Paneless's Full Review: Jacquelyn Mitchard - The Deep End of the Ocean: A ...
You've probably already heard too much about Jacquelyn Mitchard's book The Deep End of the Ocean, but I'm going to write about it anyway! I don't get a chance to read too many books, so I have to be really choosy about what I peruse (see Density of Souls, The Green Mile-The Serial Novel).
But I thought it would be an interesting read, and it truly was. I'll spare you on the majority of the plot details, you've probably heard them so much you feel that you've already read the book.
Mitchard has an unusual style, or so I think (but I suppose that could just be because I read female authors very, very rarely), where so much more of the events unfolding take place in the minds of the characters, and not in the actions that they take. This is so prevalent in the story that the actual things that happen appear subdued and in the background compared to the complex thought processes being carried out within their minds.
The novel is taken primarily from Beth's (the mother of the kidnapped boy)point-of-view, but a large chunk of the book is taken from Vincent/Reese's point-of-view.
This is one of the most frustrating points of the book.
It is divided into two parts, and the beginning of the second part starts with the story told by Reese, a character that has never appeared in the book, until ten pages later when we find out that Reese is Vincent, Beth's son.
But regardless of this small speed bump, The Deep End of the Ocean is a better than average read, and a must have for any lover of woman-in-distress novels.
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