I confess I'm not a huge fan of Jodi Picoult. I have friends who buy her books as soon as they are released (which seems like every other month) and they devour them. Over the years I've read one or two of her novels and just felt kind of meh. But I knew this one was about Covid and a friend said it was wonderful and the library had a copy for me to download, so I gave it a try.
Jodi does her research. In fact, at the end of this novel is a note from her telling how she virtually wrote this entire book without leaving her house and did her extensive research online. One of my complaints about her writing is that she has so many facts and so much information that she feels she needs to write it ALL into the novel.... which makes the reading kind of awkward.
I knew there was a big twist and so as I read, I was waiting for it. In the first half of the book, everything seemed very predictable so I spent most of my time trying to figure out when this twist would come. And when it did..... well, I just didn't see that coming.
So did I love it and will I now join my friends in reading everything Jodi writes? Probably not, but I do think she did a good job with the second half of this book and made it an interesting read. - June
