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Jodi Picoult, the New York Times bestselling author of Vanishing Acts, offers her most powerful chronicle yet of an American family with a story that probes the unbreakable bond between parent and child and the dangerous repercussions of trying to play the hero.
Trixie Stone is fourteen years old and in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father's life -- a straight-A student; a freshman in high school who is pretty and popular; a girl who's always looked up to Daniel Stone as a hero. Until, that is, her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence... and suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family -- and herself -- seems to be a lie.
For fifteen years, Daniel Stone has been an even-tempered, mild-mannered man: a stay-at-home dad to Trixie and a husband who has put his own career as a comic book artist behind that of his wife, Laura, who teaches Dante's Inferno at a local college. But years ago, he was completely different: growing up as the only white boy in an Eskimo village, he was teased mercilessly for the color of his skin. He learned to fight back: stealing, drinking, robbing, and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush. To become part of a family, he reinvented himself, channeling his rage onto the page and burying his past completely... until now. Could the young boy who once made Trixie's face fill with light when he came to the door have been the one to end her childhood forever? She says that he is, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a man with a history he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back in order to protect his daughter.
The Tenth Circle looks at that delicate moment when a child learns that her parents don't know all of the answers and when being a good parent means letting go of your child. It asks whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime or if your mistakes are carried forever -- if life is, as in any good comic book, a struggle to control good and evil, or if good and evil control you.
Trixie Stone is fourteen years old and in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father's life -- a straight-A student; a freshman in high school who is pretty and popular; a girl who's always looked up to Daniel Stone as a hero. Until, that is, her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence... and suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family -- and herself -- seems to be a lie.
For fifteen years, Daniel Stone has been an even-tempered, mild-mannered man: a stay-at-home dad to Trixie and a husband who has put his own career as a comic book artist behind that of his wife, Laura, who teaches Dante's Inferno at a local college. But years ago, he was completely different: growing up as the only white boy in an Eskimo village, he was teased mercilessly for the color of his skin. He learned to fight back: stealing, drinking, robbing, and cheating his way out of the Alaskan bush. To become part of a family, he reinvented himself, channeling his rage onto the page and burying his past completely... until now. Could the young boy who once made Trixie's face fill with light when he came to the door have been the one to end her childhood forever? She says that he is, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a man with a history he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back in order to protect his daughter.
The Tenth Circle looks at that delicate moment when a child learns that her parents don't know all of the answers and when being a good parent means letting go of your child. It asks whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime or if your mistakes are carried forever -- if life is, as in any good comic book, a struggle to control good and evil, or if good and evil control you.
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Jodi P. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
After hearing a lot about Jodi Picoult, I decided to give one of her books a try. "The Tenth Circle" was the first one that I had the opportunity to read, and I have to say that I was slightly disappointed, after all the good things I had heard about her. I thought the book started out excellent - characters and themes that the average person could relate to. However, there were parts of the story that I found just too hard to believe and too unrealistic for me to relate to. I understand that this is a work of fiction, but the second half of the story just seemed so out of place and like a completely different story than the first half of the book. I thought the transition between the two was very awkward. Overall, I still thought the book was a decent read, and I will give some other Jodi Picoult books a try in the future.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Couldn't really get involved with the book. The characters were distant and not likeable. It wasn't even really a study in teh darker sides of human nature because there was no revelation to any of the characters...no epiphany. They just kept wandering around making their lives more complicated damaging the lives of those unfortunate enough to be around them. The ending was supposed to be a plot twist, but I was not shocked or amazed...I really just didn't care.
Janis K. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
The premise was promising, and the storyline started out to be very engrossing. I found the whole parallel of Dante's circles of hell with what the father was going through to be very clever and interesting. I thought the concept of using cartoons, since the father was a comic artist, interspersed throughout the book was fresh and new. But overall, there was something missing, a link that would somehow pull it all together. Even though the characters were complex and had intriguing backgrounds, I just couldn't connect with any of them, especially Trixie. Maybe if I could have felt some sympathy for her, there would have been that emotional attachment to a character to help, but instead I felt nothing. Overall, the story seemed too long and drawn-out and then abruptly came to an unsatisfying end. While Jodi Picoult remains one of my favorite authors, this particular book was not.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a very good book & very hard to put down. This book looks at that delicate moment when a child learns that her parents don't know all of the answers and when being a good parent means letting go of your child. It asks whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime or if your mistakes are carried forever---if life is, as in any good comic book, a struggle to control good and evil, or if good and evil control you.
Amy H. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
My least favorite Jodi Picoult book (that I've read).
The story was good, but didn't rock my world. I absolutely hated the cartoons embedded in the story. None of the cahracters were all that likable. Oh well, they all can't be blockbusters.
Rachel P. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed the book but didn't feel it was the author's best. I found the comic pages very distracting. They didn't add anything to the book for me.
Sherrie F. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
this was my first picoult book. I enjoyed it althogh it seemed to lag in a couple of places. I would have liked to learn a little more about what made Laura tick
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not one of her best. But still good. It was to predictable.
Jamie B. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"The Tenth Circle" was the second book from Jodi Picoult that I had the opportunity to read, while I liked this book, I didn't love it. I had guessed the ending pretty quickly, but there were still a lot of twists and turns to keep me guessing.
The book started out really well, difficult to put down - characters and themes that the average person could relate to and haven't really been written about before. However, as the story went on there are parts of the story that, personally, I found too unrealistic and unbelieveable and that hurt the story some.
Andy R. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Intense story about the rape that keeps the reader guessing.
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Eh. I remember being disappointed the first time I read it and I still am. There was no real magic and the characters were much less sympathetic than in her other books. It also leaves the ending rather unfinished. The twist was mostly lame and while it didn't follow the courtroom formula, it still had a formulaic feel.
The comic book parts were entertaining, but kind of stupid and the game with the letters was more distracting than anything else. I remember being disappointed that I bought this one in hardcover...
I wasn't as impressed with the ending as I usually am with Picoult's books. The context was good, but the end let me down.
Casey H. (Great book about the love for a child. Good book, with a few unexpected twists but a little perdictable.
Linda D. (Synopsis
Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father, Daniel's life -- a straight-A student; a pretty, popular freshman in high school; a girl who's always seen her father as a hero. That is, until her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence. Suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family -- and herself -- seems to be a lie. Could the boyfriend who once made Trixie wild with happiness have been the one to end her childhood forever? She says that he is, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a seemingly mild-mannered comic book artist with a secret tumultuous past he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back to protect his daughter.
With The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult offers her most powerful chronicle yet as she explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child, and questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime -- or if your mistakes are carried forever.
Patricia I. (I expected more out of this one that I got.
I was slightly disappointed but maybe b/c the books I had read by this author prior to this one were so much better?
I still love Jodi Picoult! I am just a reader that prefers more clarity about it's characters and a clearer storyline, etc.
Still worth a read for sure!
Another great story by Jodi. She's become one of my most favorite authors. I got hooked with "My Sister's Keeper". If you haven't read that one, it's a must. This one was really good too. You'll love it.
Jennifer W. (Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com
Trixie Stone is the freshman girl that all other girls, even the upperclassman, envy. She's dating the hottest junior in the school, she's pretty, smart, and gets along with just about everybody. She has a seemingly perfect life.
But that only lasts until she goes to a party that gets way out of hand.
Her ex-boyfriend, who she wants back so badly, inflicts a horrible case of violence upon her.
And now everyone would kill to be nothing like her.
Trixie is one of the few characters that you can actually fall in love with throughout the course of the book. She is everything a teen girl wants to be, but then the reader has to have compassion for her because of what she goes through, and then you really do have to feel bad for her.
This is a book that everyone should read, simply for the wide range of issues that it covers. A great read.
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