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by Jodi Picoult (Author) "THE first thing the groundskeeper saw when he went to tend to the small cemetery behind St. Sebastian's was the body that someone had forgotten..." (more)
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This politically correct Hollywood romance leaves no plotting stone unturned. For her discovery of an ancient human relic, glamorous UCLA anthropologist Cassie Barrett is rocketed to the prominence of a '90s-style Margaret Mead. As if that's not enough, she goes to Kenya as technical consultant on a movie starring hunk-of-the-month Alex Rivers. After a whirlwind romance, Cassie becomes the new Mrs. Rivers, toast of filmdom's beautiful people. But all is not bliss for the newlyweds: Alex's tortured past just won't let go, and Cassie must bear the brunt of his emotional scars. Perhaps attempting to salvage the predictable plot, Picoult administers to Cassie's bland character a dose of adrenalin-pumping amnesia. She also throws in a dollop of Native American culture and a noble savage who skirts the periphery of Cassie's tumultuous existence, always ready with sage advice, spiritual healing techniques and warm embraces. Some rather prettily told Indian legends are added to the mix, but the total effect is wide of the mark. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection; film rights to Dove Audio; audio rights to Brilliance.
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Cassie Barrett, an anthropologist, marries handsome, talented, and rich movie star Alex Rivers. They enter upon a picture-perfect life until Alex get a bit reckless. He becomes a Mr. Hyde in all his ugliness and directs his rage toward Cassie with fist and foot. Typical of abusive husbands, he apologizes profusely afterward. Cassie soon finds that she is pregnant-against her husband's wishes-and realizes that she must find a way to protect the unborn child. One of her rescuers is William Flying Horse, a policeman from South Dakota with demons of his own. Picoult (Harvesting the Heart, LJ 10/15/93) writes with an all-knowing and piercing eye. Hers is an important book from a talented writer we hope to hear from again and again. For most popular collections. [Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections.]-Dawn L. Anderson, North Richland Hills P.L., Tex.
--Dawn L. Anderson, North Richland Hills P.L., Tex.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Jodi Picoult Novel, Oct 25 2007
By LJM - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Picture Perfect (Paperback)
This is the seventh novel I have read by Jodi Picoult. I really enjoy all her books but this is definitely my favourite. The characters are such enchanting from Cassie Barrett to Will Flying Horse and even Alex Rivers. This novel does not get as much publicity as the others but I recommend it to everyone and anyone.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Snooze, May 1 2004
By Jamie J. Bourgeois (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Picture Perfect (Paperback)
This story had a beginning that had a lot of potential. A woman is found with a cut on her head, wandering around a cemetary and church. The mystery is set as to what happened to this woman? But the amnesia didn't last long, and soon Cassie remembers everything that happened that lead to her loss of memory. Three years prior Cassie married Hollywood star Alex Rivers. Life was just wonderful except for those wee moments when Alex would beat her. And so the tale that leads Cassie to eventually leave her abusive marriage, but only after doing what every other battered woman does: keeps going back hoping he'd change, getting into therepy, having a baby.

I was glad to see that this novel did not involve a court case, as all the other novels by Picoult did. And the author also portrayed domestic violence quite accurately. But for some reason, I was not immediately pulled in, and felt I could predict the next turn.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Far From Perfect!, Oct 20 2003
By Jana L. Perskie "ceruleana" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Picture Perfect (Paperback)
Jodi Picoult is a great story teller. Writing about relationships is her strength. I have read all of her novels and have been captivated, time after time, by her characters and engrossing storylines. "Picture Perfect" is not one of Ms. Picoult's best efforts, however. This novel of the relationship between a Hollywood super star and a brilliant and acclaimed anthropologist is too contrived for my taste. She writes about an important and difficult societal issue here, but the complexity and real drama of her story are diminished by the unnecessary glitter of her characters and the addition of a subplot, so tangential, it is superfluous.

Cassie Barrett is a physical anthropologist and lecturer at UCLA. She has been assigned to work at one of the university's sites in Tanzania for the semester when she is disturbed by the crew of a film production company in the process of making a movie. Since the film just happens to feature an anthropologist, she is recruited as a consultant and meets super star actor and heartthrob Alex Rivers. In a Cinderella romance with overtones of the "Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous," the two fall in love and marry. But gold does not lie beneath the glitter. Alex carries tons of baggage from an abusive childhood. Cassie has baggage of her own. Picoult describes the psychological dynamics of the couple with a sharp and knowing eye. Her characters are finely drawn, realistic and compelling. Characters and a parallel story are introduced that would make an interesting novel in itself, but are so removed from the main plot that their presence is distracting. I was left with a feeling that the author had added apples to oranges and hoped to come up with a logical rational for her character's actions. This is not typical of Ms. Picoult's usual taut plots and tight writing style. Apples and oranges do not mix well in this novel and I was left hungry.
JANA

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect...
Jodi Picoult never fails me. This is the 5th book of her that I've read, and despite the fact that it isn't one of her page-turning courtroom drama types, Picture Perfect ranks... Read more
Published on July 17 2003 by Dianna Johnston

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointment
I had been waiting to read this book for quite a while. I've read all of Picoult's others and have loved most of them. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother
This book is the literary equivelent of a video game. Although fans of soap operas may enjoy it, this novel is so far fetched it lacks any sort of credibility. Read more
Published on Feb 10 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS LESS THAN PICTURE PERFECT...
This book recounts the almost fairytale like romance and marriage of anthropologist, Cassie Barrett, and silver screen star, Alex Rivers. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2003 by Lawyeraau

3.0 out of 5 stars Melodramatic story of a troubled marriage.
Jodi Picoult's novel, "Picture Perfect," is the story of Cassie Barrett, who holds a doctorate in anthropology and is world famous in her field. Read more
Published on Dec 29 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but Keeping Faith, so much better
This was a good book, but Keeping Faith was better. As far as the subject matter, Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve was better than this book. Read more
Published on Oct 31 2002 by Alicia Cathers

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Picture Perfect
After reading Harvesting the Heart and Plain Truth, I was so impressed with Jodi Picoult's writing I wanted to read everything she's written. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2002 by otterriver

2.0 out of 5 stars Boring
I am a great fan of Picoult but was very dissappointed with this book. I list The Pact as my favorite book followed by a few of her earlier titles but this book was a total bore... Read more
Published on Aug 19 2002

3.0 out of 5 stars Picture Perfect
I didn't enjoy Picture Perfect as much as I enjoyed Jodi Picoult's other novels. I couldn't identify with the characters and don't find the subject of domestic abuse interesting... Read more
Published on July 16 2002 by Vicky K. Woodard

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty as a Picture or so it seems.
Now let's take a look at the real world. Wonderfully written as all of Picoult's books are; this one has a lot of heart, and a whole lot of selfless love or so Cassie thinks. Read more
Published on April 30 2002 by Denise Bentley

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