Keeping Faith
by Jodi Picoult
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Book Reviews of Keeping Faith
Book Review: A Young Girl Speaks to God
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is well-written and a page-turner. It is also about a controversial subject as are most of the Jodi Picoult books I have read.
Faith is a little girl who has been recently traumatized by her parents' divorce. She begins to talk to her 'guard', has visible stigmata and can bring the dead back to life. Even those who are disbelievers, believe that Faith is the real thing. The characterizations of Faith, her father, her mother, her grandmother, etc. are all very well done.
The plot is interesting and tantalizing. This book has several sub-plots. The one I enjoyed most was the one about the mother's love interest. The book offers a lot of food for thought and is not one you'll soon forget.
I highly recommend this book. However, don't start reading it right before you go to bed because it is a real page-turner and you're likely to be up all night!
Book Review: Interesting and thought Provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
Good fiction has a way of making you htink about issues in the context of the story and this novel succeeds in doing it.
It is a rather basically simple stroy, husband cheats, wifes has reaction, a child is born, husband cheats agin.
But it is not that simple. Mariah is the one who wound out that Colin is having an affair, and a child is also born, who just happens to be named Faith (maybe one thing that is a little too much, meaning the name in the context of the story?) And Faith sees things and exhibits ...well Faith. Sitgmata and other things that defy rather simple explaination to some degree.
It is all interwoven to make a very compelling story that is a very good readin experience. She is able to avoid the cliches and other easy outs in a novel that could have been not good if poorly executed, but instead does a great job.
Loved it.
Book Review: On the fence
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm not going to go into summarizing the entire plot, I think most reviewers have already done that for me.
I have read several of Picoult's books in no particular order. I think the reason that I keep going back to her novels is that I read her 3 most riveting books first: The Pact, My Sister's Keeper, and Nineteen Minutes. I couldn't put those three down and I think I am still expecting the same from the rest of her books.
Had Keeping Faith been the first Picoult book I read, I don't think I would have been in a hurry to pick up another of her books. As always, this one is needlessly over 400 pages long. I found myself reading the first 200 pages just to get through them. It does pick up halfway through and it's difficult to put down.
Which leaves me on the fence...the first half drags, the second half is more of what I originally liked about her books.
Book Review: Jodi Picoult is better than this novel
Summary: 1 Stars
I am an avid Jodi Picoult reader and have never been disappointed in any of her books. Until Keeping Faith. I, like a previous reviewer, found myself just plowing through it to get it done and over with. I felt the romance story was cheesy and boring. There were way too many character view points, such as officials in the Catholic church, that I typically skimmed over. The ending was anti-climatic and predictable. The whole thing was much too long and I'm really disappointed I spent money to purchase it.
This is by far not Picoult's best work, and I hope it doesn't deter others from reading her novels. I'm usually on the edge of my seat and can barely put them down. Keeping Faith just felt like a waste of time and money. I recommend The Pact or Nineteen Minutes or Tenth Circle and just avoid Keeping Faith altogether.
Book Review: TMI
Summary: 4 Stars
I have read five or six books by Jodi Piccoult, and have enjoyed them all. However, in each one I find that it seems they are longer than necessary. This is true of this latest read, "Keeping Faith". I felt it bogged down in the courtroom chapters due to too much information that wasn't necessary. Also, I have some unanswered questions. Why was it that Faith could heal her grandmother and others in the hospital, but was only able to give a brief respite from Autistic behavior for Michael? Also, the ending just left me hanging. I like the twist endings Jodi Piccoult usually writes, but this one was not one of my favorites. That said, I really did enjoy the book and plan to read more of Jodi Piccoult. I would recommend the book to friends with reservations.