Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Trade Paperbacks, New York, NY, USA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780425185506ISBN:0425185508
Description: GOOD. NOT ex-library. Uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked pages have a few accidentally bumped top corners; no gift inscriptions or previous owner names. Cover has tiny corner creases and minor scuffing; no tears. 112209 (g122) read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Value Pri
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781441801395ISBN:1441801391
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"I thought the book was very thought provoking regarding the topic of spousal abuse. There was one point at which I was tearing up (I normally never do that- I don't know if I was especially emotional that day or what). The author did a good job at portraying correctly the thought process of battered women. However, the whole American Indian tribe thing turned me off; there just seemed to be no connection. I also did not like how she automatically had another love interest to turn to. It seems as though Picoult likes to have the happy endings with love lives, and I think in this book it would have been appropriate for the ending to have been the main character moving forward on her own with her baby."
"I did enjoy this book. There were a few things that annoyed me about it, but I can't exactly remember what they were right now so I won't mention them. This book is very sad in so many ways. And it is hard to put yourself is Cassie's position and think what you would do. I was amazed with the love that they did have for each other, even though there were serious issues there. It almost makes me sad, like there are just some issues people can't overcome. I was rooting for them, hoping that they would be able to work through the problems and stay together. At the same time, clearly, abuse is not acceptable, at all. And in the end I think Cassie made the correct decision, probably one that should have been made sooner. A toughing story, I was in tears through the end, and I was on the verge of tears for about 30 minutes afterward. :) I wish they would have told a little more about what happened in the end. It left on a bit of a cliffhanger."
"Airplane read. Underwhelming treatment of domestic violence with a weak ending. I spent most of the book thinking that it was going to focus on how difficult it is to honestly connect with someone who is constantly acting, or even maybe something about how the romance novels Cassie read during her marriage had contributed to her putting up with abuse. But toward the end I realized that it was basically just a romance novel dressed up to look like something more serious. Disappointing (and a romance novel would have cost less, frankly).
I was especially bothered by how Cassie's decision to "out" her husband as abusive was framed as her realizing that she had to make him hate her, because she would always love him... or something like that.... so that it was STILL about what was best for him, rather than what was best for her. If it had been a better and more nuanced book, I could have accepted that, or taken it as a critique of the effects domestic violence can have (Stockholm syndrome, that kind of thing). But this really wasn't that book.
Also, after awhile all the rapturous descriptions of sex with Alex undermined the storyline. I just didn't believe that Cassie was living in constant fear of him... if she were, that would have showed up in her ability to relate to him sexually. Overall, I was disappointed and finally annoyed with this book."
"I do not subscribe to the notion that I should finish everything I start reading. Life is too short. So I don't have that excuse for finishing this book.
I kept going because the characters were semi-interesting, and I just wanted to know how the damn thing ended. But it just seemed like it was NEVER EVER going to end. More than once I found myself checking how many pages were left and rolling my eyes.
I'd never read anything by the author, but I had high expectations given how much praise has been heaped on Picoult's later work. But I can't say I thought this was anything other than average. The character of Will was ridiculously underdeveloped, and at certain points, the story seemed to be rambling. The entities of the media/tabloids and how they interact with the Hollywood elite seemed dated, given how that relationship has changed in the past decade, but I suppose that's to be expected given when this was written.
I hope other reviewers were right that, in her earlier work, like this novel, she was still finding her voice as a writer. Because this was...not great. OK, but not great."
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