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I'm well aware that this is going to be a divisive book and so many people are going to hate it simply for the fact that it's written about COVID and the 2020 pandemic, but boy, is it GOOD.
Jodi Picoult has written a true literary masterpiece chronicling the Coronavirus in real time, in a fictional storyline. I got so swept up into these characters emotionally, that I could not physically put the book down. It literally broke my heart at times to read, but it was so well done.
In this novel, Picoult's story starts on 3/12/20 the day after Broadway theatres have shutdown, and the protagonist and her boyfriend are planning a trip to the Galapagos the next day, but since he is an ER doctor he is unable to go, he must remain on the frontlines, and Diana goes alone....where she experiences a whole new lifestyle, and meets and connects with a family that I just simply loved and wanted to wrap my arms around.
And ofcourse, it wouldn't be a Jodi Picoult novel if there wasn't a mind-blowing twist, and let me tell you, it's a doozy. My heart is broken, my heart is full, my heart is just a little all over the place. She has truly outdone herself here; I can't imagine how tough and painful this was to physically write and put the words to paper. All the praise to her. What a powerful, truly life impacting story of resilience, that I think so many people are going to connect with deeply.
Thank you to Ballantine for my advanced copy!
Jodi Picoult has written a true literary masterpiece chronicling the Coronavirus in real time, in a fictional storyline. I got so swept up into these characters emotionally, that I could not physically put the book down. It literally broke my heart at times to read, but it was so well done.
In this novel, Picoult's story starts on 3/12/20 the day after Broadway theatres have shutdown, and the protagonist and her boyfriend are planning a trip to the Galapagos the next day, but since he is an ER doctor he is unable to go, he must remain on the frontlines, and Diana goes alone....where she experiences a whole new lifestyle, and meets and connects with a family that I just simply loved and wanted to wrap my arms around.
And ofcourse, it wouldn't be a Jodi Picoult novel if there wasn't a mind-blowing twist, and let me tell you, it's a doozy. My heart is broken, my heart is full, my heart is just a little all over the place. She has truly outdone herself here; I can't imagine how tough and painful this was to physically write and put the words to paper. All the praise to her. What a powerful, truly life impacting story of resilience, that I think so many people are going to connect with deeply.
Thank you to Ballantine for my advanced copy!
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