19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult has been a good book so far. But, right now the book is giving me less interest in reading it. I enjoy the book very much, but the topics of court and denial gives me a little less interest in reading it. Overall, it has a good story plot. One of the quotes that sparked me the most was "Peter Houghton was just arraigned on ten counts of first-degree murder and nineteen counts of attempted first-degree murder, and various accompanying charges involving illegal possession of explosives and firearms in this recent tragedy". I thought this quote was so important and over-powering. This high school boy did so much damage, that no one can even imagine. Everyone, is afraid of him an his family. His did not only kill people, he also stole weapons from his own father.
Questions:
I was thinking why the book was called 19 Minutes? But, I realized that it had to do with the fact of timing to safe lives and also that Peter, the shooter, attempted nineteen counts first-degree murder. It takes only nineteen minutes to save many people from losing their life around you.
Reading Progress:
I hope to read much more and to update the information about the court case in the next blog. This book shows how "actions are louder than words". It is a book that everyone will enjoy, but it does have a difficult reading level.
The book is called nineteen minutes because is how long it took to Peter to get revenge, actually this is explained in the first lines of the book. Also, the quote you found most important was simply a statement by the judge of what he has done, that we already did, this quote is so not important, in fact there's so much more in this book that just the bloody acts
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