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Nineteen Minutes

Jodi Picoult's fictional thriller involving a high school shooting

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If you like Jodi Picoult, Read this!

Jun 23, 2010

by tttiana

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Jodi Picoult does it again. Her twisted plot pulls you into this dramatic story line. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorites, and she did not disappoint me. One of my favorite books she has written thus far. Highly recommended.

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review by colleen_powers. July 15, 2010

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Couldn't put it down

Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes is a riveting tale that will keep you turning the pages until the very end. It tells the story of a school shooting in a small town in New Hampshire, focusing on some of the key players: Peter, the lifelong bullying victim-turned-murderer; his mother, Lacy; Josie, a student whose boyfriend is killed in the shooting; Josie's mother, also the judge initially assigned to Peter's trial; and Patrick, a local police officer investigating the shooting. … more

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Quick Tip by aztec13. June 15, 2010

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Another excellent book by Jodi Picoult.

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Quick Tip by niknak242. June 15, 2010

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This is a fascinating novel that came at a time when this is a very hot topic. I love the Picoult tends to publish books that are relevant to the tone of society. This novel is a real page turner and keeps the reader wondering what is going to happen next and what the real story truly is.

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review by cpw1952. February 17, 2010

The creation of a mass murderer!

Peter Houghton would hardly be considered a typical seventeen year old teenager. Because one morning, he loaded his backpack with four guns, went to school and killed nine students and a teacher. Jodi Picoult's enthralling best-selling novel "Nineteen Minutes", titled to portray the astonishingly brief period of time that Houghton took to complete his brutal spree, examines the genesis of that event and the people affected by it from every conceivable perspective - families, victims, survivors, … more

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review by Sean_Rhodes. July 14, 2009

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An Emotional Read

Jodi Picoult is a wonderful author. More often than not her stories are penned about tragic events befalling the everyday family. Though, as I've come to learn over time, while Jodi Picoult is a fascinating writer--particularly because she tackles such intense issues and pits her main characters in such interesting situations--she often writes in a very formulaic way. The books are good at least. Many formulaic authors tend to eventually lose steam. Perhaps Picoult … more

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