September Discussion - Leaving Time ::SPOILERS::

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This is a discussion thread, so be warned there are MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. I will put my thoughts on the end as a spoiler alert only because it's the first post and I want to give anybody who hasn't finished the book time to leave the thread w/o accidentally seeing anything. After that no need for spoiler alerts since this is a spoiler thread.

Holy Shit!!! I did not see that ending coming!

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I cried so hard for Jenna when she realized she was the one who was dead. I cried for Serenity when she realized she wasn't a fraud. I cried for Virgil who got his closure, even though he was dead. I cried for Alice who lost so much.

This is the best Jodi Picoult book I have ever read. I am not into the whole psychic thing, but it sure makes for a great story. I also thought it was different enough from the sixth sense that I thought it was original. I was not overly interested in the plight of the Elephants, even though it was interesting and important, I just didn't care. I did think it was a little convenient that some of Virgil's old friends who helped where also dead.

Why was Gideon holding and crying over Nevvie's body the night of the murder? Did Jenna's Grandmother know the truth and was just trying to protect her?

I gave it a 4/5 starts on Goodreads. I don't think I could ever give Jodi Picoult 5 stars just because I don't think she is that great of a writer, but she is a good storyteller.

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Maybe Gideon was holding Nevvie's body because he felt guilty for what happened to her daughter. Also, they were family and he didn't know that she had killed Jenna.

Normally I don't like books that pull a fast one on me, but this one was pretty good. There were clues, I just didn't put them all together. When something didn't make sense like the grandmother never filing a missing persons report, I just put it aside in my mind.

I'm not sure if the Grandmother knew the truth. I suspect she did, which is why she avoided talking about it.

For me, the elephant parts of the story were just too sad.

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I thought the grandma knew because she was already dead when Jenna went to live with her?

I was confused when they found Nevvie in the old run down house, still really odd and unnecessary part of the story. That should have been the biggest red flag to the truth.