The Pact - Jodi Picoult

Title: The Pact Author: Jodi Picoult Genre: Fiction Rating: 6/10 # pages: ??? Date read: January, 2006

Summary: Emily and Chris were born six months apart, lived next door to one another and grew up together. Their families were close and each felt part of the others family. As they got older, the enivitable happens and they fall in love, both families are happy. Then at 17, Emily dies from a gunshot wound to the head, as part of an apparent suicide pact with Chris, only Chris survives.

The book alternates between the past, tracing the history of Chris and Em's relationship and Now, as Chris faces an uncertain future.

Review: I'm not quite sure what I think of this book. I had a hard time putting it down, and found it immediately fascinating... but after I finished it, it hung around and I started liking it less and less. I found the entire plot troublesome and don't know what I think of the way it all ended... Probably not a regular reread (in fact, I ended up giving my copy away), and definitely not up to her usual standards.

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