The Pact

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  Thought provoking as usual.

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  Nanopausa said on Aug 7, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  ...a love story??

  I seriously cannot see how so many people found this book even slightly "romantic". There is nothing romantic in Emily and Chris's relationship, but rather I found their "love" disturbing. He almost forces himself on her, not understanding (or maybe ignoring) her discomfort. Then, how are we are sup ... (continue)

  I seriously cannot see how so many people found this book even slightly "romantic". There is nothing romantic in Emily and Chris's relationship, but rather I found their "love" disturbing. He almost forces himself on her, not understanding (or maybe ignoring) her discomfort. Then, how are we are supposed to believe these two were two halves of a whole?

  I could not empathize with Emily at all, I was completely unable to feel sorry for her. The plot was just not really credible. It all felt pretty unnatural, I was expecting something more by this author, which usually entertains me pretty well.

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  Vaiolet said on Jul 4, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Synopsis:Amazon.co.uk
  A riveting, timely, and terrifying novel from an acclaimed writer who skillfully intertwines the intimate perceptions of Anne Tyler with the dramatic tension of John Grisham. For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything ... (continue)

  Synopsis:Amazon.co.uk
  A riveting, timely, and terrifying novel from an acclaimed writer who skillfully intertwines the intimate perceptions of Anne Tyler with the dramatic tension of John Grisham. For eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty. Parents and children alike are best friends - so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more. They've been soul mates since they were born. When the midnight calls come in from the hospital, no one is prepared for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head as part of an apparent suicide pact. The gun holds a single unspent bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself, but a local detective has doubts. And the Hartes and Golds, in a single terrifying moment, must face every parent's worst fear: do we ever really know our children at all?

  This is the first novel I have read by Jodi Picoult and it will certainly not be the last. I throughly enjoyed this riveting story. It seemed so sad that for one tiny but dramatic incident in her life that she wrongly kept to herself that Emilys life became unbearable to such an extreme that she wanted to commit suicide. As a parent it made me think very hard about the excellent relationship I had with my daughters as they were growing up. Very scary actually, quoting from the back cover, do we ever actually know our children at all? Highly recommended.

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  Lindyloumac said on Dec 4, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  My Sister's Keeper,
  Vanishing Acts(?),
  The Tenth Circle,
  Nineteen Minutes,
  Change of Hearts...and
  The Pact

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  Michael.L.Taiwan said on May 10, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  The auther was inspired by her previous life as an English teacher that one little girl of her students was suicidal. That girl was very lucky because her parents, her guildance counselor and four subject teachers were known about her situation and they all work hard to keep her focused. But the te ... (continue)

  The auther was inspired by her previous life as an English teacher that one little girl of her students was suicidal. That girl was very lucky because her parents, her guildance counselor and four subject teachers were known about her situation and they all work hard to keep her focused. But the teenage girl Emily Gold is not that lucky in this book that no one knows she is suicidal until she died. The only person Emily turns to is Chris Hartes who is her life-time friend and lover for their family Hartes and Golds have lived next door to each other for eighteen years that they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives.

  The aurther also wants to write an anti-Romeo and Juliet story: Emily turns to Chris and asks his help not to save her life but help her to suicide instead of they commit suicide together; and two very close family intead of enemies. So when midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the appalling truth: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There's a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris took from his father's cabinet-- a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris has described.

  Emily made Chris to commit a pact which leads to lies and ultimately destruction of two families. It’s a tragedy (although I have several options to prevent it in my mind), a love story, and court-room drama (my faverate part) all rolled into one, and Jodi Picoult make her the best storyteller amazingly once again.

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  Snow White said on Jun 16, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Sort of a jaded version of a modern Romeo and Juliet gone wrong? Great book, interesting and intense. Secrets and interesting characters.

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  SaraA said on May 19, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 416 Pages
• ISBN-10: 006085880X
• ISBN-13: 9780060858803
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Pub date: Mar 01, 2006
• Dimensions: 1677 mm x 1161 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Library Binding, School & Library Binding and Others

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