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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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Bluetiful Hadeel
  • Rated 4 stars

“Do you really know your kids?? DO you know what goes inside their heads? Would you let them go out with best friends? DO you trust their best friends?... What is love?
This is a love story with 2 main characters and 2 families. An accident that would reveal all... Her use of flashbacks is amazing and well incorporated![/br]
Though I'm not Picoult fan, this book made me think twice and try to find another book of hers that would let my mind tick :) Get your tissue box before reading,...”

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  • Luisa P

    luisa p said:

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

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • Fu Manchu

    fu manchu said:

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

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • 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 1 reply )
  • yvette s

    yvette s said:

    “I just started reading this book yesterday. It is so good!! I didn't want to put it down.”

    posted Monday, June 9 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Hannah C

    hannah c said:

    “Did you all like The Pact? I personnally thought it was one of Jodi's better books. I thought it was a great page-turner. It kept me "on my toes" and wondering about what was going to happen next.”

    posted Thursday, June 5 2008
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