Vanishing Acts : A Novel
6 journalers for this copy...
This was to serious a read for me right now. I am in need of light hearted stories right now. The 100 pages that I did read were interesting but to thought provoking. I will be passing this on in the next 12 days as part of a book swap I participated in.
Mailing this to Xeyra as part of the June ALS#5 swap.
Yay, it's here! I've loved everything by this author I've read so far, so I was incredibly happy to get this book in the swap. Thank you for mailing this to me, chronic. Looking forward to reading it. May do so sooner rather than later. :)
Like any books by Jodi Picoult, this one was a very interesting read that grabbed me from the beginning. The author surely knows how to hold the attention of her readers, how to write a story and make it interesting, emotional, profound, dealing with ambiguous themes, making us think.
But she is terrible at mathematics. The lady simply can't count. I mean, the main character is 28 years old and was kidnapped by her father when she was 4. But everyone in the damn court speaks of the kidnapping as taking place 28 years ago. Lawyers, witnesses, etc., etc. The mother has been sober for 26 years, she says in court. If that was so, she would have been sober a full two years before her daughter was taken, and that's obviously not true. Ms. Picoult should get a better editor, because they suck at math too. It was not a single mistake that one could have overlooked. It was repeated throughout the entire book. If the main character had been kidnapped 28 years ago, she'd have been a baby, which she obviously wasn't...
Anyways, it was a detail that really bugged me and interfered a little with my enjoyment of the book, but I ended up quite liking it anyway.
Mailed today to nursiegirl42, who won it on a swap.
But she is terrible at mathematics. The lady simply can't count. I mean, the main character is 28 years old and was kidnapped by her father when she was 4. But everyone in the damn court speaks of the kidnapping as taking place 28 years ago. Lawyers, witnesses, etc., etc. The mother has been sober for 26 years, she says in court. If that was so, she would have been sober a full two years before her daughter was taken, and that's obviously not true. Ms. Picoult should get a better editor, because they suck at math too. It was not a single mistake that one could have overlooked. It was repeated throughout the entire book. If the main character had been kidnapped 28 years ago, she'd have been a baby, which she obviously wasn't...
Anyways, it was a detail that really bugged me and interfered a little with my enjoyment of the book, but I ended up quite liking it anyway.
Mailed today to nursiegirl42, who won it on a swap.
Got this in the mail today... thanks for sending!!!
This is on it's way to my birthday exchange partner! Enjoy!
Thank you Holly for sending this my way. What a surprise to get a book that has been on my list for a while.I'm curious now what the story is about and how Picoult's writings are from the journal entries.
I finally got to read my first Jodi Picoult novel. I thought it was a very serious in depth nature to talk about. But this I can not say is a favorite. I didn't like how the story was split between the characters. I just didn't feel that the story had that certain focus. It went off in so many directions, all at once at times. The story itself was interesting and to fully understand the reason behind what Delia did in her life and a living (search and rescue)
I did not like the ending about Andrew. That just wasn't right.
I did not like the ending about Andrew. That just wasn't right.
On it's way to blaisezabini12. It was on her wishlist.Happy Reading!
The book made it safe and sound to Pittsburgh :) Thank you Sci for mailing this to me!
I got this book two days ago from blaisezabini12 and look forward to reading it (after I finish my current read)
