The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult has become one of my all-time favorite books. I love Jodi Picoult’s books in general anyway, but this one is by far the best. It revolves around quite a lot of different characters, but it’s main focus is a Holocaust survivor’s story.

It all begins with Sage Singer, a baker, who keeps to herself and tries to escape the world. She attend a grief support group due to the death of her mother where she meets an elderly man, Josef Weber. They become each other’s only friends and as they get to know each other, Josef’s true story is revealed. I can’t really say anything past this or I would give the entire book away, but I can say that the ending has a huge twist. I have to admit that I guessed the ending when I was almost done with the book, but I was still surprised by the way Jodi Picoult worked it into the novel.

The book incorporates so many different storylines and dynamics, but an interesting one is that Josef asks Sage to help him commit suicide. The book switches between modern day with Josef and Sage and the Holocaust era, and both perspectives come to the perfect conclusion at the end of the novel.

I do have to say that I skipped a few pages just because I didn’t want to hear about the horrors of the concentration camps, but overall the descriptions aren’t too traumatic. The research that went into this book is clear, and I highly recommend this novel if you’re interested in history and World War II, or just love reading Jodi Picoult’s novels.