Review: The Body in Question

The Body in Question by Jill Ciment
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I would have loved to sit and just be absorbed in this short, little book that packs a punch. This was a novel about a jury that is chosen for a murder trial in Florida and throughout the story are referred to by their juror numbers. They are sequestered early in the trial and this leads to many interesting tales that I did not anticipate. I have been on a jury for a murder trial but was not sequestered so there were many aspects of this book that absolutely rang true to me as a prior juror but then others that were not my experience personally.
I enjoyed the play on the title of the book and the narrative the story takes as it goes, both in storyline and job descriptions and so forth.
Really compelling and thought provoking.
Highly recommend for a book club that wants a discussion generator.

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