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Feb 15, 2018NRBBrady rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I have read many of Ms Picoult's earlier works and found them to be thought provoking and entertaining. Good fictional reads tackling tough topics. Then I read "Leaving Time" and for the first time I was not that impressed. Now I am half-way through Small Great Things and trying to decide if I want to finish it or stop right now. The time invested to finish it will be time I can never recoup, so it's legitimate to question if it is worth the expense involved. The current political arena seems to have emboldened people in the entertainment industry - now including authors - to make political statements and assume that the captive audience can "just deal with it." I for one am unwilling to have the time I have set aside for entertainment to be brushed with a heavy stroke of someone else's political views. I do not mind the racial tension in this story - that part of it is the educational aspect that I have come to recognize as a strength in this author's writings. I do not mind introspection over the differences between the black and white life experiences. All of that could have been achieved without the political insults woven into the story. If I do finish this book - highly unlikely - it will be the last that I read by this author.