http://ashleybush.com/2008/03/29/keeping-faith-by-jodi-picoult/ Welcome to my corner of the internet Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:08:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ashleybush.com/2008/03/29/keeping-faith-by-jodi-picoult/comment-page-1/#comment-1898 Laura Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:03:55 +0000 http://ashleybush.com/2008/03/29/keeping-faith-by-jodi-picoult/#comment-1898 Finally got around to reading this one & just finished it. I've been really impressed with Jodi Picoult as an author because she brings up controversial issues & makes you think about many different sides of an issue without forcing a judgment on you. She did this pretty expertly in Keeping Faith. I was really intrigued by all the different angles presented, and I think that's what i like about her work - she develops her characters really well, and in such a way that you can't help but see the story from each of their perspectives. I don't really mind that she didn't tell you which way to go with it - it would have pissed off too many readers either way if she made a ruling on if there is a God or not. She gets you thinking about an issue & talking about an issue, and they're generally issues that stay with you for quite a while. Reading her work is like a low-grade philosophy course - lots of debate, and no answers. Finally got around to reading this one & just finished it. I’ve been really impressed with Jodi Picoult as an author because she brings up controversial issues & makes you think about many different sides of an issue without forcing a judgment on you.
She did this pretty expertly in Keeping Faith. I was really intrigued by all the different angles presented, and I think that’s what i like about her work – she develops her characters really well, and in such a way that you can’t help but see the story from each of their perspectives.
I don’t really mind that she didn’t tell you which way to go with it – it would have pissed off too many readers either way if she made a ruling on if there is a God or not. She gets you thinking about an issue & talking about an issue, and they’re generally issues that stay with you for quite a while.
Reading her work is like a low-grade philosophy course – lots of debate, and no answers.

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