Could the young man, who once made Trixie's face fill with light when he came to the door, have drugged and then raped her? She says that he did, and that is all it takes to make Daniel, a man with a past he has hidden even from his family, venture to hell and back in order to protect his daughter. ' -Publishers Weekly Comic book artist Daniel Stone never for a moment suspected that the same boy whom his fourteen-year-old daughter, Trixie, loved might inflict upon her the worst possible harm. Sorry Jodi, but it isn’t working for me anymore and I think it’s best that we make a clean break.'This story of a flawed family on the brink of destruction grips from start to finish. Unfortunately, in the last few Jodi Picoult books I’ve read I feel her unreliable plots and tired themes are becoming a trend and a regrettable one at that.Sadly, my begging was not rewarded and received an unbelivably ridiculous ending which left more loose strings than it tied. Halfway through the book I realized what the “big reveal” would be and begged that it wouldn’t be so.Trixie’s character became diminished under the vast plot which only annoyed me.If she had focused on one of these subjects the novel could have skimmed by but by including all of them The Tenth Circle felt unfinished and poorly defined.

Jodi Picoult tried to tackle too many topics at once, date rape, infidelity, murder and drug use.

While it is a timely book The Tenth Circle just fell flat.

Unfortunately, that was not the case with The Tenth Circle.

True her novels are formulaic but they were still enjoyable and that’s the important thing.

I went through a Jodi Picoult phase when I was in my twenties.

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. 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. Suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family - and herself - seems to be a lie.

That is, until her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence. 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. Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time.

The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult