A review by devonforest
House Rules by Jodi Picoult

4.0

First of all, overall I enjoyed the book but there were a few things that bothered me/I didn't like. Once again we have a mother falling in love with her son's lawyer while he's on trial for murder. I'm sorry, but really? Not only that but there's like a 10-15 year age gap. Not everyone has to fall in love with someone. In general the story was slow moving there was a lot of flashbacks and tangents, while helpful after a while just dragged the story on too long. And we weren't told what really happened until the last 10 pages or so; which I guess keeps the reader interested until the very end, but is also frustrating as a reader. (I won't count that necessarily as a negative for the book.) Like I said I enjoyed the book but there were a few things that stuck out that prevented me from loving it.