Book Review for Perfect Match

Title: Perfect Match
Author: Jodi Picoult
351 pages
Genre: Realistic Fiction
     Nina Frost notices her young son Nathaniel, is acting strange, and suddenly won't talk at all. Nina takes him to a doctor to see if something is medically wrong with him. The doctor says there's nothing wrong with Nathaniel's voice, but that he had been molested by someone, and this is how he coped with it. Nina and her husband Caleb's worlds are shattered, and they try to teach Nathaniel sign language so he can tell them who molested him. At first Nathaniel signs "father" and Nina immediately accuses Caleb, and files a restraining order. After further evaluation, Nina finds out Nathaniel meant Father as in a church Father. While they are in court, Nina shoots Father Glen (the man accused of Nathaniel's molestation) so she can put an end to her nightmares. Later the doctors find Nina killed the wrong man, it was a different Father who molested Nathaniel. Nina is held for manslaughter, and Caleb poisons the real molester, without anyone noticing.

     I really liked this book, because there were so many unexpected things that happened. I had NO idea that Nina was going to murder the Father, or that it was the wrong guy. Everything I expected to happen didn't end up happening, because Jodi would always make an unexpected twist to the story. The entire book was intense, and kept you wanting to read more. There was never a point where I actually predicted something correctly, so most of the major events threw me way off, and made the novel very intense.
   
     I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars, because the book started intense, and stayed that way the entire time. There were no relaxing parts, and no relief until the very end (and even then, there is barely any). The beginning sort of drags, but personally I think it's just because you really want to know all the details, and they don't come soon enough. Overall this was an excellent read.