Jodi, Jodi, Jodi, Jodi....

I have been avid fan of Jodi Picoult ever since I read My Sister's Keeper and The Pact enough years ago that I can't remember how long ago it's been....although, if I'd take a look at my bookshelf, I could probably take a really good guess since I've been buying her books in hardback as soon as they're released ever since then.  But anyway......

I am currently reading the most recently released Picoult book, Lone Wolf.  As usual, it really is a great book--a great STORY.  Picoult truly knows how to weave a tale that makes me want to keep reading to the next word, the next line, the next page.  I have only been reading it for the past two days since I had to finish The Hunger Games trilogy before I could move on to anything else, yet I'm already over halfway through the book.  I should finish it before the weekend. 

But, Jodi Picoult, as much as I love your books and as much as I consider myself a HUGE fan, I have something I need to say.  You're not going to like it, but it needs to be said:  You, like Nicholas Sparks, are now too predictable..  In every book I've read of yours over the past seven or eight years (at least since The Tenth Circle), you ALWAYS have a situation that leads to a trial.  And SOMEONE involved in the trial ALWAYS keeps SOMETHING secret throughout the WHOLE trial, even though each promises on the Bible to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  One of the lawyers is seen as a lawyer out for him/herself politically.

I LOVE that this book revolves around family and the importance of mending family conflicts and BEING a family, not matter what.  In spite of the secrets and awful things that tore this family apart, they are still, most importantly, a family.  And weaving in the information about wolves and how they work together as a family unit is just incredible.

But predictability, Jodi Picoult.  Predictability.  I'm tired of (bored with) the courtroom drama.  GET OUT OF THE COURTROOM, Jodi Picoult!!!!  Just once, please, write a book that doesn't involve a courtroom or lawyers, unless the main character just happens to be one.  Please???????!!!!?????? 

You are an incredible writer.  But you've gotten yourself into a rut with these courtroom dramas.  They're becoming overly melodramatic just to keep the story going.  Focus on this family on their relationships.  Just ONCE let the characters resolve their differences without involving the COURT!!!


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