue to read all of her other books as well. I'd have to say I've read this book at least five times and though I don't go through the same emotions I did when I read it at first, I still find the language beautiful and almost poetic. I enjoy the fact that Emily though she seems to have a fantasy life doesn't appear satisfied with it and though Picoult may not give several answers as t... (show more)

  This by far is my favorite Jodi Picoult book. It was the first text I read of hers and it's what made me continue to read all of her other books as well. I'd have to say I've read this book at least five times and though I don't go through the same emotions I did when I read it at first, I still find the language beautiful and almost poetic. I enjoy the fact that Emily though she seems to have a fantasy life doesn't appear satisfied with it and though Picoult may not give several answers as to why this is, she poses a few suggestions that make it reasonable as to why Emily feels the way she does. I for one thought Picoult's decision to not shell out every reason for Emily's depression was more realistic because life doesn't always give us all the answers and sometimes people who are depressed don't quite know why either, that's why half the nation has a therapist! I really enjoyed all of the characters, excluding Melanie, but I still understood where Melanie was coming from and that's why Picoult's writing is brilliant to me. You may not like certain characters or feel like what they do is what you would do but Picoult's main theme seems to be that you never know what you're capable of until you get into that, specific situation. Her books challenge you to think and this one specifically shows how important one person can be to a whole network of lives. (show less)

   

  by Brittany Warren on Jun 22, 2009 at 09:41AM

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  I really liked the formatting of this novel. Ms. Picoult flipped back and forth between the past and the present, telling the stories of Emily Gold, Christopher Harte and their respective families in the years leading up to and the months directly following a failed dual suicide attempt between the two kids. Since Chris was the survivor, speculations rose about whether or not Emily actually killed herself. Evidence was gathered that suggested foul play and Chris was put on trial for her murde... (show more)

  I really liked the formatting of this novel. Ms. Picoult flipped back and forth between the past and the present, telling the stories of Emily Gold, Christopher Harte and their respective families in the years leading up to and the months directly following a failed dual suicide attempt between the two kids. Since Chris was the survivor, speculations rose about whether or not Emily actually killed herself. Evidence was gathered that suggested foul play and Chris was put on trial for her murder.

  The concept of this story was excellent. And the literary styling of changing times, then seamlessly overlapping past and present towards the end of the novel, when the reader is learning what really happened that night, is brilliant.

  Sadly, what is not so brilliant is the final conclusion to the novel. It felt to me that this whole emotionally-charged experience just petered out once the final verdict was read. Unresolved conflicts between some of the minor characters were forgotten. And the underlying thought in my mind was that of waste.

  I felt very gipped by the fact that I'd just invested so much time into reading this story - enjoying it for the majority of that time too - and then it just ENDED.

  Of course, as I'm sitting here writing this I'm also thinking back on the story as a whole and I'm actually wondering if that feeling I had might have been the point? (show less)

   

   

  by Jaime Lee Cocca on Jul 02, 2009 at 06:17PM

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