Book Review - Plain Truth

 

Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult

A shocking murder shatters the picturesque calm of Pennsylvania's Amish country - and tests the heart and soul of the lawyer who steps in to defend the young woman at the centre of the storm...

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to it's core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: circumstantial evidence suggests that eighteen year old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life.

When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusional big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania to defend Katie, two cultures collide - and, for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own. Delving deep inside the world of those who live 'plain', Ellie must find a way to reach Katie on her terms. And as she unravels a tangled murder case, Ellie also looks deep within - to confront her own fears and desires when a man from her past comes back into her life.

Congratulations Jodi, you have done it again.

Well where do I start, another amazing book writen by Jodi Picoult.

However I am still annoyed that there is ANOTHER courtcase in this book. I am sure that Jodi can only write about someone dying/being ill and there being a court case to do with this. And the ending of the book wasn't good, yet again.

This isn't going to be a proper book review, sorry yet again. I'm not in the mood for a proper book review :') But I will say that there are a lot of things in the book which did confuse me and I had to re-read. There was also a lot of medical language which confused me so I ended up just skim-reading a lot of this. However, it was easy to get the gist of the storyline without this information. 

Certain parts of the book are almost repeated throughout the book which kind of annoyed me.

However, just like all of the other books by Jodi which I have read, I have really connected with the main characters and understood their feelings. 

The book is told from two different 'sections'. The book is told from a narative POV, then from Ellie's POV. This goes on throughout the novel which I like as we see inside Ellie's mind more than the other characters. At some points in the book I felt as if me myself was Ellie, on the farm. I understood what she was feeling, understood her actions.

Like I said before, the ending of this book annoyed me. It's rushed. You find out what truly happened and then a few sentances later, wala, it's the end of the book. Oh. :/

But still a great book which I highly recommend :D