HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
Loading...

Picture Perfect (original 1995; edition 2002)

by Jodi Picoult

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
2,968484,640 (3.4)49
To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape-a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour. Torn between fear and something that resembles love, Cassie wrestles with questions she never dreamed she would face: How can she leave? Then again, how can she stay?… (more)
Member:nktk
Title:Picture Perfect
Authors:Jodi Picoult
Info:Berkley Trade (2002), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 384 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:
Tags:None

Work Information

Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult (1995)

  1. 01
    Honor Thyself by Danielle Steel (Pedrolina)
    Pedrolina: Similar stories of women recovering from amnesia and rediscovering their love for life
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 49 mentions

English (46)  Lithuanian (1)  Dutch (1)  All languages (48)
Showing 1-5 of 46 (next | show all)
Audiobook version. Must be the worst audiobook reading I've ever experienced. The narrator sounded like a robot. Couldn't get past the first 20 minutes. ( )
  Doodlebug34 | Jan 1, 2024 |
Picoult always writes books that get to me and this one was no different. This one deal with domestic violence. I was in an emotionally abusive marriage for years so could relate to the feelings of inadequacy that you get when being in that kind of relationship. ( )
  KyleneJones | Apr 25, 2022 |
This is the first book I've read by Jodi Picoult. I was hoping for something different from the typical chic lit/romance genre.

I was left disappointed. It read exactly like many other romance books out there - I can see why other readers have compared it to Danielle Steele. It was basically an overly-long Mills and Boon.

What I will give credit for is the portrayal of domestic violence in the story. Cassie's experience and attitude towards her husband's behaviour seemed very accurate and well written, even to the point where none of the other characters noticed anything was wrong, or didn't speak about it. I also liked Will's character and his development through the story: his was the most well written and interesting of all characters in the story.

Sadly all other characters in the book were too one-dimensional and flat to be convincing, and there were many stereotypes. Cassie, a typical chic-lit protagonist: unnoticeable, introverted, with an"I don't know what he sees in me" attitude, meets Alex, a typical good looking, dominating male. Ophelia was shallow and uninteresting. Other characters I have forgotten, with the exception of the people Cassie meets on the reservation (my favourite bit of the book). Alex's appearance was described to death throughout the book, to the point of irritation. And every single character had an extremely flawed past: every time a character was introduced I grew to expect an explanation of what their troubled history was.

The story was far too long, and would have benefited from some tighter editing. There were also a few writing habits that got a bit tiresome for me. Eyes darkened a lot. Arms were placed firmly by sides a lot. And the worst was how words and thoughts were given form: my thoughts puddled on the floor. His words drifted over me/drifted away/He whispered words up my arm etc. It wasn't good writing. It was enough to put me off reading another book by this author, unless she has grown out of this habit in later novels?

I expected more from this book, but didn't find it to be anything special. ( )
  Triduana | Jan 25, 2022 |
I liked that a movie star could fall in love with an anthropologist whose career is totally different than the movie industry and the way they met. It was easy enough to follow the back to past from present. The ending made it clear why their past experiences were important to what they were currently dealing with. The author made a point to be caring about how both sides have to deal in an abusive relations. Surprised that Cassie could stay away from her husband for such a long time without secretly checking on him. It is so true how what we think of people as "perfect" often hides what is really going on in the lives. ( )
  kshydog | Dec 13, 2020 |
Different from her other books as in there was no court scene-no moments of high drama and no ridiculous surprise ending.
As a victim of domestic violence I felt she portrayed it rather well in the novel. ( )
  LoisSusan | Dec 10, 2020 |
Showing 1-5 of 46 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
For my mother--my biggest fan, my first reader,
my sounding board, my friend
First words
Long ago on the shores of the Atlantic there lived a great Indian warrior called Strong Wind.
Quotations
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape-a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour. Torn between fear and something that resembles love, Cassie wrestles with questions she never dreamed she would face: How can she leave? Then again, how can she stay?

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.4)
0.5 2
1 17
1.5 6
2 59
2.5 21
3 186
3.5 31
4 166
4.5 12
5 74

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 203,213,203 books! | Top bar: Always visible