Ending

oh my gosh! i absolutely LOVE books with twisted endings, and this sure fits that category.  I was completely not expecting Josie to be in on the whole shooting plot.  I thought that from the beginning when she was this little piece of sass that wouldn't stick up for herself (which is when i lost respect for her) and that there was no way she was ever going to get out of that relationship.  She proved me wrong.  She not only got out of the relationship, but she insured that they would never be together again.  Her means, i must admit, were a bit extravagant, and i feel like maybe she could have found a more mellow way to deal, but i guess it's whatever works for her...  It does kind of bother me that Peter was involved, i think instead of having him help her, Josie could have gotten help for him and then, he most likely wouldn't have bit the dust.  Also, it bothers me that the blame was on Peter through out the entire book, because then, even though Josie was convicted, it still seems like mostly Peter's fault because that's what we got used to as readers, and at least i will always think of him before Josie as the school shooting cause.  However, i guess if we would have known the whole time it was Josie than there would have been no surprise ending and i therefore would have not enjoyed the book.  So I'm glad it went the way it did.  Kudos Jodi Picoult

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