![]() This story really does capture the romance of Africa and it shines through between Gideon and Alice, and their relationship, despite it being one that never would have succeeded due to its basis in deceit and tragedy, especially with its discovery resulting in the subsequent suicide of Grace and the murder of Jenna. There were also a couple of minor instances where I struggled to determine which character was speaking, even upon re-reading. 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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