Delete Key Awards Finalist #5 comes from Jodi Picoult’s novel Change of Heart (Simon & Schuster/Atria, 447 pp., $26.95):
“Not that Jesus wasn’t a really cool guy – great teacher, excellent speaker, yadda yadda yadda. But … Son of God? Where’s the proof?”
and
“You don’t think it’s possible that Mr. Smythe was … well … resurrected?”
Not that Picoult isn’t a really popular novelist – great sales, a “terrific writer” in Stephen King’s view. But with dorky lines like these (and a plot to go with them), where’s the proof? Didn’t that “yadda yadda yadda” start to sound old before Seinfeld went off the air?
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Agreed.
Comment by adminpeterpark — February 26, 2009 @ 3:33 pm |
Thanks. Picoult was one of the tougher calls on the list because she’s shown in the past that she can be a much better writer than, say, Stephenie Meyer. But more books like “Change of Heart” could change that.
Comment by 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom — February 26, 2009 @ 4:54 pm |