I feel like The Pact was similar to 19 Minutes, which I loved. It is hard to imagine living in a jail for 7 months as an 18 year old, with your life in someone elses hands.
However Emily and Chris, held each others lives in their hands. Is it possible to love someone so much that you become part of them and them part of you.. yes I think so. However, where do you draw the line? I find the idea of offering up the gun for someone else to take their life gut wrenching and sad. I do not think that I could have ever done that.
Picoult's writing is beautiful. The pages fly by, and the story is engrossing. There are so many things I liked about this book, the bond between two families, the relationship between Chris and Emily, from childhood to their late teens. I was surprised by the truth. I was expecting something different. I think that the events that lead to Emily wanting to take her own life could have been avoided. I don't know if I can agree with the role that Chris played in her life, as well as death.
Read April 2009
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