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This book was amazing. I love Jodi picoult. Jacob was very inspiring. I am now looking into tutoring children and teenagers with Asperger's syndrome. I would recommend this book. It is mysterious and attention seeking, filled with adventurous and unexpected twists!

House Rules is Jodi Picoult’s seventeenth novel. The story involves Jacob Hunt, a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome and an obsession with forensic analysis, who is charged with and tried for the murder of his tutor, Jess Ogilvy. Five voices tell the tale: Jacob’s own; his brother, Theo’s; his mother, Emma’s; his lawyer, Oliver’s; and the investigating police officer, Rich’s. As always, Picoult’s research is meticulous, and she presents controversial issues even-handedly. The tension that builds throughout the novel is occasionally alleviated by the jokes and puns the characters themselves make. While the reader may conclude the truth about Jess’s death well before the denouement, this in no way detracts from the enjoyment of the journey towards the revelation. The view from within a person with Asperger’s is very well described, and Jacob’s frustration with the inability of those around him to recognise the truth is expertly portrayed. As well as educating about autism, Asperger’s and aspects of crime scene investigation, Picoult deals with motherhood and brotherhood and what truth really is. The conclusion demonstrates the pitfalls of relying solely on physical evidence, or, for that matter, on appearances and /or behaviour alone. Once again, an excellent read!

Wonderful book! The reader literally falls in love with Jacob and his family and whishes he/she could protect them from harm. It is a book that will stay with you long after turning the last page. Words are not enough to describe the feelings of warmth and compassion this story is able to awake. Just read it! =)

I loved the story and all of the information regarding Asperger's. I had raved about it to two friends that have a 17 year old son with Asperger's and the many similarities and explanations regarding what it is like to have Asperger's. I have to say though, that I was very disappointed in the ending. It was a lot of time reading to have everything just come to a screeching halt. I feel she should have included a conclusion page after her "ending" of the brothers connecting.