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| Book #16 of 2009 |
| Title: Handle with Care |
| Author: Jodi Picoult |
| Publisher: Atria |
| Pub Date: 2009 |
| Grade: C+ |
| Comments: I did not like this book. Jodi Picoult is a little hit or miss in the sense that you can completely love one of her books and hate the ending or that some of her books are freaking amazing (Nineteen Minutes, The Pact, Change of Heart) and yet I’ve completely forgotten the entire plot of The Tenth Circle. This book did not work for me at all. I usually love alternating perspectives, but the fact that everyone in the story (including the lawyer who barely spoke to Willow) was telling the story to Willow was really irritating. Amelia’s narration was particularly ineffective, as she sounded like an adult 90% of the time but when she wasn’t, she just sounded like an idiot, not a teenager. The issues she faced in the book were ridiculous. Surely a girl with a sister with such a difficult medical condition and a family that’s being torn apart would face some issues, but the whole thing was so heavy handed. I really never believed Charlotte and Piper’s relationship was as close as we were told. There were too few scenes pre-lawsuit for me to make that leap. The lawyer’s adoption story would have fit better in a different book, although it was interesting. The ending was insanely horrendous but I won’t spoil that here. I’ll read whatever she writes next though. |
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