Jodi (antsmarching81) reviewed on 5/3/2008 + 51 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

In true Jodi Picoult fashion, this book tells a story with a social issue at it's heart. In this case, it is capital punishment and religion. Shay Bourne is a death row inmate who upon his execution, wants to donate his heart to the sister of one of his victims. Like some of Picoult's other books, this story is told in the voices of several different characters, which I think really was an asset to this story. Overall, I thought it was pretty good. There were some spots where I felt the story was moving too slowly and there were several chapters that I think were not that important to the story and could have been left out, leaving the book a little shorter. But I think if you like Jodi Picoult, you will probably like this one. As I was reading it, I couldn't really decide if I liked it or not - there were some parts that were a little too silly and ridiculous for me - but overall I enjoyed it as a whole.

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