Perfect Match

Perfect Match

Picoult, Jodi. Perfect Match. Washington Square Press. 2003. Print. (368 pages)

            Jodi Picoult did a wonderful job writing this book, just as in all the other books of hers that I have read. She illustrates a story so beautifully and is able to make it come to life. She makes you feel like you know the characters in her story and yet she keeps you guessing. She is constantly switching the protagonist in her stories. One minute you sympathize with the victim of the crime, the next the perpetrator and the next the simple bystander. This book was no different.

            I give Picoult props for constantly picking controversial subjects to center her stories around. This particular book centers on the molestation of a five-year-old boy by a priest. Picoult is very well read in this subject and gives the reader in sights into every mind involved in this book. She lets you enter into the mother’s mind, father’s mind, and even the silent little boy’s mind. She stirs emotions and brings about discussion and challenge to rules. She discusses the taboo part of our culture with no fear.

            This book was a little predictable, though. Having read Jodi Picoult books before, I could sort of find a pattern to her books. It started with a big event, and then came the court case, a twist, and then a surprise ending. Even though I didn’t know exactly what the twist was going to be, I knew it was coming, which took half the fun out of reading it. Don’t get me wrong, this book is a very good and I recommend it to anyone, but it just seems a bit too familiar to someone who has read Picoult before.