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Apr 05, 2017NanCcan rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
When I discovered Jodi Picoult's novels, I read all but two (saving those two just so I'd have something to look forward to). Since then I've read a dozen novels from "What do I read while waiting for the next Jodi Picoult novel?" lists. While I enjoyed those other novels, none of them could hold my attention, make me care about ALL of the characters and how the events in the novel affected their lives, or make me think as deeply as Jodi Picoult's do. I thought it was just a phase I was going through, but I picked up "The Storyteller" and was once again blown away by how creatively her character's stories are woven together, how much I felt, cared about, and thought about how the events in the story affected their lives! How does she do that so effectively? The ending was not what I thought it would be; it was much more complicated than anything I'd guessed at (except for the already predicted romance). This would be a great book club choice. It provides plenty of grey areas to consider on topics that usually seem black and white. My favorite quote from this book is, "Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.'" We all have so many things to forgive in our own lives and in the lives of people whose actions affect us.