The Pact

By: Jodi Picoult

Narrated by: George Guidall

The Golds and the Hartes, neighbors for eighteen years, have always been inseparable. So have their children—and it’s no surprise that in high school, Chris and Emily’s friendship blossoms into something more. And then, suddenly, unimaginable tragedy strikes, threatening the bonds that had seemed so indestructible.

When midnight calls from the hospital come in, no one is ready for the truth. Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot wound to the head. There’s a single unspent bullet in the gun that Chris pilfered from his father’s cabinet—a bullet that Chris tells police he intended for himself. But a local detective has doubts about the suicide pact that Chris describes.

This extraordinary, poignant novel paints an indelible portrait of two families in anguish as they find themselves on opposite sides of a painful divide … and confronts every parent’s worst fear.

©2007 Jodi Picoult (P)2007 Recorded Books, LLC

Emotional Drama

In this excessively long novel there are some very good things. The courtroom drama is highly interesting; the complexity of the plot is excellent.
Unfortunately a large part of the book is devoted to a tedious buildup of the characters, following the development of two quite unpleasant, thoughtless and irresponsible children, and to the emotions of their parents. If the author had had the good sense to leave out essentially all of the retrospective details, the book would have been half the length and twice as compelling to listen to.
Also, the voice of the narrator was often unnecessarily and falsely dramatic. It would have been easier to listen to it with a better reader.

Absolutely Amazing

I absolutely loved this book!! I finished it in 2 days! I can't wait too read another Jodi Picoult book!!

A good book start to finish.

Not her best but it's still Jodi Picoult. I really enjoyed this book. JP is such a good writer.

Not the usual

Once again Jodi Picoult has kept me engaged to the last word. It as the excellent plot and not knowing the truth until the very end. However, for me, there was entirely too much sex!! Not usual for Picoult. Waaay too much.

Huh?

Ending very dissatisfying. Not sure why it took so long to tell this non-story.