Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The Pact; A Love Story (...HOW CUTE)
Okay, so on Friday I was hanging out with some friends and we were talking about how much we love reading (no joke…) this inspired me to read on Saturday. Pretty much all day…so I finished reading The Pact, and it was AMAZING. No surprise there, but still. I don’t want to ruin the ending, because I know how many Jodi Picoult fans there are among us, so I’ll just talk about the middle! A thing I really liked about this book was that it was made up of a combination of flashbacks and the present day (which was actually 2004 or something, but that’s irrelevant). In the present day, Chris was being tried for the murder of Emily, and the flashbacks started off when the kids were very young, slowly until they caught up to the present day, and you found out the truth. I think Picoult chose to do this to show how close Chris & Emily really were. One of the things about their relationship was that when they were being intimate, Emily felt awkward because Chris was like a brother to her. This is something I had wondered about, because I feel like if you grew up so close to someone it would be weird to be in love with them. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone though, because it was super good. It also kind of reminded me of Mary’s Song (Oh My My My) by T-Swift, in case anyone was wondering…
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haha oh maya you would think of a taylor swift song.
the way you talk about the flashbacks kind of reminds me of Nineteen Minutes also by jodi Picoult. The structure of it is really weird but it all ties in at the end and makes sense. this actually seems like a really good book which i might actually read.
Maya- I would like to start this comment off by saying that The Pact is one of my all-time favorite books! I love Jodi Picoult! I always love her use of time to help round out the story and let the reader understand her scarily realistic characters even more. Another thing that I love about her style of writing is how the end always catches you for surprise! Usually when I read a book, I can make a pretty good guess about what is going to happen but Picoult's endings still shock me every time! (Especially this book's-I was caught completely off guard). One of the best things about her books, is how relatable the characters are. I feel like Chris and Emily could be anyone I know, which is why the plot is so exciting!
I don't think I should have read this review because I haven't read this book and I hate it when the endings of books are ruined BUT I'm planning on reading this book anyways so I'll probably forget about this in a couple days. In conclusion, this book sounds super intense and filled with unexpected twists and turns
First of all, I would like to mention how dissapointed I am that you didn't read Foucault or Nietzsche instead! Take a leaf out of Kentuckys book...
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