Colleen J. (shukween) reviewed on 10/14/2008 + 118 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I wasn't sure what to expect, as this was my first Picoult read and she being so popular. I was pleasantly surprised. Picoult's writing style is very easy to read and light, but the issues she raises in this novel are anything but. She presents a death row prisoner without either the stereotypical drama and amazing but unlikely reveal of innocence, or the moral polarities that bisect this country's attitudes towards capital punishment. She makes the reader focus on the humanity of it, and on viewing an event of capital punishment from all angles, including the beneficial. I was so pleased that she never delved into the trite moralizing that could have been so easily done and must have been tempting at times. This is a poignant story with loose ends that make the reader think after the reading's done.

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