Book Review 01

Title:Nineteen Minutes
Author:Jodi Picoult
Review:
The story began on March 6, 2007.It’s talked about the beginning of the tragedy which lasted for the whole nineteen minutes. It took away ten innocent lives and many wounded. In these nineteen minutes, the life of Sterling High students changed forever. March 6, 2007 became the day of terror for New Hampshire.
Peter, seventeen years old---the person who had made this tragedy happened. He was the one who shot ten people dead. This is a school tragedy. A school shooting that nobody had expected.
As I read on, I found myself engrossed into the story. it is quite a heart wrenching story. After reading this story, I actually felt pity for Peter. Had he not been abused continuously in his twelve years of school life, he would not have end up being a killer. His family had always compare him o his elder brother and everyone had high hopes on Peter, thinking he would be like his brother, smart, athletic and popular. Peter had been teased verbally since kindergarten. For example, his lunchbox was being thrown outside the school bus many times. When he started going high school, students put him in the lockers or embarrassed him in front of the high school. He was not popular like his brother, in fact his brother was also one of those who enjoyed teasing him in school. He didn't even acknowledge that Peter is his brother in school.
I think that the society and the school had a fault in making Peter become a bad person. The story had a twist in the end as it happened Peter was the sole killer. Josie, Peter's childhood friend was found shooting her own boyfriend. She was actually the Judge daughter and nobody ha suspected that she would shot somebody.
I loved how he story flows through as it revealed Peter's past and his parents. The story told us that somebody actually loved the killer too. This story had moved me. It also told the readers about how teenagers yearned for popularity in school and being accepted by the “popular" crowd. It warned us the consequence of bullying and condoning bullies. This story relates to my life as a teenager and made me rethink some things that had happened before. I realized Peter is not a killer but a victim to me. Even though this is just a untrue story, it may happen one day too, if we let our guards off and condone actions like what Peter's schoolmates did.
I learnt something from this book and recommend to anyone who has interest in this book.

Meiyu