Jacquelyn Mitchard - The Deep End of the Ocean: A Novel

Pros: Good premise to book, realistic emotional reactions
Cons: There was little to the plot, little to the story

While traveling, I came across The Deep End of the Ocean. The title sounded familiar, but this was an older paperback copy, so I had to double-check before I was sure that the book had been made into a film. The newer versions of the book...

Pros: Mostly gripping and very honest until...
Cons: Could not finish reading it ? it was so bogus

I was in there, from the beginning, thinking this book was great – swinging in the hammock on the back porch listening to the rain and reading for hours while I wept with this woman. I had panic attacks like I was there. The writing is so real the...

Pros: Very detailed, very gripping in-depth emotional story and true to life
Cons: It has a happy ending, which is usually the reality, but then, this is fiction

Three year old Ben was afraid of the ocean, especially the deep end of the ocean. He didn't want to go in the water at all, not even the shallow part. "You can go there", he told his mother. "you can go to the deep end. You can go...

Pros: An Oprah book club pick.
Cons: Why did Oprah pick this?!? Long and boring.

I was looking forward to reading The Deep end Of the Ocean for many reasons. First, I love to read and second, I had heard from several people that I just "had to" read this book. I borrowed a copy and took it on a camping trip.

I...

Pros: Engulfs you
Cons: Engulfs you, kinda drawn out

What makes a book for me is if I can really feel what is happening, and if I have a hard time finishing it not because it reeks of tediousness but because of the feelings that are evoked, then I feel the author has earned his or her keep. In reading...

Pros: quite captivating
Cons: at times stretched on about nothing

I wasn't quite prepared for what I found reading this book! I am an avid reader and this was one of those "keep reading to find out what happens next" books. You need to read it to know why. Do it, it's worth it.
It will give you a...

Pros: It addresses a real life drama that luckily most parents will never have to endure.
Cons: The book has some some slow-moving weaknesses.

If you are a mother and you have ever lost sight of your child for a just few minutes while in a crowded place, you can identify with the terror, guilt and gut wrenching pain that Beth Cappadora experienced in The Deep End of the Ocean.

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Pros: Strong need to know what happens to the family and the missing son
Cons: Extremely upsetting story for parents with small children

This story about a three year old boy that disappears during his mother's
class reunion is truly upsetting if you have small children. Every parents worst nightmare is realized when the harried mother turns away for one minute and her child...

Pros: Excellent Summer Reading
Cons: none

Have a tissue handy. You will need it for this book. I picked this book from a book club flyer. It had a brief description. A pretty basic paragraph stating that a women loses her son, only to have him appear years later. It sounded interesting. This was...

Pros: great read--very emotional
Cons: a nightmare of a plot

The story starts with Beth taking her children to her high school reunion. Then, the unthinkable happens--Beth's middle child Ben is kidnapped right before her eyes.

This story shows how a family struggles with the loss of a child. Beth...

Pros: Ended Realistically and pleasantly
Cons: More character development for the father

Losing a child can be devastating to a mother and overwhelming for a father. In Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean, you will be left in a sea of tears as you experience the Cappadora family's torment when Beth Cappadora loses her 3 year old son...

Pros: very interesting!
Cons: made me cry a lot!

I read this right after Oprah recommended it and thought it was a great book, it started out really good, well written, engrossing. Towards the end it started to slow down and was harder to stay interested in, but still very worth reading! Then last week...

Pros: -woz
Cons: :)

I haven't read this book, but I have seen the movie. Michelle Pfeiffer, along with Johnathon Jackson who plays Lucky on a soap opera General Hospital. The movie was really great. With a happy ending. The characters are Beth the mom,Pat the...

Pros: emotional
Cons: um . . . maybe it could be too emotional!

I found this book very emotional! Of course, I read it when I was pregnant with my first child, so maybe that contributed! But seriously, "Deep End of the Ocean" is a wonderful book, wonderfully written! I feel Ms. Mitchard did a wonderful job...

Pros: The depth of feeling
Cons: The anguish

After recently loosing my son to suicide I picked up this book because of the cover (if you've read any of my reviews, you know why). I got about half way through this baby and never finished it.

Frankly, unless you have lost a child, you...