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Pictures of You

Caroline Leavitt

Start date: April 1, 2011

Finish date: May 31, 2011

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Feb 08, 2011 Bookmarks Magazine rated it really liked it

Shelves: mar-apr-2011

The Boston Globe describes Pictures of You "as part literary mystery, part domestic drama, and part psychological examination," and, indeed, the novel kept most critics on their toes the entire time. A novel of loss, redemption, forgiveness, and self-discovery, the intertwining stories grapple not only with the tragedy but also with the mystery of April's hasty departure from her family. Reviewers commented that what could have been a maudlin, predictable storyline instead becomes fresh with Lea ...more

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Apr 08, 2011 Sera rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, library, literary-fiction

All in all, I was disappointed by this book. It was slow and didn't capture my attention until the last 25% or so, which is why I ended up giving it 3 stars instead of 2. It was funny, because even the reader seem uninspired up to that point. Her tone actually changed once the story became more interesting.

The book opens with a car accident between two women and then the rest of the book is about how their lives become intertwined thereafter. The book is told from multiple perspectives, which I ...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Landis rated it really liked it

I liked that is didn't take the expected path. What are the choices we make in our relationships and life? There is no one way. Some take responsibility for their lives and some do not. They effect our lives just as we effect their's but we choose our response and out path. ...more

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Jan 04, 2011 Charisse rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, best-of-2011

I had to add a new shelf... Best of 2011! 4 1/2 stars. This book was wonderful. Great characters in a very touching story. I highly recommend this - thanks to Bob for sending it my way.

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Jun 07, 2010 Julie rated it really liked it

Good stuff. Kind of like a Jodi Picoult book (one of the good ones), but not as ripped from the headlines, and more realistic. Not a perfect ending all tied up in a bow, which is what made it more realistic to me.

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