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I should stick to reading Jodi Picoult

Gabrielle Ross

Features Editor

Jodi Picoult did it again.  She wrote another fabulous book. The last time I reviewed one of her books I was sobbing over My Sister’s Keeper. Now I’m raving about her book Nineteen Minutes.  I read Nineteen Minutes a few months ago but I need to get all memories of Fifty Shades of Grey out of my head. To read my Fifty Shades of Grey review just scroll down a post.

Nineteen Minutes is a novel about a high school shooting.  Picoult wrote from several characters point of view as she did in My Sister’s Keeper and Second Glance. This time Picoult gets into the mind of the killer, Peter Houghton, high school student Josie Cromier, their parents, Peter’s lawyer and a cop assigned to the case.

This book is tear jerker that takes you through the town’s emotions as they respond to Houghton’s shooting.  She also wrote about Peter’s troubles, anger and motive for killing.  Picoult’s interesting approach of showing both the effect of Peter’s shooting on his parents as well as the community reminds us that someone loved the killer too.

Nineteen Minutes is the third book I’ve read by Jodi Picoult and if you haven’t read her stuff you should start.  However if  you’re looking for a heartfelt happy read then My Sister’s Keeper, Second Glance, and Nineteen Minutes, are not for you.  Picoult’s books tend to be sad and have dark endings. And I love it. Picoult never fails to surprise me reading.  None of the books listed above are very predictable at all.

Don’t do it. Just don’t

Looking for a good book to read?

E.L. James’ book Fifty Shades of Grey is not for you. Neither is the second… or third book.

Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic trilogy that is $10 a book on the Kindle. Fifty Shades of Grey is about a virgin Anastasia Steele and her new kinky sex life with Christian Grey. Ana meets Christian when her roommate Katherine Kavanagh falls ill with the flu and cannot complete an interview for their college newspaper. Anastasia is then forced to interview Mr. Grey, a 27 year-old millionaire businessman, in Katherine’s place.  

What possessed me to purchase this book?

I haven’t read a book in a few months so I thought I’d use my Christmas present, a Kindle Fire, and sift the ‘Top 100 Paid’ book list for a good read. Fifty Shades of Grey was on the top of the list and it had a good rating, a 3.4 out of 5 stars.  Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins had the rating of 3.6 out of 5 and it was a great book so I thought I’d give E.L James a try.  I read the book description, read a sample decided I liked the sample and purchased the book.

The book sample was the first two chapters and I liked them. I stopped liking the book when I continued reading and got to the kinky and frankly awkward parts of the book.  I’m fifteen years-old and I feel like I just read endless pages of porn.

Fifty Shades of Grey ended with a cliffhanger so I thought, maybe the second book would be better.  I had to read on just to know what happened next.

The second book, Fifty Shades Darker, was not much better.  There was just more sex, just less kinky.

I wish these books came with a disclaimer: “We are not responsible for teen girls’ utter disgust,” would be appropriate.

If you are still looking to read the trilogy let me sum it up for you.

Book One: Girl meets  boy and has kinky sex.

Book Two: Girl knows boy kinky sex continues.  Kinky lovers get married.

Book Three I haven’t read yet but from reading the Kindle sample I can infer that it is about girl and boy’s honeymoon and their happily ever after.

Now you’ve been spared.

Sincerely,

Ashamed Features Editor Gabrielle Ross