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A review by chroniclesofabookmum
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
4.0
~~ Review ~~
Author: Jodi Picoult
Genre: Contemporary Adult Fiction
“Laws are black and white. The lives of women are a thousand shades of gray”
The Centre for Women’s Reproductive Health offers a wide range of treatments, one of those being the ever controversial procedure of abortion. The life/death situation individuals face whilst considering abortion is taken out of their hands, when a lone male in possession of a gun takes staff, patients and visitors hostage. What is his vendetta? What will be the fate of his hostages be?
I have been waiting to read this book for SO long. I bought it last night and I’ve already finished it. I could not put it down. The book is written in reverse, starting with the height of the hostage situation and slowly moving back in time where we get acquainted with the characters and their background stories which led them to be in the Centre at the time the situation arose. I have never read a book that has done this, I was apprehensive, but I have concluded that it is a genius way to write! Stephen King describes Jodi Picoult as “writes with unassuming brilliance” and I could not agree more. I would 100% recommend this book to anybody considering reading it. I knocked .5 off because I would have liked a bit of clarification on a few things but I’m being petty. It was brilliant!
Author: Jodi Picoult
Genre: Contemporary Adult Fiction
“Laws are black and white. The lives of women are a thousand shades of gray”
The Centre for Women’s Reproductive Health offers a wide range of treatments, one of those being the ever controversial procedure of abortion. The life/death situation individuals face whilst considering abortion is taken out of their hands, when a lone male in possession of a gun takes staff, patients and visitors hostage. What is his vendetta? What will be the fate of his hostages be?
I have been waiting to read this book for SO long. I bought it last night and I’ve already finished it. I could not put it down. The book is written in reverse, starting with the height of the hostage situation and slowly moving back in time where we get acquainted with the characters and their background stories which led them to be in the Centre at the time the situation arose. I have never read a book that has done this, I was apprehensive, but I have concluded that it is a genius way to write! Stephen King describes Jodi Picoult as “writes with unassuming brilliance” and I could not agree more. I would 100% recommend this book to anybody considering reading it. I knocked .5 off because I would have liked a bit of clarification on a few things but I’m being petty. It was brilliant!