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  • As usual, Picoult leaves you with an ending you never see coming. This book was a page-turner, as cliche as that sounds. I couldn't stop reading it, and was still thinking about it long after I finished.

    

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  • Had a hard time putting this book down

  • I really enjoyed it, despite its subject matter being a school shooting. I'm still thinking about it... It was a random choice from the library shelf while I was grazing on my lunch hour. Ms. Picoult is a very good writer, if you read it, you will enjoy her well constructed sentences and excellent m ... Continue

    I really enjoyed it, despite its subject matter being a school shooting. I'm still thinking about it... It was a random choice from the library shelf while I was grazing on my lunch hour. Ms. Picoult is a very good writer, if you read it, you will enjoy her well constructed sentences and excellent metaphors throughout, I stopped just to appreciate them. I was pleased and satisfied with the ending, so many books offer endings I find lacking. I am going back to the library to explore some of her other writings. I recommended to a few of my friends, hope they enjoy it too.

    

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• ― Joyce Hair said on Jan 5, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • BEST BOOK BY JODI PICOULT

  • By far the BEST book by Jodi Picoult. I couldn't put it down. She has far out done herself in this book. With the rise in school shootings, violence, and bullying, Jodi Picoult takes the controversial issue and develops incredibly complex but relatable characters to tell a story from all sides. S ... Continue

    By far the BEST book by Jodi Picoult. I couldn't put it down. She has far out done herself in this book. With the rise in school shootings, violence, and bullying, Jodi Picoult takes the controversial issue and develops incredibly complex but relatable characters to tell a story from all sides. Shocking ending and interwoven characters like no other.

    

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  • I listened to this in Audio format. All I can say is WOW! Jodi did it again!

    

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  • Excellent! One of my favorite Jodi books!!!

    

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  • My thoughts...

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• ― mndy said on May 3, 2007 | 1 feedback| 1 feedback

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn, color your hair, watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five.... In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world, or you can just jump off it.

In nineteen minutes, you can get revenge.

Sterling is a small, ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens -- until the day its complacency is shattered by a shocking act of violence. In the aftermath, the town's residents must not only seek justice in order to begin healing but also come to terms with the role they played in the tragedy. For them, the lines between truth and fiction, right and wrong, insider and outsider have been obscured forever. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, could be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened in front of her own eyes. And as the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show, destroying the closest of friendships and families.

Nineteen Minutes is New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult's most raw, honest, and important novel yet. Told with the straightforward style for which she has become known, it asks simple questions that have no easy answers: Can your own child become a mystery to you? What does it mean to be different in our society? Is it ever okay for a victim to strike back? And who -- if anyone -- has the right to judge someone else?

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