Disappointed with the Ending, but Still an Excellent Read

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	• Keeping Faith: A Novel (P.S.) Jodi Picoult Harper Perennial, 2006 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 149 reviews view larger image
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Jews for Jesus

This is the first novel by Jodi Picoult that I have read. She can spin a tale! Well researched tale of a child going through extreme stress when her parents divorce. Well developed characters and themes. I had to tear myself away from the book! So . . a real page turner. Looking forward to reading her other novels.

Keeping faith

I have just started reading this writer and I found this book to be an excellent story. Very well written and sensitive to all the nuances of different faiths.

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Great book, not so great ending.

I loved everything about this book, from the main characters, to the storyline. It kept my attention and I was sad everytime I had to put it down! The only thing about this book that I was not pleased with was the very last page!! To me, it was sort of anticlimactic.

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Disappointed with the Ending, but Still an Excellent Read

Jodi Picoult takes religion in her novel "Keeping Faith." Mariah White and her 7-year-old daughter Faith return home unexpectedly one afternoon and find Colin White, Mariah's husband and Faith's father, with another woman. Colin announces he is leaving Mariah for the other woman, and shortly thereafter, they divorce. Faith is particularly impacted by the divorce and she begins to speak to an imaginary friend that she calls her "Guard." Mariah doesn't think too much of it at first, but becomes worried and takes Faith to a psychologist. Over time, they come to realize that Faith's "Guard" is God. And God appears to Faith in a female form. The media swoops in on the story as soon as Faith performs her first miracle. She raises the dead. Then, she cures a baby who had AIDS. But Faith's visionary status takes a turn for the dramatic when the little girl begins to experience stigmata. Colin, thinking Mariah is somehow inflicting the stigmatic wounds upon Faith and that Faith is in danger, sues Mariah for custody of Faith.

This novel was tremendously intriguing and I would have been more than happy to give it a 5 star rating, if it had not been for the ending. Usually, Picoult answers any questions and ties up all the loose ends by the time the reader reaches the last page. I don't felt she did that in this book. I still had many questions that were left unanswered at the end of the novel, making me feel disappointed by it.

Overall, it was a great book and I would definitely recommend it.

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A definite page-turner

A friend chose Jodi Picoult's novel for our most recent book club. It honestly took me about 75 pages to get into this book, but once I settled in -- I had a hard time putting it down. I had never read anything like this book -- stigmata, a female God, etc. -- and it instantly intrigued me. I liked the concept of a mother believing in her child, no matter what. That unconditional love and support was what made me finish the book in one night. I would definitely read another book by this author!

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