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A review by omqchristi
A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
5.0
Readability: 4/5
Plot: 5/5
Recommend: Yes
A Spark of Light details the events of a day starting from 5pm and going backwards to 8am. The day involves the lives of a few people being caught up in a dangerous situation with a gunman in a women's reproductive health clinic. Different points of view and ideas are presented about life, abortion, and the law.
The way this book was written was a first for me. I have never read a book where the story starts from the end and works its way up to the beginning. Even though this style is unique, I feel like it made me not want to continue reading it all the time (thus the readability rating of 4 instead of 5). It wasn't that bad though, it would be a great book to read backwards (in chapters) (and except for the epilogue).
As for the actual plot, it was compelling and enjoyable. I loved having multiple viewpoints and being able to read the histories and life experiences of more than just one or two people. This meant there was an A story, a B story, and an antagonist's point of view at the same time! Another thing I loved was the end of the book (or beginning of the day) where two plot twists were revealed. Both were quite satisfying and one of them tied to A story and B story together very well. I left this book quite satisfied and glad I had decided to pick it up.
Plot: 5/5
Recommend: Yes
A Spark of Light details the events of a day starting from 5pm and going backwards to 8am. The day involves the lives of a few people being caught up in a dangerous situation with a gunman in a women's reproductive health clinic. Different points of view and ideas are presented about life, abortion, and the law.
The way this book was written was a first for me. I have never read a book where the story starts from the end and works its way up to the beginning. Even though this style is unique, I feel like it made me not want to continue reading it all the time (thus the readability rating of 4 instead of 5). It wasn't that bad though, it would be a great book to read backwards (in chapters) (and except for the epilogue).
As for the actual plot, it was compelling and enjoyable. I loved having multiple viewpoints and being able to read the histories and life experiences of more than just one or two people. This meant there was an A story, a B story, and an antagonist's point of view at the same time! Another thing I loved was the end of the book (or beginning of the day) where two plot twists were revealed. Both were quite satisfying and one of them tied to A story and B story together very well. I left this book quite satisfied and glad I had decided to pick it up.