Nothing for Jude has been easy in his life. He grew up thinking his mother had abandoned him, leaving him with his abusive father. He's been moved around his whole life and untill just recently, Judes never known why. However, Jude recently whittnessed his fathers death. Judes promise of secrecy is the thing keeping him alive. Being whisked away into a new world, Jude meets his mother, Ana, the DA. Jude is able to learn about his fathers past of being a police officer, an abuser and a kidnapper. Judes mother has saved the newspaper articles from the past and Jude is able to put together his life. His mother and father were married and a year latter, he beat her. After a realizing she was preganat, Ana finally reported the abuse. In a fit of rage, Judes father takes him from his room and runs away. After reading this, a confused Jude finds himself in a loving home for the first time in his life. Anas boyfriend Harry, finally askes Jude about the murder. Jude decides to just tell Harry that he did it to get everyone off his back. Harry (a police officer) agrees to keep Judes confession a secret.
A year later, Judes life is good. He has a loving family and a home. But then, one of Judes friend, Nick over doses on Herione. The big problem here is that Jude was seen with Nick when he bought the herione. The police eventually realize that Jude is somehow involved. Harry comes up with a plan with Jude. They decide to have Jude get caught-- even though he didnt really do it. They plant heroine on him and evetually the police get him. All according to plan, Jude is sent to Prision. Jude soon learns that Harry has betrayed him, having promised him a re-trial, Harry decides to leave him in prision. Jude gets in a few fight in prision after a few weeks.
While reading "Jude" I find that as much as I like the story line, the characters don't impress me. Jude is monotone and we never really get to see how he feels. The characters are hardley described or talked about in detail. There is no describing of the physical apperance of them, and while I like that my imagination is able to create them and change them, I have no base of what they should even resemble! Other then the descriptive details lacking, I like the book.
I'm finding that this is one of the only books I have read in awhile that actually surprises me! There are twists that I never would have seen coming and I actually found myself baffled by what had happend!
Kate Morgenroth
Author of Jude
"Jude woke in the infirmary, woozy from the drugs pumped into his system. His moments of consciousness were scattered, and it was hard to keep track of the time. He didn't know if it had been only a few days or if had been weeks." The way that Kate Morgenroth opens and closes her chapters makes it hard for me to stop reading. She makes me want to know why he is awakening in the infirmary or why he had been pumped full of drugs!
Overall, I would recomend the book to others because it's a good read and it has several fantastic parts in it that will leave you curious! 