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The Tenth Circle
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- Narrated by: Carol Monda
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-29-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $22.67
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult shares a powerful novel about the unbreakable bond between parent and child, the temptation to play God, and the dangerous repercussions.
Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father Daniel's life - a straight-A student; a pretty, popular freshman in high school; a girl who's always seen her father as a hero. That is until her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence. Suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family - and herself - seems to be a lie. Could the boyfriend who once made Trixie wild with happiness have been the one to end her childhood forever? She says that he is, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a seemingly mild-mannered comic book artist with a secret tumultuous past he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back to protect his daughter.
With The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult offers her most powerful chronicle yet as she explores the unbreakable bond between parent and child and questions whether you can reinvent yourself in the course of a lifetime - or if your mistakes are carried forever.
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- swaz410
- 04-17-18
Definitely not one of her best
I LOVE Jodi Picoult books and have gone through almost all of them. This was probably by far the most disappointing. I completed the whole book, out of devotion to the author, and also with the hopes that it might get better...but it didn't. The story wasn't as captivating as her stories usually are. The setting was dreary and without the usual jaw-dropping twists and turns her books normally have, ended up just making the whole plot depressing and boring. The twists that were present were not too surprising. I did enjoy the dynamic between father and daughter throughout the whole story. That and the amazing performance by the narrator were probably the only redeeming aspects of this book.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
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- M. Mckinney
- 05-17-18
not my favorite
love jodi pocoult! this was good but definitely not my favorite! too slow and harder to follow
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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- Elyse
- 04-30-16
Worth the read!
I Love Jodi Picoult the most because of her unpredictability! This story was not one of my favorites, but did not disappoint in the predictability area! The narrator was annoying to listen to, especially when she changed her voice to the men in the story. Overall, worth reading or listening to!
14 of 18 people found this review helpful
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- Marie
- 06-18-18
Thought provoking
I loved the story from page one. I didn't want to put the book down. The story was compelling and believable. It could just as easily be my story, or my neighbors....I’ll be thrilled to read more!
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- Cm
- 08-29-17
Her worst book
Well that was hours of wasted time. I used to love her novels, but this one really was not good. The ending was so predictable. And all it left me was hoping I never have to go to Alaska
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Charlotte Kramer
- 08-19-18
Love Jodi Picoult
Love the research about the Upek, narrator easy to listen to. The way Jodi Picoult paints word pictures is beautiful, the way the story progresses develops compassion in the reader that might not have been thee before.
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- Diana Haddad
- 08-07-18
Jodi!!
Another beautifully written book for Jodi!! Jodi’s books are always winners! Never disappointed listening to any of her books!
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-18
Love Jodi's books
This wasn't what I expected, but enjoyed it nevertheless. She never fails o capture my attention and hold it to the end.
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- Melenie Hernandez
- 07-26-18
Great read
well written. kept you guessing. addressed serious issues true to life. kept me captivated and intrigued
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- patricia runyon
- lutherville, md, US
- 07-21-18
Yuck
Could not get through this book. So much teenage drama. Did not enjoy the reader either. Do not waste $ on this one.
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- mrs
- 06-13-17
disappointed
I have read many of this authors books but I really didn't enjoy this one, I felt like the ending was left in mid air and tge characters never really developed.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-09-18
Different but same
Good story but the voices are ones used to read her other books and it’s hard not split the old characters from the new ones.
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- Nicola
- 11-06-17
I found this a little monotonous towards the end
I got really bored towards the end, and the ending came out of nowhere which wasn't teally an ending at all after listening for all those hours. I was disappointed. The narrator is excellent.