Jodi Picoult
Paperback | Pages: 426 pages Rating: 3.7 | 91989 Users | 4336 Reviews
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| Title | : | Vanishing Acts |
| Author | : | Jodi Picoult |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 426 pages |
| Published | : | November 15th 2005 by Washington Square Press (first published March 5th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Drama. Mystery. Adult Fiction. Adult |
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Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiance, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it." In shock and confusion, Delia must sift through the truth - even when it jeopardizes her life and the lives of those she loves. What happens when you learn you are not who you thought you were? When the people you've loved and trusted suddenly change before your eyes? When getting your deepest wish means giving up what you've always taken for granted? Vanishing Acts explores how life - as we know it - might not turn out the way we imagined; how doing the right thing could mean doing the wrong thing; how the memory we thought had vanished could return as a threat.Describe Books Concering Vanishing Acts
| Original Title: | Vanishing Acts |
| ISBN: | 0743454553 (ISBN13: 9780743454551) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Andrew, Eric Ross, Delia, Elise Berkley, Fitz |
| Setting: | United States of America |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 91989 Users | 4336 ReviewsArticle About Books Vanishing Acts
this was my 2nd jodi picoult. i hadn't been so thoroughly engrossed in a book in quite some time. its a quick and enjoyable read that will make you laugh, cry, and keep you on the edge of your seat the whole time. i love the way picoult questions morally complicated situations. the plot was one of the most interesting ideas i have every read and i found myself emotionally, intellectually, and morally challenged throughout my reading. i have heard complaints about the way jodi picoult does notI'm in two minds about Vanishing Acts. When I first started it, I was immediately excited by how the story drew me in, and pleased with Picoults command of writing, and I thought to myself, this is going to be a good book. For a good portion of the story, JPs writing riveted me, but the story took a detour down a long winding trail that got a bit lumpy along the way. For me, the problem was Picoult seemed to have thrown everything and the kitchen sink into this book. Subplots popped up like
I have a slight love/hate relationship with Jodi Picoult novels. There have been a couple which I absolutely adored and several more that I didn't enjoy at all. This latest read falls firmly somewhere in the middle. I enjoyed the initial plot outline, it was something different and I felt empathy for the lead characters. By midway, I was beginning to feel a little bored as I knew where the story was heading. The writing felt dated. By the time the grand court case that Picoult is famous for came
Okay, I got to disk 10 and could not listen to this nonsense anymore! There's so much to this book that coulda been left out! I'm annoyed w/ all the Hopi Indian stuff and the gruesome prison scenes .. and the skirting around the truth crap ... I liked this book in the beginning and the way it was set up switching perspectives but then when it got to Fitz' charachter and everytime thereafter I felt ill .. what man is really like this? I thought I was listening to a female w/ all this unrequited
I have been working my way through Jodi Picoult's books for the last couple of weeks and was really disappointed by this book. I had previously read My Sister's Keeper and The Pact and although I didn't love them I thought they were very well written and the multiple character angle worked in them. My main problem with this book was that there was too much going on, from start to finish there were just too many story lines (I felt the relationship between Delia, Erik and Fitz was pointless
I have decided to create a new genre of fiction: Missing Child Fiction. This category will include such titles as The Lovely Bones by Alice Seybold, The Little Friend by Donna Tartt, How to Be Lost by Amanda Eyre Ward, The Bright Forever by Lee Martin, and this book, Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult.Having recently read so many books with plots that revolve around a missing child I began to consider what about this topic inspires so much powerful fiction and compels so many of us to read these
Was OK a lot going on in this one.
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