I give it three stars for the legal and moral issues that made me think about my own life. I also like the way the author presents the complexity of family relationships. Although the premise of the story is a tragic and plausible one, the back story of one of the main characters is questionable. Could Luke's story really happen? I have my doubts. This was distracting. ( )

Wow. Not her best. I found the living-with-the-wolves idea distracting and the more it went on, the more annoying it was. And honestly, I have a hard time believing some of the findings about wolves. Sure, it's a work of fiction and she can take liberties, but let's make it close to reality. I ended up skipping most of the boring monologue about living with wolves and took issue with Luke's lack of humanness. I think Jodi took it to the extreme. I also tired of bratty girl, so much so, I skimmed the last half. ( )

Luke Warren made his name as a wolf biologist by the unlikely strategy of inserting himself into a wild wolf pack and living with them for two years.

On his return to civilization, his marriage had fallen apart. Soon, an argument with his son sent the son to live in Thailand, no longer in contact with his family.

His ex-wife moved on and remarried; only his teenage daughter remained fiercely loyal to her father and lived with him, even though it was obvious that her father’s love for his captive pack of wolves rivaled the love he had for his family.

And then one night Luke’s daughter asked him to pick her up from a teenage party that had gotten out of hand. On the way home there was a horrific crash and Luke’s doctors soon declared that Luke was brain dead. But his daughter refused to give up, stubbornly believing that her father would regain consciousness. The son returns from Thailand with an old document that gave him the medical power of attorney when his father headed off to live with the wolves.

Who can best represent Luke’s medical preferences? And what is the secret the daughter is keeping that happened the night of the accident?

This raised a slew of ethical questions, which I guess is typical of many of Picoult’s novels. It was definitely not a deep portrait of the characters, but rather an event-driven novel of family and moral dilemmas. The twists and turns kept me guessing. I listened to the audio while driving and it provided just the right amount of diversion without requiring deep concentration.

And I even learned a bit about wolf pack behavior. ( )

Luke Warren is a man who prefers wolves over his human family. He never says that out loud, but action speak louder than words.

This is the story of Luke in crisis, and of the dificult decisions his young adult children must make to help him through. Supporting players are ex-wife Georgie and her husband Joe.

I listened to the audiobook, which had multiple narrators to represent the mulitple points of view. The reading was flat, and I listened to the book at 2x speed to get though it as quickly as possible. The behavior of some of the characters was ridiculous and annoying.

Years ago I read My Sister’s Keeper (would give this an honest 3 stars) and Second Glance (it’s been too long to rate, though I remember enjoying the book), and decided it was time to give this prolific author another try. I don’t know that I would’ve chosen this book from a list of Picoult titles, but it popped up in an Audible sale.

Lone Wolf would have earned just 2-2.5 stars if not for the research the author put into the pack behavior of wolves in the wild. I consider this the most interesting aspect of the book, and in fact, I recommended it to my nephew just for the wolf data (keeping in mind that this is fiction, so I suppose theoretically that the wolf data could be less than accurate). I do not, however, consider this to be Picoult’s best work. ( )

Excellent book, the part of the book I didn't like was when he was eating the carcass of the animals the wolves killed, made me want to throw up. ( )