The Storyteller -- Jodi Picoult -- Literary Review & Summary

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Genres: Audiobook, Fiction

118 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2013

Reviews

[Joy Joyner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved reading this- i cried eventually after reading the memoires of the grandmother who survived the holocaust. I fell in love with the romanticism of bread baking...strange but now i love going to bakeries and it reminds me of this book. The ending doesn't match eh book and is kinda dumb though.

[Helen Heinmets · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the four layers of stories and the twist at the end. The depiction of the Polish ghetto and the concentration camps is as always, horrifying.

[Lynda Garron · Rating 3 out of 5]

difficult subject matter but good...

[Stephanie Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holocaust story , yet again, from a very different angle.Well done!

[Rosie Mcclurg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved this book. I like the in depth history of the holocaust. The horror of what happened right in front of people and it was overlooked like it was not going on. Then the hiding out of those who committed war crimes and how they dealt with it. I am sure they all dealt with it differently but it had to be a struggle for some of them when they were back in the real world. How the hurt can touch the soul and what would you do if you were in her position. The closeness of the Grandmother to her Gran-daughter was tender and loving. Highly recommend this book.

[Jeanne Benedict · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sara Singer is a baker, and keeps busy to keep the thoughts of her Mother's death at bay.Josef Weber, an elderly man she meets in a grief group starts stopping by the bakery on a regular basis and he eventually asks for Sara's help, as he is very ill. Should she help him or not. Quite a moral decision for her to make.

[Smitha Murthy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an engrossing read - but I wasn't too happy with the ending, which I felt was too abrupt.

[Candy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet again, Picoult tackles a dark issue with such finesse. It was a beautifully written story even for such a heartbreaking topic. I loved reading the different point of views. I often had to reread sections because it's so hard to imagine the horrible events having happened. She also raises several questions throughout that leave you needing to take a breathe and really think about.