I highly recommend this novel. The other reviews for this book already pretty much do it justice. This novel is excellently written -- the main characters are completely three-dimensional and feel like your family, your neighbors, your friends. You feel their pain, their frustrated hopes, get aggravated with the ones that are different from you.
I was interested in reading this book after reading the plot summary and the reviews and bought it on my Kindle while traveling for work. It was a few weeks before I actually got around to reading it though. Before starting to read it, my concern was that like many adults, Jodi Picoult would have difficulty in writing teenage characters accurately. Sure she could describe accurately what the adult parents were feeling and thought, but how could she do this for a teenager character? Many adult writers tend to be condescending with their teenage characters, portraying their thoughts as simplistic but Jodi avoids that pitfall and the teenage characters Chris & Emily shine in the novel as the young adults they are.
I enjoyed how this novel included three elements -- 1) the what happens to two families after a shared tragic event, 2) a court room drama and 3) a realistic portrayal of what led up to the key event -- the how could this have happened?.
And for other adult male readers out there, this isn't a mushy Nicholas Spark novel. I would recommend to any reader of any sex or age from teenage+.Get more detail about The Pact: A Love Story.
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