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Jodi Picoult wraps another stirring melodramatic plot around a misunderstood modern affliction in this tale of Jacob Hunt, an 18-year-old murder suspect who has Asperger`s Syndrome. Jacob`s mother Emma and his little brother Theo have gradually become ......more
Jodi Picoult wraps another stirring melodramatic plot around a misunderstood modern affliction in this tale of Jacob Hunt, an 18-year-old murder suspect who has Asperger`s Syndrome. Jacob`s mother Emma and his little brother Theo have gradually become reluctant satellites of Jacob and his condition, forced to make unwanted adjustments to their own lives in order to better suit his needs. Jacob is obsessed with forensic science, and has the odd habit of appearing at crime scenes and bombarding the investigators with unwanted advice. At the sight of one particularly heinous crime, Jacob`s criminal insights prove to be a bit too precise, and he is soon charged with murder. The situation is compounded when Jacob`s lack of emotion, his social awkwardness, and his involuntary tics are read as the callous reactions of a psychopath. Emma`s only hope of saving her son lies in the hands of a young attorney who must not only combat the prosecution`s convincing evidence, but also his own client`s tendencies to make himself appear guilty.
- Author:
- Picoult, Jodi
- ISBN:
- 9781602857100
- Format:
- Hardcover
- Pages:
- 797
- Publish Date:
- 04/01/2010
- Publisher:
- Center Point Pub
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Perennial bestseller Picoult (Handle with Care) has a rough time in this Picoult-esque blend of medical and courtroom drama that lacks her usual storytelling finesse. Eighteen-year old Jacob Hunt has Asperger's syndrome, and his devoted single mother, Emma, has built their family's life around Jacob's needs, sacrificing her career to act as his caregiver and all but ignoring a younger son, Theo. But when Jacob is accused of murder, that carefully crafted life comes apart, and all of the hallmarks of Jacob's diagnosis begin to make him look guilty. Emma hires a young attorney whose attachment to Jacob brings him close to the family as he struggles to mount a defense for Jacob, whose inability to read social cues makes him less than an ideal client. While Picoult's research is impeccable and she deals intelligently with charged questions about autism and Asperger's, the whodunit is stretched sitcom-thin and handled poorly, with characters withholding information from the reader throughout. Picoult's writing, line by line, is as smooth as ever, and she does a great job of getting into Jacob's head, but the wobbly plotting is a massive detriment. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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