Vanishing Acts: The Ending

In one weekend alone, I read the whole book, Vanishing Acts (at least from the part I left of on in my last blog entry). If that isn't proof enough that this book was pretty much outstanding... then I don't know what is. I didn't put down this book at all while reading it! At the beginning of the book, the story was slightly slow, but gradually, the conflict, drama, and twists started building up until... KABOOM, everything collapsed and the world of Delia Hopkins shattered before her eyes as the identity of Bethany Matthews slowly revealed itself. What really frustrated me in the book was the suspense that went on in the story:  as the father endures his time in jail (dealing with gangs, violence, and drug dealing that goes on), as Eric struggles with his problems as an alcoholic, his marriage with Delia, and the case of Andrew, as Fitz hides his secret love for Delia and fights the urge to write his newspaper story on her, and as Delia discovers her "past life" (before being kidnapped) and struggles in her life as a single-mom. Regardless of the suspense that tortured me throughout the novel, I loved it!

The great parts about Jodi Picoult's books are that they involve so many different elements. Like, the elements of love, suspense, drama, law, and that each book of hers revolves around controversial topics of today. Even though the books are fiction, they not only portray what goes on in the court scenes, but what is being thought by the lawyers, the accused, and even the loved ones of those affected by the case.