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The Tenth Circle | 
 enlarge | Author: Jodi Picoult
Creator: Dustin Weaver
Publisher: Atria Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 568650
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0743496701
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743496704
ASIN: 0743496701
Publication Date: March 7, 2006
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Bestselling author Jodi Picoult's The Tenth Circle is a metaphorical journey through Dante's Inferno, told through the eyes of a small Maine family whose hidden demons haunt every aspect of their seemingly peaceful existence. Woven throughout the novel are a series of dramatic illustrations that pay homage to the family's patriarch (comic book artist Daniel Stone), and add a unique twist to this gripping, yet somewhat rhetorical tale. Trixie Stone is an imaginative, perceptive 14 year old whose life begins to unravel when Jason Underhill, Bethel High's star hockey player, breaks up with her, leaving a void that can only be filled by the blood spilled during shameful self-mutilations in the girls' bathroom. While Trixie's dad Daniel notices his daughter's recent change in demeanor, he turns a blind eye, just as he does to the obvious affair his wife Laura, a college professor, is barely trying to conceal. When Trixie gets raped at a friend's party, Daniel and Laura are forced to deal not only with the consequences of their daughter's physical and emotional trauma, but with their own transgressions as well. For Daniel, that means reflecting on a childhood spent as the only white kid in a native Alaskan village, where isolation and loneliness turned him into a recluse, only to be born again after falling in love with his wife. Laura, who blames her family's unraveling on her selfish affair, must decide how to reconcile her personal desires with her loved ones' needs. The Tenth Circle is chock full of symbolism and allegory that at times can seem oppresive. Still, Picoult's fans will welcome this skillfully told story of betrayal and its many negative, and positive consequences. --Gisele Toueg
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 Enjoyable October 9, 2008
stacey987 (UK)
The idea behind the plot was really interesting and I liked the way that we saw how rape and tragedy and effect the whole family and not just the victim. Once the plot got going I found myself totally absorbed in the story. However, towards the end we are uprooted and put in Alaska which for me took me out of the story and I started to lose interest. Overall a good read but I have heard such good things about Picoult that I did expect a little more.
 Couldn't put it down! September 14, 2008
CShep
This was the first novel of Jodi Picoults I have read and I loved it! It was a book I read in a couple of days as I couldn't put it down! A lovely read when I was on holiday! Now I am hooked on her books! Fantastic!
 Addictive July 17, 2008
Mink (Dublin, Ireland)
This is my first Picoult book and I thought it was great. I like that she is never really biased on moral issues and let's the reader make their own decision. The graphic novel weaved throughout the book added something. Didn't enjoy the last part as much but still couldn't put it down for a good few nights. I'd recommend reading it, especially if you've ever been a teenage girl or had one.
Not my favourite Jodi Picoult but still excellent May 27, 2008
Ms. J. Stone (Oxford)
I love how the book gets you thinking, as does all her books. We still define rape as having occured when the victim has either really struggled, tried to scream, or repeatly said no. What the book seems to me to want you to consider is that when one persons body language and face is saying no isn't that enough. There is so many aspects of the characters thoughts and actions that everyone reading it can relate to and how we all change and remodel ourselves sometimes as if overnight. Although your heart goes out to Trixie it does to Jason too. Jason although he rapes her - is not evil and it was easy for me to feel for him too. Worth a read!
Courtesy of Teens Read Too May 6, 2008
TeensReadToo.com (All Over the US & Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Trixie Stone is the freshman girl that all other girls, even the upperclassman, envy. She's dating the hottest junior in the school, she's pretty, smart, and gets along with just about everybody. She has a seemingly perfect life.
But that only lasts until she goes to a party that gets way out of hand.
Her ex-boyfriend, who she wants back so badly, inflicts a horrible case of violence upon her.
And now everyone would kill to be nothing like her.
Trixie is one of the few characters that you can actually fall in love with throughout the course of the book. She is everything a teen girl wants to be, but then the reader has to have compassion for her because of what she goes through, and then you really do have to feel bad for her.
This is a book that everyone should read, simply for the wide range of issues that it covers. A great read.
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
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