Keeping Faith

I really, really enjoyed this book. I'm not a religious person, but for some reason I always find books revolving around religion very fascinating. This book only intensified that. Jodie Picoult is a very talented writer; she knows how to engage the reader and tell the story so you don't ever want to put it down. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters in Keeping Faith. My one and only complaint about this novel is that everything isn't explained in the end. It leaves you unsure of what really happened.

An interesting book overall, although I feel Jodi could have shortened it considerably. The ending was confusing and unsatisfying (anticlimatic, really).

I chose to read this book because the title just simply caught my eye. It took me several chapters for this book to grab my attention, because narration of the book changed throughout the chapters. However, as I read more I started to like Jodi Picoult’s the topics that she was dealing with. Several broad different themes - religion; mother-daughter relationship; medical professions; and media and public opinions versus oneself ?were all in this one plot. It did not force me to think about the God or the “truth?in reality, but it really just made me to think carefully about things that I use to believe that are “true? I think one of Picoult’s strengths is that she manages to maintain real, relatable characters despite use of magical realism. On the other hand, I found the plot in this book to be a little heavy-handed. Also, words that she chose seem a bit jagged and leaving the stories disjointed. However, it is a wonderful and fabulous book to read. I suggest you to read it.

Absolutely heart-warming! You just cannot put this fabulous book down! Picoult's style is captivating - draws you in so that you feel you are living the story with the characters. A definite must-read.