When I turned over the last page I was literally expecting another chapter and had to turn back to check I'd read the last paragraph right. However, 3 stars because the book ends very abruptly. This one lacks the court room scene (her trademark) but it doesn't miss anything for this. However, she writes as well as ever and her style of writing makes the book a compulsive read. Although all her novels are deep and disturbing this one I have found the most difficult to read in terms of subject. more revelations follow.įor a Picoult novel, this one is particularly harrowing (given the subject).
Without spoiling the plot, mum Laura, a university professor, hasn't been paying close attention to family life at home, dad Daniel has secrets from his past, and their daughter, 14-year-old Trixie comes home in the early hours of the morning and confesses to her dad that she's been raped. ( )Įssentially a story of a family that has become dysfunctional almost overnight. That, and Picoult's easy prose that makes this a fast, compelling read. I could say more about the characters - the blurb certainly does - but the only other thing I'll mention is the comic book within the book, as Picoult got an artist to illustrate pages of Daniel's story of a man literally going to Hell to save his daughter, a knowing nod at life imitating art, fictional though both may be. It's more a look at a family that seems perfect until the family members are forced by circumstances to look more closely. There are plot twists, some I figured out and some that surprised me, but this isn't a traditional mystery. Slowly, Picoult peels back the layers until the truths are revealed.
What once seemed perfect reveals itself to be full of lies and deceptions, all with consequences, from the aftermath of the rape accusation to Daniel's wife's infidelity. Life seems perfect until Trixie tells her father her older boyfriend raped her. A work-from-home parent, he has a strong bond with their 14-year-old daughter, Trixie.
The plot revolves around Daniel Stone, a comic book artist working on writing ann original comic based on Dante's levels of Hell, a subject his college professor wife teaches. So I bought the book and somehow never got around to reading it. I chose this one because one of the main characters - the father - was a comic book creator and I love omic books. Back when I was still working, Jodi Picoult was popular with our library patrons, so I figured I should give one of her books a try.
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