Friday, April 5, 2013

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

The Storyteller is Jodi Picoults newest release. I was very excited to read this book and saved it for my Spring Break. The book is about a girl who is mourning the loss of her Mother and Father. Sage has a scar on her face and hides from everyone and took a job as an evening baker to not have to be around people. Sage meets an elderly man named Josef at her grief counseling session and the two strike up a friendship. After bonding, Josef confesses that he used to be a Nazi and askes Sage to help him die. He believes he is cursed and unable to die at the age of 95. Sage can't believe what she is hearing. Her Grandmother is a Holocaust survivor and she can't believe this man could be capable of what the Nazis did during WWII.
The story takes a turn and we follow Josef and Sages Grandmother as they tell their own stories about the Holocaust. Once again, Picoult does an incredible job painting a picture for the reader. I have read countless Holocautt books before and never did I feel as if I was in the story as I did with The Storyteller. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes Jodi Picoult, reading about the Holocaust, or is looking for an engaging read. I could not put this book down.

Review
'Never has a work of fiction seemed so realistic to me, all of the different stories magnificently intertwined to create a book which is truly on a new level. There are certain books that leave you bereft knowing that there is no more story to tell and this is one of them.' -- Amy, Waterstones, UK 'Beautifully written, compelling fiction. I couldn't put it down. I'm now bereft!' -- Ros, Burway Books, UK 'Hard to put down. This book lingers with you after you've finished ... It has compassion, anger, and a small touch of happily ever after that doesn't destroy the realism of the main events. If you can stomach a story based in the horrors of Nazi concentration camps then read THE STORYTELLER. It's worth the time you'll spend lost in its pages.' -- Sarah Talbot, UK bookseller Praise for LONE WOLF -- : 'Picoult fans will love it' -- Sunday Express 'LONE WOLF could have been an overblown sob story, but the excellent Jodi picoult moulds it into superior literary ficton in a gripping human story.' -- Mail on Sunday 'There are many aspirants to her throne, but nobody in commercial fiction cranks the pages more effectively than Jodi Picoult' -- USA Today 'Never one to shy away from moral and ethical dilemmas, or from presenting every side of the debate, Picoult gives her readers all the virtuosic plotting, cliffhangers and twists they've come to expect' -- Daily Mail 'Picoult tackles this sensitive subject with her usual flawless research and convincing characters ... as is Picoult's signature style, the reader is left just as torn as the characters over the best solution. Thought-provoking and gripping.' -- SHE 'Picoult as usual probes intriguing matters of the heart while introducing her fans to subjects they might not otherwise explore. You can always count on Picoult for a terrific page-turner about a compelling subject.' -- Publishers Weekly 'It's as fascinating as eavesdropping.' -- Saga 'An absorbing read.' ***** -- Woman's Own 'Heartache and an unbearable decision are at the centre of Jodi Picoult's latest powerful book.' **** -- Star magazine

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