How does jodi picoult house rules end

Jul 04, PM. I work with children with austism spectrum disorders and there were many times that I wanted to throw the book because of all of the inaccuracies!

I was extremely upset; there is so much misinformation about Autism and Asperbergers and Picoult just furthered these stereotypical and inaccurate beliefs. Aug 03, PM. Is nobody else wondering who the 'I' was at the end of the last case study about Jacob's trial?

I cant get it out of my head! Who was the person saying 'I would do it all again '?? Aug 05, AM. I felt left out by the end of the story, too. I am glad the truth finally came out I thought it was pretty obvious what had actually happened. However, so much of this could have been avoided if Jacob had left things be. Anyway, I am assuming that Jacob and Theo both received some type of punishment, but I doubt either of them would have received jail time.

Who knows, though? Theo might be in a lot of trouble for not speaking out for all of those months. Rachael wrote: "Is nobody else wondering who the 'I' was at the end of the last case study about Jacob's trial?

Right as I read that, I thought to myself "Who is I?! I personally loved the book as well. Aug 11, AM. I loved the book as I love all of the books I have read by Jodi , and I always expect a twist in the end and not full closure of the story; however, with this book, I feel as if too much was left for the reader to figure out. I want to know what happened after the truth fully came out!

I just finished this one a few weeks ago and I agree. I also had trouble reading at times due to the fact that I have 2 kids on the spectrum. I had issue with the mom allowing so much room for the spectrumish in their lives.

In our home we try very hard to help teach and prepare for real world and real life. SO there is less confusion and not fitting in. Of course every family and every child is different and that is fine. But for me while reading I had trouble. Was anyone else bothered that he was allowed so much room to dive into such a hobby with so much room for confusion?

I did really like how she organized it. I think she did a fabulous job of capturing the pain and true experiences of how autism can effect a family and friends. But I agree there are so many questions. Sep 26, PM. I think it was kind of obvious that Jacob and Theo were both innocent because the girl died accidentally on her own account.

I don't think Jodi needed to finish the rest of the court scene. I love Jodi Picoult and House Rules is a new favourite!

Sep 27, AM. Several people have criticised the ending of the book, but i beg to differ. This was never a real murder story to start with so let's not expect great revelations or realising obvious clues we missed out at the end as would a typical detective story. This excellent work of Jodi's is a book of emotional and mental turmoil.

The entire story really is built upon one House Rule: Take care of your brother, for he's all that you got. So when Jacob suspected his brother was the murderer, he did as much as his Aspergers would allow to create a bluff crime scene to draw the police's attention away for Theo, albeit unknowingly to himself. He did all that to protect, to care, to be the big brother figure for his younger brother. YET, the bittersweet thing is that Jacob, as a APG sufferer, knows nothing about protecting or caring for someone else however close, except for himself!

It wasnt because he was unwilling to, it was because he just cant do so. He did all that simply because it was a House Rule: Take care of your brother, for he's all that you got. Jacob understood the literal meaning of the golden rule, but could never understand the emotional responsibilities and connotations it brought along.

And he followed it religiously like an unbreakable law. This little revelation in the closing chapters sure brought a little twist to the story line, but it sure made my insides twist, fold and wrapped when cold, blind following of rules collide with something as heartwarming as brotherhood. So lets move past the possible legal actions taken towards the brothers and the formulatic plot.

This book has taught me alot and brought me through a roller coaster of emotions especially through Jacob's eyes. House Rules made my brows knit together when Jacob's routine was disrupted cuasing his meltdown; it made my heart beat a little faster when Jacob was suffering in jail and resorted to inflict pain on himself. But it also made me and you too, i'll bet smile when Jacob waves his right hand when the judge asked him if he knew what it meant to waive his rights.

Oct 30, PM. As for the ending itself-- I don't think the final verdict was really needed, as that wasn't what the story was about. The story was about a kid who followed the rules, even if he didn't fully understand the emotional connection to it.

Jan 25, AM. I too asked myself, "What happened? However, I felt like she left a gap in the story line. As the mother of a child with Asperger's Syndrome, I can tell you that many of these people have very little sense of time. The time that he spent in a jail cell, even if it was only a day or two, would seem like a lifetime to him. I wonder if they would give him time served, plus probation or something?

I also wondered if the mother and lawyer would be able to get a judge and jury to understand that although having Asperger's usually makes the person very intelligent, they don't usually understand how their actions will impact the future. The punishment for his brother needs to be greater, as he knew exactly what he was doing and what might result from his actions. I wrote my second book about my son.

I found that a lot of people were confused about this disorder. It will be coming out soon. And over this small family the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder? Emotionally powerful from beginning to end, House Rules looks at what it means to be different in our society, how autism affects a family, and how our legal system works well for people who communicate a certain way -- and fails those who don't. In most cases, the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication.

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Her body is never recovered, though the police find evidence in an old shack to prove that she was brutally murdered by an infamous serial killer. Bob Ewell attempted to hurt Atticus children in order to get revenge on Atticus for defending the African American who was accused of raping his daughter in court. Atticus has a hard time of choosing whether to tell the town that Bob Ewell died of an accident, or his son or Boo Radley killed Bob Ewell.

Atticus is a famous lawyer in Maycomb and he believes in legal justice. They have three children and a handful of pets. Adapted from a Barnes and Noble interview and from Wikipedia. Book Reviews Throughout the long unfolding of House Rules, Picoult keeps so many storyline streamers whirling in the air that it would be easy just to praise her technical mastery.

But though the multiple plots and narrators are, indeed, adroitly managed, what most readers will cherish is the character of Jacob Hunt, an year-old high school student with Asperger's syndrome.

But, again, it's Jacob who will linger with readers. Desperate to connect with other people and yet hampered in his ability to do so, he is painfully glassed off from the world of his peers, as well as from most adults. Picoult's superb novel makes us inhabit Jacob's solitude and abide his yearning.

Maureen Corrigan - Washington Post. Picoult is a skilled wordsmith, and she beautifully creates situations that not only provoke the mind but touch the flawed souls in all of us.

Boston Globe. Perennial bestseller Picoult Handle with Care has a rough time in this Picoult-esque blend of medical and courtroom drama that lacks her usual storytelling finesse. Eighteen-year old Jacob Hunt has Asperger's syndrome, and his devoted single mother, Emma, has built their family's life around Jacob's needs, sacrificing her career to act as his caregiver and all but ignoring a younger son, Theo.

But when Jacob is accused of murder, that carefully crafted life comes apart, and all of the hallmarks of Jacob's diagnosis begin to make him look guilty. Emma hires a young attorney whose attachment to Jacob brings him close to the family as he struggles to mount a defense for Jacob, whose inability to read social cues makes him less than an ideal client. While Picoult's research is impeccable and she deals intelligently with charged questions about autism and Asperger's, the whodunit is stretched sitcom-thin and handled poorly, with characters withholding information from the reader throughout.

Picoult's writing, line by line, is as smooth as ever, and she does a great job of getting into Jacob's head, but the wobbly plotting is a massive detriment. Publishers Weekly. The prolific Picoult crafts a cunning whodunit that explores what it's like to be not only a teenager with Aspberger's syndrome but also as an AS kid accused of murder Faithful Picoult fans will whisk this off the shelves, but devoted readers of savvy courtroom dramas should also give it a try— Carol Haggas Booklist.

A young autistic man obsessed with criminology is charged with the murder of his tutor, in Picoult's suspenseful but anticlimactic latest Handle with Care , , etc. Jacob, now 18, first exhibited signs of Asperger's syndrome at three, shortly after his first vaccination series. Highly verbal and analytical, but flummoxed by the most ordinary social interactions, Jacob negotiates a world fraught with terrors by adhering to a rigid set of rules and calming rituals.

Usually, Jacob beats the CrimeBusters cast to a solution of each episode's mystery by about 20 minutes. He's created his own forensics lab in his bedroom, and, alerted by a police scanner, has snuck out at night to "crash" crime scenes in his small Vermont hometown.

His mother, Emma, is a financially struggling, part-time advice columnist. Jacob's father fled the chaotic household after Jacob knocked his younger brother Theo's highchair over, wounding the infant. Theo, now 15, resents the oxygen sucked out of his family life by Jacob and, yearning to observe "normal" domesticity, has begun breaking into homes. Circumstances converge, resulting in the death, from blunt head trauma, of Jacob's tutor, Jess, a college student.

Theo enters a home where, unbeknownst to him, Jess is housesitting, and flees after surprising her in the shower. Her loutish boyfriend Mark had been observed quarreling with her earlier. Jacob, arriving for an appointment with Jess, finds her body and expertly sets up a crime scene to focus suspicion on Mark.

The body of Jess is discovered in a culvert, and, on the pretext of seeking his advice, a police detective interrogates Jacob, who handily incriminates himself, even reciting his own Miranda Rights from memory.

Emma hires a rookie attorney who gamely cobbles together a defense, with Jacob's coaching. Worth the read for the detailed dramatization of Asperger's; however, like Jacob, the reader will solve this whodunit far in advance of the principals.