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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Nineteen Minutes in Books

Feb 13, 2018  
Nineteen Minutes
Nineteen Minutes
Jodi Picoult | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.8 (12 Ratings)
Book Rating
I know a lot of people call Picoult formulaic, but I can't help it -- call me a fan of the formula. This book is reminiscent of such Picoult classics as <i>The Pact</i> and <i>Salem Falls</i> in that it features a classic courtroom drama with a big surprise at the end.

And sure, maybe you can guess the surprise, maybe you know what's coming, but, to me, it doesn't stop the joy of reading along to find out whether you're right or not. I couldn't put this one down.

Story centers around a small town high school -- a student regularly bullied and victimized by his peers brings a gun to school and kills and injures a number of his classmates. The story is told from a variety of perspectives, including the shooter, his mother, the town judge, the judge's daughter (a high school student), and the detective on the case. Picoult does a find job of weaving all their stories together as the book comes to its inevitable shocking conclusion.
  
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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) in Movies

Apr 16, 2021 (Updated Jul 4, 2021)  
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
2001 | Comedy, Drama, International
2
4.5 (2 Ratings)
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π˜›π˜©π˜ͺ𝘳𝘡𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘒𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘡 π˜•π˜°π˜΅π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨. Boo-fucking-hoo, sad sad sad. Total bullshit, another turn-of-the-millennium π˜”π˜’π˜¨π˜―π˜°π˜­π˜ͺ𝘒 wannabe where a bunch of junk characters spout faux-philosophical anecdotes about No Actual Thing for what feels like literal ages. Starts off with some minor intrigue but no sooner I couldn't stand it - what with it's downright laughably corny music and sterile-as-can-be cinematography *on top of* this aggressively cringe dialogue delivered by such nonentities. Feels like one of those fake AI bots from Twitter being fed every somber hyperlink film and spatting out its jumbled tropes. I'm not going to say this doesn't have intriguing ideas, they just go nowhere and most of these stories just... don't even finish? Young Rob McElhenney in a bit part outacts the entire cast of unenthusiastic performances from A-listers (other than McConaughey who just feels right in and around any courtroom setting, but even then they give him next to no breathing room). Still in disbelief with how boring they decided to play this.
  
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ClareR (5603 KP) rated Reputation in Books

Mar 24, 2022  
Reputation
Reputation
Sarah Vaughan | 2022 | Contemporary, Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Reputation is some serious edge of your seat stuff!
Emma Webster is a Labour MP, who is a victim of online abuse: death threats, rape threats, threats of acid attacks, trolling and just general online unpleasantness. It’s a big change from her life as a teacher, but she decides that she wants to serve the people of her constituency.

But all does not go as she would like it to, and the reputation that she fought so hard for, begins to fall apart.

This is a tense courtroom drama, which left me wondering if Emma was a reliable narrator or not. Put in the same situation, I would have had a very similar reaction - Emma wants to protect her daughter from all harm - as well as her own reputation.

This was such a tense, suspenseful read on The Pigeonhole, which had me guessing right up to the very last page (I’ll be honest, if I had been reading the book, I would have flicked to the end - it was seriously anxiety-inducing!).
Highly recommended!