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Second Glance

By Jodi Picoult

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| Paperback | 9780340897270

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3 Reviews

A very good book. I've recently discovered Jodi Picoult and have loved her books. This one was a little disappointing as it was dealing with more supernatural issues, compared to the other books I've read, so I wasn't expecting it. Still, she dealt with the theme very well, but I prefer her books de ... (continue)

A very good book. I've recently discovered Jodi Picoult and have loved her books. This one was a little disappointing as it was dealing with more supernatural issues, compared to the other books I've read, so I wasn't expecting it. Still, she dealt with the theme very well, but I prefer her books dealing with controversial real issues.

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adreamine said on Apr 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

Having only discovered the work of Jodi Picoult just over two years ago, this is already the eighth title that I have read. I think it is therefore safe to say that I enjoy her novels.
This one is a ghost story and although I do not disbelieve in them I am somewhat sceptical. Seeing is believi ... (continue)

Having only discovered the work of Jodi Picoult just over two years ago, this is already the eighth title that I have read. I think it is therefore safe to say that I enjoy her novels.
This one is a ghost story and although I do not disbelieve in them I am somewhat sceptical. Seeing is believing so you never know, maybe one day. I think therefore that my scepticism was the reason that I was long way into the story nearly two hundred pages before I really began to appreciate properly what was going on. Once the storyline made sense I began to enjoy it much more, although I would not say it was amongst my favourites. Although the author herself said in August 2008, that Second Glance her tenth novel wrritten in 2003, to date was her personal favourite.
Although the book is a work of fiction the work of the Vermont Eugenics Project actually exsisted as did the Sterilization Law of 1931. A disturbing practice to prevent problem citizens reproducing, similar to the plans of the Nazis for racial cleansing! Once again Jodi Picoult impresses me with her choice of a controversial subject to base a novel on.
Ghosts, Abenaki Indians and Eugenics Research link the characters and the periods of 1932 and 2001 together in an excellent example of mixing fact and fiction and the past with the present.
There are so many twists and turns in the story that I was never quite sure what was going to happen next. I am only sorry that it took me so long to sort all the characters out in the early part of the book as once it all slipped into place it was a great read. I may well have given up if I had not already been a fan of Jodi Picoult and that would have been a shame.

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Lindyloumac said on Oct 26, 2009 | Add your feedback