Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
Book Summary Information
Author: Jodi PicoultEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-07
ISBN: 1416547819
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Washington Square Press
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- ISBN13: 9781416547815
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Plain Truth
Book Review: Plain Truth is just plain GOOD!
Summary: 4 Stars
I must admit that I am a sucker for a crime drama, courtroom drama, with a little Amish sprinkled in. I couldn't resist Plain Truth and had some high expectations for this book. Jodi Picoult didn't disappoint. Reading this book was everything a good read should be--effortless, engrossing, intriguing, and difficult to set down. I'm pretty stingy with my stars, but this is a solid 4 to 4.5 star book.
I loved the straightforward style of Jodi Picoult's writing--it's straightforward with the right balance of description. So many popular authors try to force a lyrical style that comes off as pompous and detracts from the actual storytelling--the reader gets bogged down in the language and the reading becomes very tedious. Not so with this book. Jodi Picoult's writing style is the perfect mix that conjures up the images needed to produce imagery that enhances the story while at the same time moving the story along. There is no complaint from me that this book is too long, I didn't feel it drag at any point and I could have kept on reading. I was fascinated by the Amish community in the book, as well as the central event of the book.
For my cons, please keep reading, however, there may be minor ** SPOILERS ** below. (You may not want to read below if you haven't read the entire book yet.)
The author's "twist" at the end was one that I had suspected all along. I haven't read others' reviews here (yet--I wanted to write my own review first) but I suspect that other readers probably will see this coming as well. Still, that wasn't a negative. The big distraction for me was the surprise that Ellie got (regarding Coop) near the end. I think the book would've been just fine without this distracting secondary story line. I don't know that it took anything away, but I don't know that it added anything either, at least for me.
Summary of Plain Truth
The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide -- and for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep inside the world of those who live "plain," Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within -- to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past reenters her life.
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