Print Edition: February 6, 2013
The first time I read a Jodi Picoult novel, I had the same chills I got when I first read John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” which might just be one of the best pieces of literature I have ever set my eyes on.
Between the Lines brings a fairy tale to life – and surely there is a little part in all of us that wants to believe in happily ever after.
Fifteen-year-old Delilah reads books as an escape from her life, but there was something about
Between the Lines. It is a children’s fairy tale and although Delilah felt embarrassed about reading it, she admits to herself that she cannot break away from it: “This must be what an addict feels like, I think, trying to fight the pull of one last, quick read. My fingers itch toward the binding, and finally, with a sigh of regret, I just grab the book and open it, hungrily reading the story.”