House rules

Another book club pick. I know a lot of people that love Jodi Picoult books and a lot of people that dislike them. Personally, I'm not a fan of her constant font-changing depending on which character is narrating, but I like how she is able to take controversial topics and make them interesting and relatable to people who might never experience the things she writes about. In “House Rules,” Jacob is an 18-year-old with Asperger's syndrome. Fascinated by crime scenes and forensics, he takes to listening to his police scanner and sneaking out of his mother's house at night to try to solve the cases before the detectives can. The detectives don't seem to mind, until Jacob's tutor is found dead — and Jacob is the prime suspect. I don't think it's spoiler-y to say this, but I was very unsatisfied with the way it ended. And I kept thinking about it for a few days after I finished, and I think I've come to the conclusion that, no matter how many different ways it could have possibly ended, I don't think I would have been satisfied with any of them. (That said, it's good. Go read it.)