The Pact

When Brian and I went to Seattle I knew that I wanted to bring a book along to read on the plane. I had picked up a few books several months ago from a book exchange my work sponsored and scored a couple Jodi Picoult books. I had always heard that she was a great writer but I hadn’t gotten the chance to read any of her books. So I decided that I would bring along The Pact with me as my reading material. What I didn’t realize was how much I would cry reading the first half of the book on the plane! I was trying to be inconspicuous about it and luckily I was by the window and only Brian was next to me. I don’t like crying in public, especially while reading a book!!

The quote on the front of the book from People describes it perfectly. “Picoult has a remarkable ability to make us share her characters’ feelings of confusion and horror…The Pact is a compelling read.” The pictures that she “painted” with her words were very thought evoking and I felt myself being transported to those scenes like I was reliving them in my mind. I love books like that!! I could tell while reading The Pact that Picoult had done her research and I was very pleased to find on her website that she indeed had done her research, even going as far as visiting a jail, talking to attorneys and getting a group of 16 year old girls together and asking them some REALLY REALLY tough questions.

I could not put this book down! I read over half of it on our flight to Seattle, read a little bit during some down time there and then rest all but the last two chapters on the flight back and finished those before bed that night! I was so drawn in and couldn’t wait to find out how it ended. This book was definitely very thought provoking as well. It makes you take a step back and just think!


***I did have this posted yesterday but apparently with all of blogger's issues my post was LOST.  BOO!!! anyway I am backdating it!  Good thing that I had it saved as a draft before I posted it.