Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult is an amazing book. It tells the story of a kidnapping case between a young girl and her father. The main character, Delia Hopkins, is the young girl in the trial. She had a great relationship with her father. Delia was raised by her widowed father in New Hampshire. She loved her job, which was searching for missing people and she was about to get married. This was a perfect life for her. Then unfortunately, this perfect life she was having, begins to crumble. Delia starts to get visions of people and places that she can not remember. Then she goes to ask her high school friend Fitz. Fitz is a journalist who discovers Andrew Hopkins's secret. The problem is that Andrew Hopkins, Delia's father, kidnapped Delia at the age of four. Suddenly, Delia life starts to shatter. Delia's name before was Bethany Mathews. Throughout these years, Delia faces many problems like she deals with some marriage issues with her fiance Eric and she learns that her father who was also known to be her best friend has been lying to her for many years. In trial she has to choose between her love for her father or her soon to be husband, Eric. Eric did have an impact in the trial because he represented Andrew by being his attorney. This trial did tear apart the relationship between Delia and Eric. The truth is revealed only when Andrew Hopkins tells it in trial. And sometimes the truth hurts.
This book is definitely a good read. One reason why I thought this was because of its writing structure. Jodi Picoult writes each chapter following the story of the trial. Each chapter is written with a different character's perspective. It changes from five different characters perspective. The different characters are the man in trial (Andrew, her father), his daughter (Delia), his daughter's fiance (Eric), his ex-wife, and his daughter's best friend. Also while the kidnapping case is being unraveled, the characters describe their memories of Delia. The story demonstrates how the trial affects everybody in different ways. This book is mysterious and suspenseful. The suspense made me so interested in reading the book. It is a very understandable and easy to understand the language. I strongly recommend it to anyone who loves a mystery and enjoys a thrill.
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