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Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

15 reviews

quills4days's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

mimamia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pumpkin09's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Powerful and surprising,  with a twist at the end. Picoult takes us into a school shooting,  the events leading up to it and the aftermath. This brought up a lot of feelings about bullying,  parenting,  education,  and guns in a way that defies the politics and focuses on people. There are no winners,  only survivors,  and a community forever scarred and changed. The equal focus on the high schoolers, parents, police, and lawyers highlighted the humanity of all the characters and reminded me that we all contribute to the environment that creates tragedy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Murder

The main focus is a school shooting with bullying over 10 years.

trippalli's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Harrowing, Sad, thoughtful and reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Mass/school shootings

kaayaak's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Not them trying to get me to sympathize with a school shooter…

I read this for my book club, and did not like it very much. I found it a bit triggering at times and boring at others - pretty hard to get through. Honestly, it also felt like it was way longer than it needed to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

xomandymoo's review against another edition

I did not like the constant time jumping, the story did not feel connected enough for me and it took too long to get into. 

The  shooting was also very heavy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

sarahannmac21's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I’m not really sure I want to rate this book. How do you put a rating on enjoyment on a book about a school shooting? 

I will say I think this book should be read by every student, teacher, principal, and parent of a child in high school. There is absolutely no reason this book should be banned. It’s crucial our students and adults in the public education world read and understand this book. 

This book made me cry and sick to my stomach. 

Side note: I didn’t not enjoy the little romantic sub plot that occurred at the 70% mark, and felt like a good 100 pages could have been edited out (they felt like filler that distracted from the story). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

nadia_luq's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Pregnancy