Nineteen Minutes

ByJodi Picoult

Release Date: 2007-03-05
Genre: Fiction & Literature

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 1,587 Ratings

Description

Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper and Small Great Things, pens her most riveting book yet with a startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy.

Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.

Reviews

Engaging
5
By MJW6506
Enjoyed it
Nineteen Minutes
5
By JacquieMoon1
Being a high school teacher this book resonated with me how cruel children are taught to be to fit in. How many marginalized children need to be hurt in a country over run by hate.
Bullying should never be tolerated or normalized. Safe places should always be provided for children that are both the bullied and the bullies. There are reasons for bullies and they are often hurting also and have no safe place to be anything but a bully.
Some schools are changing, but bullying still continues. I have seen where school students are a part of day long team building activities, with mixed groups, and they have had wonderful outcomes. This has been done at the high school level. I believe it should be started at the young 4th & 5th grade levels, where their place in the school identity begins. It is important to start young teaching children it is ok to be who you are and that they are taught empathy, because things don’t always seem like they are.
19 Minutes
3
By Qqqqeeeeiiii
Extremely drug out and boring.
Outstanding and Riviting!
5
By lacquilts
I could not put this book down! We’ve all seen bullying and it’s effect. I’ve always done my best to stop it, in part, by showing the bully out to be what he or she is…
Really good!
5
By lalooman
I enjoyed this a lot! It is definitely not what you think it is!
Another good one
5
By Bunmom88
Not my favorite JP book but would read it again.
Great Read
5
By JeredJ87
Wow, what a novel!
Heartbreaking Phenomenal Read
5
By Milagroxf
One of those books you hate to finish but cannot put it down. Heartbreaking subject matter written so readable you feel something with each character. Beautiful character depth and relatability. Outstanding read. Highly recommended.
Good and Bad
3
By Artist drake
This book was incredibly depressing. I’m a big fan of Ms Picault’s writing but I struggled with much of this book because of its existential nature. As a parent I found it very difficult to except the premise that these parents were often so blind to the terrible difficulties their children were in and that they basically chose to ignore the issues. Additionally, the premise put forward by the expert psychiatrist during the trial rang false in my view. Basically I felt that unlike many of her other work this book, although relevant and timely, missed the mark.
Fast read
5
By kw529
Always a fast read lots of facts and in dept with all of her books