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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780061150142
ISBN number: 0061150142
Label: Avon
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Page Count: 512
Printing Date: September 01, 2006
Publishing house: Avon
Release Date: August 29, 2006
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Until the phone calls came at three o'clock on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily is dead—shot with a gun her beloved and devoted Chris pilfered from his father's cabinet as part of an apparent suicide pact—leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.
From New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult—one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction—comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.
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What a fantastic story. I could not put this down. It is not only beautifully written, but poses many questions about teen suicide. Especially those of us who have teenagers and think we know them and what they are thinking. A must read!
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"The Pact" by Jodi Picoult is one of those books that you will never forget. Picoult points to what True Love should be about, along with examples of soulmates- how far would you go to make the one you love happy? At what point do you say, "Enough about what you want, what about what I want?"
This is a story about suicide vs. murder. It's a hard topic to discuss, but as Picoult often does- she flourishes with its descriptions and jumbles your mind - causing you to always second guess your original answers.
Picoult's story is wonderful. It has stayed with me for the past six months since I've read it. It's one of those books that you want others to read, but you don't want to lend it out at the chance of never seeing it again.
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Just another great book by Jodi Picoult. Not just another boring romance novel...her books cover subjects no one else does.
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This book was really a good read, very different from any other books i've read. I have read several of her other books since then and have been very pleased with her work.
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First of all, I *hate* that so many of the other reviews basically give away the story / punchline.
Okay, now: I read (actually listened to the recorded format of) "My Sister's Keeper" before this one. Maybe it was just because of that experience with Ms. Picoult's writing, but I "got" this one WAAAAAAY early. It was like cassette three (out of 12, again recorded format) that I had the ending figured out. And therefore, all through the last nine tapes, I kept looking for the "hook", the surprise that was going to throw me off of what I had guessed, and it never came. So that left me REALLY disappointed with "The Pact".
I think the "Emily" character is developed FAR too little. As other reviewers have said (and I can repeat, without giving away "spoilers"), I just didn't buy what was given as her reasons for being suicidal. It just wasn't it. Anyone who has ever been depressed or suicidal can easily read this book and KNOW that "Emily" isn't it -- and most likely, have a good idea that Ms. Picoult doesn't really understand depression or what it is like to be suicidal (and lucky for her!, though perhaps too bad for her books).
In any case, "The Pact" by itself, is pretty good, and well worth the time to read/listen. If, however, you have been through "My Sister's Keeper", I would say don't bother with this -- the parallels are too obvious, the plot is (perhaps) a giveaway, and the ending is likely to be disappointing. And, without going into details, I found there were a LOT of holes in the plot line -- dots that never got connected, or just seemed too disjointed, out of place, or otherwise didn't make sense.
Just one other random thought: the picture/art on the cover, to me, REALLY doesn't seem to fit the book; and for that matter, neither does the title -- "The Pact"?!?? Puh-leeeze! I don't know what else to suggest, but "The Pact" is woefully inadequate.
Still, if this is your very first Picoult novel, go for it! She's a good writer!
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