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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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  • Good Drama. A bit too much though. Left me depressed whenever I put the book down.

    

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• ― JonnieBean said on Mar 25, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • I really liked this!

  • I cannot put this book down. I'm surprised because I wasn't into reading the subject matter.

    

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• ― MONKI said on Jan 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Loved it!!

    

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• ― Jamie Gemuend767 said on Nov 7, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • Insight into the mind of a shooter

  • An intense and gripping read. There were slow moments in the middle, but I like the narrative style of jumping between various points in time. A great attempt in providing an explanation for the cause of high school shooting tragedies; not only examining objective facts but also trying to provide in ... Continue

    An intense and gripping read. There were slow moments in the middle, but I like the narrative style of jumping between various points in time. A great attempt in providing an explanation for the cause of high school shooting tragedies; not only examining objective facts but also trying to provide insight into the mindset and thinking of everyone involved.

    The surprise was quite unexpected. You knew something is not quite right, but just couldn't quite grasp on what that was.

    

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• ― Clement said on May 22, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Bestseller Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens fire, killing 10 people. Flashbacks reveal how bullying caused Peter to retreat into a world of violent computer games. Alex Cormier, the judge assigned to Peter's case, tries to maintain her objectivity as she struggles to understand her daughter, Josie, one of the surviving witnesses of the shooting. The author's insights into her characters' deep-seated emotions brings this ripped-from-the-headlines read chillingly alive. (Mar.)
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From Booklist
Popular and prolific Picoult (My Sister's Keeper, and The Tenth Circle , 2006) now tackles the troubling topic of a school shooting. Picoult considers the tragedy--in 19 quick minutes, 10 are dead and 19 are wounded--from several different perspectives, including that of the shooter, a troubled boy named Peter, who was mercilessly picked on at school. The small town of Sterling is rocked by the carnage. Alex Cormier is the superior court judge planning to hear the case, but her daughter, Josie, Peter's only friend during childhood but now a member of the in crowd, was in the midst of the melee. Peter spared Josie, but killed her boyfriend. Two characters from previous Picoult novels are also involved. Charismatic detective Patrick DuCharme rushes into the school and apprehends Peter, and Jordan McAfee agrees to defend the young killer. Every bit as gripping and moving as Picoult's previous novels, Nineteen Minutes will no doubt garner considerable attention for its controversial subject and twist ending. Kristine Huntley
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