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A review by craalm
Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
3.0
I did enjoy this book, but I don't think it was as good as Jodi Picoult's books normally are. There are a number of reasons for that. The prose didn't seem as poetic as Jodi normally writes. I mean, I'm the kind of person who takes note of a page where there is a quote that I particularly like and then write it down later in my quote book. Normally when I read a Jodi book, I have so many page references written down because there are so many quotes that are quite simply perfect. Jodi has a gift of saying so much with so few words, or of taking something and twisting it on its head - like describing a puddle as a square of sky lying on the ground. In this book, though, I didn't find any quotes that struck me as brilliant - and that in itself is a surprise. Secondly, the characters weren't as fleshed out as Jodi's characters normally are. The different perspectives all sounded very similar to each other and only the name at the top or certain phrases like "me and my brother" would have alerted me as to who was saying what. Helen Bedd could have been fleshed out SO much more, especially after hearing that little anecdote about how she got her name. And I would have loved to have seen something more with Barney at the end - though maybe thats just because I once read a book that started where this book ends, with a girl who has been given a new heart and starts to experience things that the previous owner of that heart did.
I'm being picky here because I'm a massive Jodi Picoult fan. I will buy her books in hardback without having a clue what they are about, because I will happily read anything she's written. And this book is still so much better than others that I've read. But it's not as good as Jodi normally is and that is why I give it only three stars. I have come to expect a lot from her books and when they aren't always brilliant, I find myself a little disappointed. That being said, I did get through this book very quickly and enjoyed it a lot. It's an interesting story and raises a lot of ethical and medical concerns about when life ends and turning off life support. But I know Jodi can do better because I've read better from her.
I'm being picky here because I'm a massive Jodi Picoult fan. I will buy her books in hardback without having a clue what they are about, because I will happily read anything she's written. And this book is still so much better than others that I've read. But it's not as good as Jodi normally is and that is why I give it only three stars. I have come to expect a lot from her books and when they aren't always brilliant, I find myself a little disappointed. That being said, I did get through this book very quickly and enjoyed it a lot. It's an interesting story and raises a lot of ethical and medical concerns about when life ends and turning off life support. But I know Jodi can do better because I've read better from her.