I am currently in the middle of reading the book "Perfect Match" by Jodi Picoult. To see the summary of the book read in the above post(part 1). Recently what has happened though is Nina Frost who is a prosecutor and who's son got molested by their priest was in the courtroom with the priest and while he was getting on the stand to testify she pulled out a gun walked right up to him and shot him in the head 4 times.
This was a complete surprise to me as the reader. I had no idea at all that it was coming. There is a lot to think about here, was it okay for her to do it or not? In a way if I were a mother and my child was molested by this creepy man I would want to kill him. The question is would I actually go through with it? Nina is a really well respected prosecutor so it's kind of weird that she's now about to have a murder trial. I can completely understand why she would want to do it in the moment but she really wasn't thinking about the consequences. All Nina wanted was for her son Nathaniel to go back to a normal life and I know that what happened to their family was terrible but the thing is killing someone really isn't going to help get their family back on it's feet. Imagine what it would be like to be a 5 year old boy who just had to go through all this and then getting told mommy is in jail for murdering the man who molested you!? It's pretty crazy to think about. Is Nina really willing to sacrifice her relationships and her life just so this man would be dead. Also the other thing is that the readers know that the man did molest Nathaniel but Nina didn't know for sure. She trusts what Nathaniel said but she didn't even let the priest testify before killing him.
Another thing is I feel so bad for Nina's husband Caleb who still loves Nina but also hates her at the same time. He is put in the worst positions having to tell his poor son about everything thats happening while his wife is in jail for murdering someone.
I wonder how this family is going to get through this all. I think Nina should be allowed to go back to her "normal" life and try to re-build her family. I do think that that awful man deserved punishment but I don't think murdering him was necessarily the right solution. Although Nina killed the priest she caused tons of other problems for herself and her family.
dear izzy, this is an amazing blog post! i really like this author jodi picoult and i think they way you explianed the book in the blog really sounded like you read it and enjoyed it. I like how you put your own opinions and questions in, it really makes it sound like you. and i like how you included your questions about things like when you said "i wonder how this family is going to get through this all" it made the blog post more alive! great job!
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