I will be honest in saying I'm not a huge fan of Jodi Picoult. But this story had more depth, with the use of a change of person, multiple parallel stories being told at one time, and an ending not quite as obvious as one would expect.
The Storyteller was a good book, an easy read. I enjoyed the historical references pertaining to a Holocaust survivor. And I loved the fact that the main character was being torn between her loyalties to the survivor and an ex-Nazi.
For me, the fact that the main character is a baker, and that the baker reference was used throughout the stories in the novel made it all the more enduring. I'm a sucker for baking - and for what food can mean to someone. What we see is the metaphor that the baked goods mean - in modern time, and during the holocaust, as well as in the fiction story being retold. We have three separate storylines - current day, the Grandmother's history, and the fiction story, all intertwined, and all with similarity. And the baking, the bread and sweets, is at the heart of all three.
All in all, a nice, enjoyable read.
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