Nineteen Minutes Book Review

Nineteen minutes is enough time to become disenchanted with an author. I feel I became part of the story as I could relate to so many of the characters. The sociology of Sterling High School comes to life: nerds and jocks and brains, adults from another planet, school as heaven or hell. Clearly, Picoult knows how to include the audience in her work. "Nineteen Minutes" is a ghastly tragedy. While the book is a dramatic read of a high school boy coldly walking into his school building one morning and graphically blasting away at teachers and students, it also becomes a romance between a female judge and a detective. The two genres combine to create the best of both worlds.