The Pact- Blog 2

              As I continue to read The Pact by Jodi Picoult the story line picks up and there are hints of foreshadowing that Chris is not telling the complete truth. Jodi Picoults writing style is every chapter is kind of in a different setting and narrated by a different character. She jumps around alot from the present to the past and i have to pay close attention in order to keep up with her confusing writing style.
              I believe the way she writes is effective because it keeps me interested in the book but it does get a little confusing at times when i dont know necessarily if its in the past or present. The main way to tell is if Emilys alive. Since the begining of the book started out with her dying its easier to tell if its present or past based off of whether she is living or not. Jodi Picoult also uses vivid imagery and a tone that helps me connect into the book.
              Her writing style helps add emphasize into the novel. I am really enjoying the book so far and the characters are different and interesting in their own ways. Chris cares so much about Emily and Emily cares about him but Emily is having severe suicidal thoughts and Chris seems like he just wants to prevent her from killing herself more than anything but you can tell he wants Emily to be happy.

The Pact- Blog 1

              The pact starts off at a crime scene where two teenagers are. Chris and Emily are the main characters and Chris is knocked out, Emily is dead with a gunshot wound to her head. When the cops come to talk to Chris at the hospital he tells them that him and Emily had a suicide pact and that she shot herself first and he freaked out and tried to save her but he tripped and landed on his head. Throughout the book I've been finding out that theirs this one detective that has strong doubts about Chris's story and wants to get down to the bottom of it. 
              Chris and Emily have been best friends since they were little kids. You find out that their families have been neighbors for about 18 years and they have basically shared everything there entire life. When they were young kids they used this system of communication between there windows because they faced each other. They started out as bestfriends and as they got older there relationship began to blossom into something much more. Emily and Chris were in love.
                When it starts out at the crime scene and then to the hospital Chris is literally depressed that Emily is dead. At this point I as the reader don't think that it was a suicide pact and i agree with the detective that we dont know the entire story yet and something else happened other than what Chris is saying. I don't think Chris killed Emily but i dont think Chris was going to kill himself either.