![]() ![]() Those being two glaring instances of actual characters, namely, Serenity, the oddball psychic and Virgil the disgraced alcoholic detective. This book is written and edited fairly well and I feel that it only loses its fifth star for its clichés. ![]() ![]() Picoult expertly weaves in elements of the paranormal, adultery, murder, mother-daughter love, romantic love, conservation, academia and suicide, all peppered with what I, as a first time reader, can only take to be her signature magic. I send my sincerest apologies to Jodi Picoult and now know that I truly should not judge a book by its cover or its readers. I was apprehensive about reading Picoult as I'd always considered her books to be something only my mum would enjoy reading. This one took me a little while to get started. Not Even a Psychic Could Predict This Ending ![]()
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