The Tenth Circle
5th Horseman
Author: Jodi Picoult
Category: Fiction
Reviewer: Jan Woodcock
Department/Position: Library/Meida
Summary Comic book artist Daniel Stone is like the character in his graphic novel with the same title as this book—once a violent youth and the only white boy in an Alaskan Inuit village, now a loving, stay-at-home dad in Bethel, Maine—traveling figuratively through Dante's circles of hell to save his 14-year-old teenage daughter, Trixie. After she accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, Trixie and Daniel unravel in the aftermath of the allegation. At the same time, wife and mother Laura, a Dante scholar, tries to mend their marriage after ending her affair with one of her students. Picoult has collaborated with graphic artist Dustin Weaver to illustrate her deft, complex exploration of Daniel and his beast within. Laura and Daniel follow their runaway daughter to Alaska. This story of a flawed family on the brink of destruction grips from start to finish.
Recommended Audience: Young adults and adults. If you are familiar with Dante’s Inferno, this will be especially interesting to you.
Rating: 4
Author: Jodi Picoult
Category: Fiction
Reviewer: Jan Woodcock
Department/Position: Library/Meida
Summary Comic book artist Daniel Stone is like the character in his graphic novel with the same title as this book—once a violent youth and the only white boy in an Alaskan Inuit village, now a loving, stay-at-home dad in Bethel, Maine—traveling figuratively through Dante's circles of hell to save his 14-year-old teenage daughter, Trixie. After she accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, Trixie and Daniel unravel in the aftermath of the allegation. At the same time, wife and mother Laura, a Dante scholar, tries to mend their marriage after ending her affair with one of her students. Picoult has collaborated with graphic artist Dustin Weaver to illustrate her deft, complex exploration of Daniel and his beast within. Laura and Daniel follow their runaway daughter to Alaska. This story of a flawed family on the brink of destruction grips from start to finish.
Recommended Audience: Young adults and adults. If you are familiar with Dante’s Inferno, this will be especially interesting to you.
Rating: 4
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