Songs of the Humpback Whale A Novel

Jodi Picoult — 2001

Jodi Picoult’s powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment. Sometimes finding your own voice is a matter of listening to the heart... Jodi Picoult's powerful novel portrays an emotionally charged marriage that changes course in one explosive moment...For years, Jane Jones has lived in the shadow of her husband, renowned San Diego oceanographer Oliver Jones. But during an escalating argument, Jane turns on him with an alarming volatility. In anger and fear, Jane leaves with their teenage daughter, Rebecca, for a cross-country odyssey charted by letters from her brother Joley, guiding them to his Massachusetts apple farm, where surprising self-discoveries await. Now Oliver, an expert at tracking humpback whales across vast oceans, will search for his wife across a continent—and find a new way to see the world, his family, and himself: through her eyes.

Reviews

Ellie Younger@ellierose2000

Jul 6, 2024

not enough whales

Jaymie Lemke@lemkegirl

Jul 26, 2022

Not her best work. While I get that she was trying to get a "full circle" effect, the book ended up being disjointed and repetitive.

Emir Andrés Ibañez@erasibanez

Dec 14, 2021

Está bien escrito, es ficción literaria un tanto experimental, si se quiere, teniendo en cuenta su estructura y que fue publicado en 1992. Pero hubieron muchos tópicos que se "romantizaron" como violencia familiar, abusos sexuales, una relación entre una niña de 15 y un chico de 25. Todo muy raro. No.

Danielle Crain@bellafoxygobble

Aug 29, 2021

I want to love Jodi Picoult. I really do. Everyone I come in contact with raves about her books. Something about this book is lacking for me... The writing seems too disjointed and thrown together. I'm 1/4 of the way through and I'm getting ready to throw the towel in on this one. Maybe I picked a bad first Picoult book to start with. I'm going to try and come back to this after the weekend and see if I feel the same way. I don't even feel I feel funny giving it even 1 start because I haven't read it enough to even try to decide if I like it or not - I'm that miserable with it. edit: I read 20 more pages and honestly I'm done. Please tell me I'm not off the mark here. I just can't get into this book and the idea of picking up another Picoult novel makes me nauseous. My Ratings: 5*****I loved this book, consider it an all time favorite 4**** Thoroughly enjoyed the book and will recommend it 3*** I liked it well enough, 2** Brain Candy - It was okay. Writing mediocre, will keep/re-read if part of a series 1* didn't like/possibly not finished. (less)