A Spark Of Light

I read another Jodi Picoult novel. This one is called A Spark of Light. Jodi's novels are always about a controversial topic and this one is abortion. The book is divided into chapters and the entire book takes place in a single day. The first chapter is 5 pm, the second is 4 pm and so on until the last chapter is 8 am. Then comes an epilogue. So the story goes backward in time. The setting is an abortion and women's health clinic in Alabama. A man comes in with a gun about 10 in the morning. He kills several staff and takes the rest of the staff and patients hostage. The gun man deals with a hostage negotiator named Hugh. Hugh comes to realize that his daughter and sister are in the clinic. I liked the relationship between Hugh and his daughter and his sister. The story is told by ten different characters so it does get confusing. In past books by this author she did a good job rendering the story from both sides and making all characters relatable. In this case the gun man and the pro life demonstrators are not believable and not fleshed out. This was not her best book.