Not Jodi's Best, but Decent

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	• Mercy Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press, 2001 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 75 reviews view larger image
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bad ending

I started to read this book and loved it! It was going so fast and I couldn't wait to get to the ending. Boy was I disappointed! It kind of left you hanging. There really wasn't any closure to the story of the couple. I realize that she took him back, but it really didn't even describe her feelings about it. And what about him, he had a dream all his life to travel and see the world, was he going to be satisfied to stay w/her and go back to their "little Life" in that small town?
I have another book by her to read, all I can say is that hope the next one is better.

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not one of the best

This book wasnt to bad but compared to picoults others it didnt compare but still not a bad read because it has a touching real story line.

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Incredibly Intense!

Mercy wraps you in a weave of emotion from the start. Having a wide variety of perspectives makes this book an intriguing read.

Not Jodi's Best, but Decent

Jamie McDonald drives into town seeking his cousin, Sheriff Cameron McDonald, and confesses to killing his wife. On the same day, a stranger enters Cameron's wife's flower shop and changes Allie's life forever. The main issue here is euthanasia, as Jamie kills his wife, Maggie, at her request to alleviate her great pain caused by cancer. But Picoult seems to only skirt the issue, even in the courtroom scenes. She could have played this up with much more drama and intensity. Instead she focuses on Allie and Cameron's marriage and the rift that Mia causes.

The main problems were the characters. I wanted to know so much more about Jamie and his past with Maggie, and not just his virtual reality business, which was a somewhat unnecessary side plot. Another irrelevant aspect was Uncle Angus's Scottish hallucinations, but I won't bore you with those details. In general, I didn't find the characters very sympathetic. Allie was a huge pushover and Cameron selfishly took advantage of that. And Mia was selfish in her own ways. She wrecked Jamie and Cam's marriage, but couldn't even face up to herself and her own needs and desires. In many of Picoult's other books, the lawyers have so much more beneath the surface, where Jamie's lawyer was very one-dimensional in Mercy. The only character I found remotely interesting was Cam's new-age hippy mom, who seemed to embrace everyone's struggles and tried to make them right. While this was not my favorite Picoult book, it was still a decent read. If you're a first time reader of hers, pick up My Sister's Keeper, Keeping Faith, or Plain Truth first.

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