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Summary: Simply Outstanding
Review: Jodi Picoult continues to be my favorite novelist. Her latest novel, Keeping Faith, is a brilliant piece. I couldn't put it down! A must read for anyone who enjoys terrific literature. You might also want to try The Pact which is also by J. Picoult.
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Summary: Terrific, awesome, suspense, it has it all
Review: I loved it, couldn't to pick it up but didn't want it to end
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Summary: The best book I've read this year!
Review: My first book by Jodi Picoult, will definitely not be my last! An intelligently written, beautiful story which I could not put down! Read this book! You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Riveting, emotional, unexpectedly funny & sexy
Review: Thoroughly engrossing read that also provides food for thought. You find yourself rooting for a troubled, difficult character who finds herself in the midst of a media circus. It's just a wonderful book with some unexpected comic twists--the hunky tele-atheist, the smart-alecky Jewish mom, the squabbling Catholics....I loved it!
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Summary: Picoult's best so far!
Review: I've read four Jodi Picoult novels now and they keep getting better every time. Her writing is an extraordinary gift. Immensely readable, FAITH will keep you reading well into the night.
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Summary: Wonderfully Original
Review: What I liked best about Jodi Picoult's latest novel, KEEPING FAITH, was that I couldn't guess what was going to happen next. I read a lot and in general, novels tend to be fairly predictable. This one isn't - in part because the subject matter is so unusual; there exists no frame of reference for what might happen to a seven-year-old Jewish girl who is being visited by God (who happens to be female as well.)This is the second (and certainly not the last) of Picoult's novels I've read and I note a strong talent for concocting intriguing plot lines, interesting and real (if not always likeable) characters, culminating in rivetting courtroom scenes.
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Summary: Grabs you from the get-go and won't let go.
Review: This is the 3rd or 4th book that I've read by Picoult and I think that this one is her best (all others do come in a close second though). Her characters are so real that you soon forget that you are reading fiction. I couldn't go to sleep last night because I kept wondering how the book would end (I ended up staying up and finishing it). I highly recommend this thought provoking book. It examines all of the main religions as well as the anti-religion movements. I plan to recommend this book to everyone I know.
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Summary: How strong is your faith?
Review: Once again, Jodi has taken a subject most would shy away from and created an amazing story of faith and redemption. A child torn between her parents. Her only solace is a friend, she of course is the only one who can see her guard. How many times have we talked to our guard (GOD)? Thank you Jodi for writing a story that makes us think.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down
Review: I loved the mystery of this book. Every few chapters or so, I had it figured out until I read on and then I would figure it out all over again, only to be convinced that something else was happening. I still don't know what the answer is, maybe that's the point -- there are just some things that we can't figure out and religion is one of them.
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Summary: Child as pawn for others' needs
Review: It's a pleasure for a reader to follow the development of style and substance of a writer. For me, reading each new work by this immensely talented author, has been a delight. KEEPING FAITH is the story of a seven-year-old girl who, suddenly, seems to see a "guard" (read god) that is invisible to all others. She seems to develop powers of healing that bring scores of people to camp on the lawn of her house (where she lives with her recently divorced, rather emotionally fragile mother). What ensues brings into play the exploitation of this child, the frenzy of the media with a "hot" story, with cameras and microphones at the ready, as well as actions and reactions from Faith's family - her mother (who needs a good shake for her wimpiness with her former husband) and Faith's feisty, gutsy grandmother. An interesting beautifully written book including a riveting court custody hearing and an ending that will keep you discussing the work long after you have completed it.
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