Sonya reviewed Third Girl by Jodi Picoult
Review of 'Third Girl' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Well, I have to agree with my friend Mary who said that Jodi Picoult is a strong writer of situations, but a terrible ender.
There was a nice amount of cultural information I was able to glean about the Amish from reading this book. That gave it the extra star.
I was puzzled by who the main character was going to be, when were were first introduced to a urban lawyer and a small-town detective. It turns out we follow the lawyer, unless we jump over to the detective. The lawyer's character I could handle. The detective was extracted straight out of a hard-boiled gumshoe story.
I enjoyed that there was a bit of a whodunnit mystery plot, while the book is mostly English and Amish situational.
Overall, it was a fantastic vacation read, and I'll probably give Jodi another try (she writes such different plots, it'll be easy) but …
Well, I have to agree with my friend Mary who said that Jodi Picoult is a strong writer of situations, but a terrible ender.
There was a nice amount of cultural information I was able to glean about the Amish from reading this book. That gave it the extra star.
I was puzzled by who the main character was going to be, when were were first introduced to a urban lawyer and a small-town detective. It turns out we follow the lawyer, unless we jump over to the detective. The lawyer's character I could handle. The detective was extracted straight out of a hard-boiled gumshoe story.
I enjoyed that there was a bit of a whodunnit mystery plot, while the book is mostly English and Amish situational.
Overall, it was a fantastic vacation read, and I'll probably give Jodi another try (she writes such different plots, it'll be easy) but I'm wondering if she'll continue to lean on clichéd language.
