Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

[Marjee]

I don't get the ending! Can anyone enlighten me ?

[5Foot5]

I didn't really "get" it either but I enjoyed the journey to get there. This was the first Jodi Picoult book I have read and I was reasonably impressed.

[Marjee]

Its the first Jodi Picoult book I've read too. I couldn't put it down but I thought the ending was a bit rushed after such a good build up. I think I kind of get it but it doesn't really make sense!

[plonker]

I've read a few of Picoult's books and far too many have bonkers endings.

I usually enjoy the books and then get to the end and think WTF?

[Keziahhopes]

I find all books tend to merge into one, so apart from Plain Truth I can't remember which one is which. But equally if I choose to I can read one in 2 days!

[Marjee]

Thanks everyone, I'm glad its not just me!

[emmylou157]

i love her books but all of the endings are a little odd and you never quite know what happens!

[misspollysdolly]

I think this is one that I just couldn;t get into (Plain Truth, similarly). I really liked The Pact and Nineteen Minutes and another, but the name escapes me. I find it best to read them sporadically, otherwise the style, type of story and characters just merge...individually though I quite like them. Fairly easy reading, which is just about all I can manage without falling asleep...

[LittleWhiteWolf]

I've read this one but can't remember it. I dont know why I've read so many of her books...she writes to such a staid formula that like Keziahhopes I feel they all blend into one another.

Salem Falls was her best book IMO, but thats not saying much.

[ValiumSingleton]

Read Harvesting the Heart. The writing is good, but it seems to be written in a different style. Not so formulaic. It meanders gently along and isn't building towards any massive twist or climactic ending. I really enjoyed it.

My sister's Keeper made me MAD. Felt like I'd been the victim of a confidence trickster at the end of it.

I also really enjoyed Salem Falls LittleWhiteWolf. I only read about one a year. I think that's the key to enjoying her books!

Diane chamberlaine is a very good American writer targetting a similar audience, but her books don't have a pain in the ass ending that makes you cross.

[Arcadie]

can't remember much of it but wasn't the gist of the ending that she'd been faking all along? Or have I misunderstood????

[charley24]

Try Diane Chamberlain, she writes in the same style, I love Jodi but Diane has kept me on the edge of my seat !

The Secrets She Left Behind is fantastic !

[ValiumSingleton]

I agree! have you read before the storm?

[charley24]

Nope it's the one I missed out !!!!! I have read The Secrets She Left Behind and I see that is after Before the Storm !!!!!