I hate to say it, because I normally enjoy Jodi Picoult’s books but… Between the Lines is one you can probably skip.
I liked the idea of Picoult writing a YA book with her teen daughter but it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. It took me three days to read the first three chapters. TW said it gets better… and it did. But not a lot better.
It’s not truly horrid but it’s just not great, either.
I really, really disliked the ending. Maybe it works for kids but for me, a mom, it did not work AT ALL. Not even a little bit.
I hated it.
I have decided that I can’t read her books any more. I am always depressed and vaguely pissed off at the world when I finish her books and they just aren’t good enough to be worth all of the emotional disturbance I experience after reading them.
I didn’t get very far, I didn’t even give it the 100 page courtesy. It wasn’t typical Jodi, it sure didn’t capture me from the first sentence like her books usually do.