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The Pact: A Love Story
 

The Pact: A Love Story

by Jodi Picoult

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... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  contemporary fiction,  jodi picoult,  suicide,  family (all tags)

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mona17
  • Rated 4 stars

“this is the third book i've read by the author...what can i say?i loved it as much as the two books i've previously read...
the structure of the novel really puts the reader on edge, making the reader feel what the characters are experiencing - i was feeling what the harte's and the gold's felt upon knowing what happened to emily and chris;asking the same questions haunting the two families;grieving like michael and melanie;hurting like gus and james;suffering like chris...
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Community:
  • Rated 3.956921 stars
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  • Rated 4.428571 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • MargieW

    margiew said:

    “I've only read two books by Picoult--this one and "My Sister's Keeper." There is no doubt that Picoult knows how to write a novel that keeps you involved and turning the pages, but I think the issues she raises in "My Sister's Keeper" make it a far superior book to this one. ”

    posted 2 days ago
  • Wessam k

    wessam k said:

    “I don't read story yet, but l like to read it.”

    posted 9 days ago
  • Luisa P

    luisa p said:

    “I've read many of Jodi Picoult's books and this one was amazing.”

    posted Thursday, July 10 2008
  • FU MANCHU

    fu manchu said:

    “Fu Manchu make a pact not to mention book in front of humans”

    posted Saturday, July 5 2008
  • Tahira M

    tahira m said:

    “I loved this book, but what frustrated me was Emily's bitch of a mom. I mean burning evidence that Chris was innoncence, for some twisted sense of revenge. What a bitch? Anyone else irrated by her?”

    posted Thursday, June 19 2008 ( | view 6 replies )
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