Mercy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

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Mercy (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

Editorial Review

General FictionLarge Print EditionAn inspired meditation on love. Publishers WeeklyA graceful stylist, Picoult entertains her readers not only with feel-good storytelling and irresistible characters but with consideration of such serious moral dilemmas as euthanasia and forgiveness. Booklist* A Literary Guild SelectionWhat would you do for someone you love? Would you lie? Would you leave? Would you kill? When Jamie MacDonald arrives at the police station with the body of his wife and the confession that he killed her, he is placed under arrest, and a small Massachusetts town grapples with the questions raised by the act. Is it murder to kill a terminally ill person who begs you to do so? Mercy explores this highly charged emotional and ethical issue in a novel that is as haunting as it is beautiful.

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• Large Print

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
• I wanted to love this book....
  I am an ardent Picoult fan, and I so wanted to love this book based on the premise and the concept. Also a fan of Diana Galbadon's "Outlander" books, I was looking forward to a contemporary Scottish tale - and JP delivered in the first 3rd of the book. Her descriptions of a modern Scottish village in America - Wheelock, first noted as "Wee Loch" in a letter by the original settler, meaning "small lake" - was spot on. But as the story progressed, I found myself wondering, "Where is she going with this?"more info
• On the fence a little bit still....
  It was a good read because she's a great writer and Picoult makes you see the town, the home, the characters so accuately. She even makes you feel the hurt, the betrayal that the characters do. I wish she would have finished it differently, I wish that the side drama apart from the main issue at hand with the dear man who killed his wife out of mercy...I wish the other punishment would have fit the crime! That bothered me but it was still showed great talent in her writing. I just came away wanting more.
• This book isn't actually about mercy killing
  Although I was a tremendous fan of "My Sister's Keeper", I've been summarily disappointed by all her other books, except for this one. The characters who are realistically flawed, the writing is amazing, and the part about the trial was lovely to read. This isn't a book about mercy killings. It's a book about love. Jamie is condemned for having loved his wife too much, to the point where he was willing to kill her when she selfishly asked, knowing that it would destroy him physically and mentally. Cam, the... more info
• Picoult
  I have many (most ) of Jodi Picoult books. I loved the first 2-3 I read. 19 Minutes, My Sister's Keeper and a few others. Mercy was not one of my favorites, nor was Keeping Faith. maybe I am getting tired of her books, but they use to grab me on page one. Both of these books seemed to drag. They also were more predictable than others in her series. It seems like she is researching topics of interest to her and spinning them into books. The discussion of stamata was interesting, but it seemed to occupy too... more info

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