Summary & Study Guide The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

by BookRags

This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

63 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2014

Reviews

[Donna Covell · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book. Dont want to spoil for anyone though. Sad parts.

[JeanieL1 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was an eye opener to those of us who haven’t read about the fate of the Jewish people in a long time..the book had sad parts, happy parts and thought provoking areas. A testament to strong women and preserverance. All Jodi’s book characters are well defined and you don’t want story to end

[Kathy Krieg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written, I enjoyed how she wrote it from many prospectives. Warning: tough story to read do to graphic descriptions of Nazis and horrors of concentration camps.

[Mary Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and riviting!

[Cyndy Currier · Rating 5 out of 5]

MUCH better story than anticipated, although there were definitely difficult parts to read with the nazi subject matter and such. But was happy that I didn’t give up and finished.

[Chandra Freeman Galik · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed it!

[Dianne]

It took me quite awhile to get into this book. I'm not exactly sure why. But once I got into Minka's story - HER story, not her created story, I was hooked. Something about having lived through the horror of the Holocaust - her story was realistic. Thinking back, I guess I can understand how a person who was born to write, could not possibly write the TRUE events of her months in captivity. She had to create another story. But personally, I just could not get into that part of the book.
Yes, the author is delving into the narrowness of good vs evil. We are all created with a bent toward evil. "All we like sheep have gone astray" said the prophet Isaiah. The ending with the twist was quite a surprise and that was good.
I do recommend this book to those who want to understand some more of how evil humanity can be to another and yet how some did survive their evil live long.

[Earl Inglis · Rating 3 out of 5]

dark, good character development, historical fiction for future readers.