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Keeping Faith
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Manufacturer: Avon
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061374968
ISBN: 0061374962
Label: Avon
Manufacturer: Avon
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Publisher: Avon
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Studio: Avon
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When the marriage of Mariah White and her cheating husband, Colin, turns ugly and disintegrates, their seven-year-old daughter, Faith, is there to witness it all. In the aftermath of a rapid divorce, Mariah falls into a deep depression—and suddenly Faith, a child with no religious background whatsoever, hears divine voices, starts reciting biblical passages, and develops stigmata. And when the miraculous healings begin, mother and daughter are thrust into the volatile center of controversy and into the heat of a custody battle—trapped in a mad media circus that threatens what little stability the family has left. In Keeping Faith, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult—one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction—brilliantly examines belief, miracles, and the complex core of family.
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Summary: Should have been condensed
Comment: The book was very good...I love the way that Picoult writes; however, the story could have been about 50 pages shorter and still had the same affect. I got really bored through the court case when everything was repeated from earlier in the story for the case. It just didn't move fast enough from about page 200 on. It drug a little bit for me.
Don't get me wrong, I love the books of hers that I have read, but this one left a little to be desired.
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Summary: Thought provoking
Comment: This was a very good book. Very thought provoking and the character development was excellent.
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Summary: Eh...
Comment: While I enjoy (greatly) Picoult's ability to make the reader see "the other side" of situations, I can't say that I'm a huge fan of her writing. I feel that she takes the easy way out when it comes to developing her central characters here. For example, I had a really difficult time getting through the beginning of the book -- Mariah had me wanting to put the book down and never pick it back up. The only word that kept going through my mind was "pathetic". It's as if the author wanted to draw her in the most extreme light possible so that her transformation throughout the novel would seem all the more amazing. If anything it had me wanting to shake the woman, were she real. I was literally uncomfortable while reading about her because I disliked her so much, to the point of disappointment that the author couldn't take the time to make her character a bit more believable and less over-the-top. I mean, going to far as to have her rubbing the dent in the carpet out with her sneaker at her mother's house? Okay, I get it Jodi, she's high-strung and afraid of anything being less than perfect. You don't have to beat me over the head...
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Summary: Too Long
Comment: Too Long
I don't like to judge an author by one book, so when I was disappointed with My Sister's Keeper, I decided to still try another one of Jodi Piccoult's novels and see what happens.
Judging from her positive reviews and her success as a writer, I need to accept that maybe I'm just not a fan of Jodi's Piccoult's writing. Reading the summary of the novel certainly got my attention because the idea of a child healer was fantastic, but the novel was just too long. At about page 286, I found myself forcing myself to finish it. I skipped large sections, then couldn't take it anymore when, towards the end, the author repeated the whole novel through the court scene! For no apparent reason, people kept changing their minds with their beliefs in whether the little girl was a true healer or not. That was distracting and mentally exhausting.
Then there was the inconsistent way that the child healed people. Sometimes she did it through touch, other times she healed by just being in the same room with people. I also feel that after Faith saw Ian's brother at the hospital, there should have been a little more development with that storyline, especially since Ian was one of the main characters.
The mother struck me as an odd character. Protecting her child from the press didn't make her seem like a good mother, it made her appear selfish. I can understand her initial reaction towards the press, but it seemed to me that eventually, the mother would overlook the bothersome press and allow the greater purpose of the child's healing to work through people's lives. If the child could heal, it was obvious that is why God put her on this earth. It also bothered me that the mother would act so impulsively when putting her child on medication because Faith was seeing God. She didn't even hesitate to do so, which struck me as an unrealistic reaction. Since Faith didn't have behavioral problems and she wasn't hurting anyone, I would think that a mother would weigh more thought into placing her child on medication.
I believe I would have enjoyed this novel much more if it was condensed into a shorter version.
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Summary: Picoult is excellent
Comment: Picoult is an excellent writer and develops her characters better than anyone I've ever read. The story moves quickly, and is fiercely entertaining. This book makes you think, and wonder, and question. Picoult has a gift for picking these types of topics. Her books are long, but she researches her subjects well to give you a full taste of the topic, but she lets you make your own mind up. The book is redeming and you fall in love with Faith, and all the main characters. The ending builds quickly and then at the end you are left with questions. I am not fan of that, I like to know what the author is trying to tell me, especially when I am that commited to a book (long). I still think her book My Sisters Keeper is better, but it's a masterpiece.
Read that one first if you have not. Keeping Faith is definitely worth while if not just for the beautiful writing of Picoult, but also for the journey she takes you on.
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