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Nineteen Minutes: A Novel
 

Nineteen Minutes: A novel

by Jodi Picoult

Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, Jodi Picoult's 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes, deals with the truth and consequences of a smalltown high-school shooting. Set in Sterling, New Hampshire, Picoult offers reads a glimpse of what would cause a 17-year-old to wake up one day, load his backpack with four guns, and kill nine students and ... (read more)

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HCL mom
  • Rated 5 stars

“As a high school principal, I believe this book should be read by every parent, educator, and adolescent alive. We have so much to learn still and this book shows it.”

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Bev
  • Rated 1 stars

“Maybe it's me.......but this book was twaddle.....578 pages of utter utter tosh.

The author mangles and trivializes a serious subject, hence my rather glib summation.

A "boiled down" version:

Alex, a single, succesful and ambitious lawyer, is pregnant to a married man and is undecided about whether to keep the baby.

She meets Lacey, a midwife, assigned to oversee her pre-natal care.

Alex confides in Lacey. The women become firm friends. ...”

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  • Rated 4.065702 stars
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  • raindog517

    raindog517 said:

    “I enjoyed the book a great deal. I did, however, find the constant switching back and forth between perspectives a little frustrating. Just when my attention was peaked, *boom* switch.
    I read My Sister's Keeper a few months ago and admire Ms. Picoult's ability to bring characters to life who are very real. I found I don't always like who I'm supposed to and don't necessarily hate who I'm supposed to. In SISTER'S KEEPER, she has the mother of a sickly girl who is really quite despicable and in this novel she has a school shooter who isn't necessarily LIKEABLE, but his actions aren't entirely unjustified.
    I think that was the author's objective. Characters who are flawed, but human nonetheless.”

    posted 2 weeks ago
  • teach311

    teach311 said:

    “This book is addicting! I had to put it down and go to work today (after staying up to midnight, reading for an hour and a half at the gym working out, and then an extra hour at home). Jodi Picoult is a wonderful author who carefully has constructed a gripping tale about a school shooting. The development of her characters helps tell this story.

    This book came recommended from a number of teachers at the school where I work. The book really puts into perspective the rationale of the main character Peter - this book raises a lot of what if questions. A good read.”

    posted Tuesday, June 24 2008
  • giftofmercy2me

    giftofmercy2me said:

    “This book was insightful to the happenings of a school shooting. I work at a school and I find this book helpful to look at the kids who may be in the office a lot. Instead of being judgemental about them being "trouble", I will view them differently and apply more of the, Love and Logic that are school is appling with all students and staff.”

    posted Monday, June 16 2008
  • JTeehee

    jteehee said:

    “One of the most emotional books I have ever read. Great story and insights in a school shooting and the why's of them. I could not put this book down until I had read every word.”

    posted Wednesday, June 4 2008
  • Seri

    seri said:

    “I was actually taken by surprise and 'happy' to have Detective Patrick Ducharme (again) in Nineteen Minutes..he was also a character in Perfect Match.

    I think i have fully converted myself to being a Jodi Picoult's fan, hehe. but so far, my faves has been My Sister's Keeper and Keeping Faith.”

    posted Friday, May 30 2008
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