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**3.5 stars**
What a weird book! The plot was all over the place, with really strange coincidences. I can't even say I liked the main characters. Both Ross and Lia were suicidal so it was very difficult to empathize with them, specially because they kept hurting those they loved.
The most interesting aspect of the story was delving into the Eugenics movement in 1930s Vermont. It was horrifying how these people used this pseudo science with such flawed research to get rid of people that were diffe ...more
What a weird book! The plot was all over the place, with really strange coincidences. I can't even say I liked the main characters. Both Ross and Lia were suicidal so it was very difficult to empathize with them, specially because they kept hurting those they loved.
The most interesting aspect of the story was delving into the Eugenics movement in 1930s Vermont. It was horrifying how these people used this pseudo science with such flawed research to get rid of people that were diffe ...more
This was a nice book, slow paced, but interesting subjects. I want to read more about the eugenics project now...but the ending left me dissatisfied. I liked the characters, but never quite bought into their lives. I was always an outsider, looking in, thinking, "Really?" I liked the way the plot wove together, the way the slightest piece of something 'over here' brought about something completely different 'over there'. Overall, I liked this book, but it's not for everyone. It felt like an Opra
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This book linked so many different stories, and was a bit predictable, and in the end I kind of just stopped caring.
This book is tough to get into. I was a little disapointed that I wasn't as rewarded as I was hoping for persevering through the opening. It is one of the few of her books that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed.
It just doesn't have that griping quality that I love and I found my mind wandering at times before all the storylines were woven together enough to seem like they were all describing the same story. ...more
It just doesn't have that griping quality that I love and I found my mind wandering at times before all the storylines were woven together enough to seem like they were all describing the same story. ...more
I loved this book. It took a little while for everything to tie together but then once it did it was awesome. The books goes back and forth between the Eugenics movement in the 20s and the sterilization of Native Americans to modern day genetic counseling with a little ghost hunting thrown too. Different than Picoult's other books but even better than some of her courtroom types.
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Decent. I liked that it was as much like her other books, but at the same time was her writing. I wasn't thrilled with the ending and to tell the truth am kind of confused about it.
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