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Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743418737
ISBN: 0743418735
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2003-02-04
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Studio: Washington Square Press

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What does it mean to be a good mother?
How far would you go in the name of love -- and justice?

Perfect Match

In the course of her everyday work, career-driven assistant district attorney Nina Frost prosecutes child molesters and works determinedly to ensure that a legal system with too many loopholes keeps these criminals behind bars. But when her own five-year-old son, Nathaniel, is traumatized by a sexual assault, Nina and her husband, Caleb, a quiet and methodical stone mason, are shattered, ripped apart by an enraging sense of helplessness in the face of a futile justice system that Nina knows all too well. In a heartbeat, Nina's absolute truths and convictions are turned upside down, and she hurtles toward a plan to exact her own justice for her son -- no matter the consequence, whatever the sacrifice.

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Summary: I'm glad I stuck with Picoult (possible SPOILER)
Comment: After reading The Tenth Circle I felt a little leery of reading another novel by Jodi Picoult. I loved The Pact so I thought I would give her one more try. I'm glad I did. I really liked reading this one! It was raw, intense and suspenseful.

It's about a little boy who is molested and his mother kills the guy who did it. It's something every parent who has to live this horrible nightmare would want to do and Nina was brave enough to follow through with it. Even though there were some moments where I thought "Yeah right. That would never happen" I still really overall liked this book. Picoult wrote this novel so well that I felt like I was in it. I wanted to beat the molester senseless myself.

One thing I didn't like was how pathetic Patrick was and how Caleb put up with this guy, who obviously has a thing for his wife. I kept thinking "Patrick needs to grow up and move on." He seemed to high schoolish to me. Another thing was how grown up Nathaniel's thinking was. I know he was forced to grow up but some of his thoughts and actions didn't seem typical of a 5 year old.

I love books that keep you turning the pages and this one definitely did that. I would lay in bed at night reading and not even realize I had been reading for 2 hours! The book was predictable but it didn't make me want to stop reading it. I normally don't like books that are predictable but this one would have been all wrong if it wasn't.

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Summary: Not so perfect of a hit for Jodi Picoult....
Comment: OK, I like thrillers and mysteries and books with bite and cutting edge plots. This had the ingredients but fell a bit short. The characters were all but unlikeable and I had a hard time drumming up support for them or the desire to cheer Nina to acquittal. She just wasn't all that compelling as a heroine. The other characters were stereotypes and like cardboard, even her son. This book was decent. I found the story a bit implausible and all the things that fell together and the happy ending just a bit too predictable. I didn't predict one thing, must be getting slow or just not paying attention. The characters weren't really too interesting and I didn't find them very sympathetic nor did I care what really happened. Obviously Nathaniel should have been receiving ongoing psych counseling.....

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Summary: love Jodi Piccoult
Comment: I haven't read a Jodi Piccoult book that I didn't love and this was no exception.

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Summary: Pure Brilliance
Comment: I think I found another one of my favorite authors. Fortunately she has lots of books out there. I love how Picoult can write and get into every characters mind set. Her book was thought provoking. I can't say I would not have done the same thing had it happened to my child. I read this book in a few days, I just could not wait to see what happened next. I am not reading My Sister's Keeper, another page turner. Will review that as soon as I am done with it.

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Summary: So-so
Comment: I have read a number of Picoult's novels. This was not one of her better books. It drags in the beginning. I found the main character annoying. The parts of the book which were from the point of view of the child seemed unrealistic. The topic was interesting. A mother takes the law into her own hands after her 5 year old is raped repeatedly by a priest. But the way that Picoult handled the trial and the ending seemed forced.

Read the book if you have nothing better to read, it isn't that bad. But I recommend Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper instead. They are just better stories.

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