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Mar 04, 20191_Great_Book rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book intrigued me - it's not about a topic I would consciously choose to read. It's also written backwards, starting just before the end and reliving a horrific event in reverse, step by step. I read Jodi Picoult every now and then - her subjects are often centered on difficult social issues, but the value of that is that it gets one to think from another perspective. There are many comments to the effect that this makes for difficult reading, but I think what's brilliant about it is that it forces the reader to spiral back in time to get into the minds of all the characters and fully appreciate why each of them came to be together in that place at that time. The effect would not have been as powerful had we started out with full knowledge in chronological order. And you do not know until the very end who pulled the trigger and why!