Picoult, Jodi. Nineteen Minutes. New York: Atria, 2007.
Nineteen minutes was all it took for everything to happen. Ten people were gone in this time period. Peter Houghton was a victim of bullying and he took this out on these ten people. The entire city was shocked and in distress from this event. Alex was appointed to be the judge for this trial. Alex’s daughter used to be best friends with peter until they went there separate ways once they hit high school. She went to the popular crowd and he stayed true to his self and who he really was. The town has to heal and recover from this mess that happened. Will it recover peacefully or in a disastrous way?
I decided to read this because of cbrenneman’s post. I agreed with her view on the book. I thought the use of flashbacks did work and help you understand the story better. The setting and the reality of this actually happening makes the book more interesting. This could happen to anyone anywhere in the world. It could happen to you, at your school, and in your town. This just makes it more interesting and makes you want to keep reading and find out what happens. I liked the whole book and it was very interesting to me. I believe people should read it because Picoult did a very well job of putting it together and writing it and it was very good.
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