Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
by Jodi Picoult
Book Summary Information
Author: Jodi PicoultEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-03-05
ISBN: 0739480715
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Atria
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780743496728
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
Book Review: Written with Love and Filled with Exceptional Insights
Summary: 5 Stars
We've read about too many school shootings. These are intensely sad events as young lives are ended and harmed while sickening fear is permanently released to further separate communities. We all blame the parents for being so clueless.
I wasn't sure I wanted to read a long novel about such an event. But I'm glad I did. Nineteen Minutes takes the bare facts of such an awful day and helps us see the whole experience from every perspective. And the book does so with a kind and gentle heart.
This shifting of the balance of our perceptions is accomplished by several well-performed techniques including many narrators (different students, three parents, the police, the defense attorney, and his wife), connections among the characters, and multiple back stories that reach literally into the womb. The book's theme is far more universal than school shootings: How we grow away from our real selves and the damage that does to us and others.
I was very impressed by the way that Ms. Picoult viewed every character with mostly sympathy, even when you might think of them as being unsympathetic from the facts. Each character is also mildly funny. She doesn't let the tragedy pull us too far away from the realities of everyday life. It's an extraordinary storytelling gift.
If you are like me, you'll probably feel that your faith in people is increased by reading this story rather than the reverse. That reaction also surprised me.
No matter what your age is I think you'll find this book will draw you back into those turbulent teen years when being popular meant way too much. It'll be an intense and self-revealing visit.
Bravo, Ms. Picoult! This is a remarkable book.
Highly recommended.
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