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* RapeLeadsToInsanity: [[spoiler:Being molested by a fast-food worker as a child, Emily HatesBeingTouched in a sexual way and becomes deeply depressed when she
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* RapeLeadsToInsanity: [[spoiler:Being [[spoiler: Due to being molested by a fast-food worker as a child, Emily HatesBeingTouched in a sexual way (only allowing Chris to have sex with her due to her attachment to him, which barely restrains her trauma) and becomes deeply depressed when she lead to her depression and suicide due to her severe trauma.]]
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* TheUnreveal: One of the flashback scenes has Emily sending a note to Chris when they're children, but it gets stuck in a tree and they aren't able to get it out. [[spoiler: Chris does finally get it out at the end of the novel, but by that point it's aged so much that it's completely unreadable.]]
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* TheUnreveal: One of the flashback scenes has Emily sending a note to Chris when they're children, but it gets stuck in a tree and they aren't able to get it out. [[spoiler: Chris does finally get it out at the end of the novel, but by that point point, it's aged so much that it's completely unreadable.]]
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* AutoErotica: Chris and Emily.
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* AutoErotica: Chris and Emily.Emily have sex in his car, and Chris loses his virginity to Donna in his car too.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone that she was suicidal and got her help. As readers also point out, Emily's choice not to tell anyone about her [[spoiler: sexual assault]] resulted in her feelings being bottled up, leading to her depression and suicide. Had she told someone what had happened to her, she could have gotten help to properly deal with her [[spoiler: childhood trauma]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Literally.
** Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone that she was suicidal and got herhelp. help.
** As readers also point out, Emily's choice not to tell anyone about her [[spoiler: sexual assault]] resulted in her feelings being bottled up, leading to her depression and suicide. Had she told someone what had happened to her, she could have gotten help to properly deal with her [[spoiler: childhood trauma]].
** Had Emily also been more communicative about [[spoiler:her hatred of being touched to the abortionist]], they could have helped her to get the procedure she needed without triggering her.
** Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone that she was suicidal and got her
** As readers also point out, Emily's choice not to tell anyone about her [[spoiler: sexual assault]] resulted in her feelings being bottled up, leading to her depression and suicide. Had she told someone what had happened to her, she could have gotten help to properly deal with her [[spoiler: childhood trauma]].
** Had Emily also been more communicative about [[spoiler:her hatred of being touched to the abortionist]], they could have helped her to get the procedure she needed without triggering her.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfil everyone else's expectations. She is forced to admit she doesn't romantically love him, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to hurt him by leaving him.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfil everyone else's expectations. She is forced to admit expectations for them. At the same time, she feels like she can't even consider telling him the truth, because he's still her best friend and she doesn't romantically love him, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself want to hurt him by leaving him.break his heart. [[spoiler: Emily's pregnancy finally makes it impossible for her to continue avoiding the issue, and things go horribly wrong from there.]]
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* FishOutOfWater: Chris when he is in jail. Since he is 18, he goes to adult jail instead of juvenile hall. Also, to a lesser extent, [[spoiler: Chris after leaving jail, since he was jailed for a year and doesn't have anyone in his life who understands what he's been through.]]
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* FishOutOfWater: Chris when he is in jail. Since he is 18, he goes to adult jail instead of juvenile hall. Also, to a lesser extent, [[spoiler: Chris Continues even after leaving jail, his release, since he was jailed for a year and doesn't have anyone in his life who understands what he's been through.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone that she was suicidal and got her help.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone that she was suicidal and got her help. As readers also point out, Emily's choice not to tell anyone about her [[spoiler: sexual assault]] resulted in her feelings being bottled up, leading to her depression and suicide. Had she told someone what had happened to her, she could have gotten help to properly deal with her [[spoiler: childhood trauma]].
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfill everyone else's expectations, and is ultimately forced to admit that she doesn't see him in a romantic way. However, she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart by leaving him.
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before Emily's death.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed. Melanie Gold, in particular, appears to have lost a good deal of her sanity by her daughter's death.]]
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before Emily's death.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed. Melanie Gold, in particular, appears to have lost a good deal of her sanity by her daughter's death.]]
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfill fulfil everyone else's expectations, and expectations. She is ultimately forced to admit that she doesn't see him in a romantic way. However, romantically love him, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart hurt him by leaving him.
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time beforeEmily's her death.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimatelyacquitted, but acquitted. However, he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, with and loved, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed. Melanie Gold, in particular, appears to have lost a good deal of her sanity by her daughter's death.]]
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Emily and Chris, of course.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both their hands on the gun together and, after a moment of pleading, the trigger is pulled, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both their hands on the gun together and, after a moment of pleading, the trigger is pulled, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
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* HighSchoolSweethearts: Emily and Chris, of course.
course. Technically, anyway.
* ICannotSelfTerminate:[[spoiler:On [[spoiler: On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both their hands on the gun together and, after a moment of pleading, the trigger is pulled, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate:
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* TheLostLenore: Emily.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together upon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for marriage and family to work.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together upon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for marriage and family to work.
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* TheLostLenore: Emily.
Emily for Chris.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She had no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family togetherupon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for marriage and family to work.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She had no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone at all that she was suicidal.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Emily. She was molested by a stranger while at a fast-food restaurant as a child and was left completely traumatized ever since. She kept the assault a secret from everyone, leaving her with severe PTSD and unresolved trauma she couldn't cope with. Having sex with Chris only amplified her negative feelings even more.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Emily. She was molested by a stranger while at a fast-food restaurant as a child and was left completely traumatized ever since. She kept the assault a secret from everyone, leaving her with severe PTSD and unresolved trauma she couldn't cope with. Having sex with Chris only amplified her negative feelings even more.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone at all that she was suicidal.
suicidal and got her help.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Emily.She As a child, she was molested by a stranger while in the bathroom at a fast-food restaurant as a child and was left completely traumatized ever since.restaurant, traumatizing her. She kept the assault a secret from everyone, leaving her with severe PTSD and unresolved trauma she couldn't cope with. Having sex with Chris only amplified her negative feelings even more.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Emily.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else and is still emotionally attached to him. Thus showing, these two truly had an inseparable bond no one could touch. Their bond is why Emily thought it made sense for them to make a suicide pact and simply die together.
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to kill himself; Emily, however, was, and Chris was playing along to try and stop her from doing it.]]
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to kill himself; Emily, however, was, and Chris was playing along to try and stop her from doing it.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though Though he loses his virginity to another girl, Chris only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else and is still emotionally attached to him. Thus showing, these two truly had an inseparable bond no one could touch. Their close bond is why Emily thought it made sense for them to make a suicide pact and simply die together.
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to killhimself; himself. Emily, however, very much was, and Chris was playing along to try and stop her from doing it.]]
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to kill
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* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself. She was anxious about what a teen pregnancy would do to her and her family reputation, but couldn't get an abortion [[spoiler: due to her unresolved childhood trauma and couldn't stand being touched]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself [[spoiler: even though he was right in front of Emily when it happened]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself [[spoiler: even though he was right in front of Emily when it happened]].
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* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself. She was anxious about what a teen pregnancy would do to her and her family reputation, but couldn't get an abortion [[spoiler: due to her unresolved childhood trauma of being sexually assaulted as a child and couldn't stand being touched]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself [[spoiler: even though he wasright ''right in front of Emily Emily'' when it happened]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself [[spoiler: even though he was
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both their hands on the gun together, raises it to her head and (after begging Chris to "do it now") pulls the trigger, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both their hands on the gun together, raises it to her head and (after begging Chris to "do it now") pulls together and, after a moment of pleading, the trigger, trigger is pulled, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
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* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together upon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for a marriage and family life to work.
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* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together upon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for a marriage and family life to work.
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A novel by Creator/JodiPicoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head, and Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.
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A novel by Creator/JodiPicoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers teenagers, their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head, and head. Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact. pact together. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact in order to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else and is still emotionally attached to him. Thus showing, these two truly had an inseparable bond no one could touch.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else and is still emotionally attached to him. Thus showing, these two truly had an inseparable bond no one could touch. Their bond is why Emily thought it made sense for them to make a suicide pact and simply die together.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the doctor touching her and is unable to have the procedure. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the male doctor touching her and is unable to have the procedure. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
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* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: At one point, when Chris and Emily are broken up, a despaired Emily carves Chris's name into her skin.]]
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* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: At one point, when Chris and Emily are broken up, a despaired Emily carves Chris's Chris' name into her skin.]]
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfill everyone else's expectations, and is ultimately forced to admit that she simply doesn't see him in a romantic way, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart by leaving him.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother; she's really only dating him to fulfill everyone else's expectations, and is ultimately forced to admit that she simply doesn't see him in a romantic way, but way. However, she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart by leaving him.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed, with Melanie Gold in particular appearing to have lost a good deal of her sanity.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. [[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. [[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed, with destroyed. Melanie Gold Gold, in particular appearing particular, appears to have lost a good deal of her sanity.sanity by her daughter's death.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. The reason she came to this sad choice makes up the storyline.[[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. The reason she came to this sad choice makes up the storyline.[[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
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* FalseSoulmate: Emily to Chris; no matter how much he loves her, she is never able to see him as anything but a brother.
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* FalseSoulmate: Emily to Chris; no matter how much he loves her, she is never able unable to see him as anything but a brother.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the doctor touching her. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the doctor touching her.her and is unable to have the procedure. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. She places both of their hands on the trigger and pulls it, which kills her.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older, Chris's feelings toward Emily became more romantic, while Emily's remained the same, hence why she was uncomfortable being sexual with Chris.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older, Chris's feelings toward Emily became more romantic, while Emily's remained the same, hence why she was uncomfortable being sexual with Chris.
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* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. it for her. Chris, understandably, can't bring himself to actually shoot her. She places both of their hands on the trigger gun together, raises it to her head and (after begging Chris to "do it now") pulls it, which kills her.the trigger, killing her. When asked who actually pulled the trigger, though, Chris admits he has no idea whether ''he'' technically killed Emily or if she shot herself.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older,Chris's Chris' feelings toward Emily became more romantic, while Emily's remained the same, hence why she was uncomfortable being sexual with Chris.Chris. She only allowed him to have sex with her in order to make him happy.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older,
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* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death.
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* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death. She no intention of telling Chris whatsoever since she knew he would want to marry her and be a family together upon finding out and her platonic feelings for him [[spoiler: and her negative feelings about her pregnancy]] wouldn't allow for a marriage and family life to work.
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Emily.[[spoiler: Emily. She was molested by a stranger while at a fast-food restaurant as a child and was left completely traumatized ever since. She kept the assault a secret from everyone, leaving her with severe PTSD and unresolved trauma she couldn't cope with. Having sex with Chris only amplified her negative feelings even more.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't really romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't really romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else.else and is still emotionally attached to him. Thus showing, these two truly had an inseparable bond no one could touch.
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* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killing herself.
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* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself.
herself. She was anxious about what a teen pregnancy would do to her and her family reputation, but couldn't get an abortion [[spoiler: due to her unresolved childhood trauma and couldn't stand being touched]].
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Chris doesn't remember Emily killingherself.herself [[spoiler: even though he was right in front of Emily when it happened]].
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* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. She places both of their hands on the trigger and pulls it, which kills her.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed, with Melanie Gold in particular appearing to have lost a good deal of her sanity.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, he still has to live with losing the friend he grew up with, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed, with Melanie Gold in particular appearing to have lost a good deal of her sanity.]]
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother, and she is ultimately forced to admit that she simply doesn't see him in a romantic way, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart by leaving him.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Deconstructed. Chris and Emily have known each other so long that Emily can't help but feel like she's making out with her brother, brother; she's really only dating him to fulfill everyone else's expectations, and she is ultimately forced to admit that she simply doesn't see him in a romantic way, but she also loves him enough that she can't bring herself to break his heart by leaving him.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Chris is ultimately acquitted, but he's developed what appears to be PTSD after his time in jail, and the friendship between the Gold and Harte families is completely destroyed, with Melanie Gold in particular appearing to have lost a good deal of her sanity.]]
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* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. She places both of their hands on the trigger and pulls the trigger, it, which kills her.]]
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* TheUnreveal: One of the flashback scenes has Emily sending a note to Chris when they're children, but it gets stuck in a tree and they aren't able to get it out. [[spoiler: Chris does finally get it out at the end of the novel, but by that point it's aged so much that it's completely unreadable.]]
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A novel by JodiPicoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head, and Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.
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A novel by JodiPicoult.Creator/JodiPicoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head, and Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.
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* ParentalFavoritism: As in almost all of JodiPicoult's books. Gus forgets about her daughter Kate while Chris is on trial. Kate wakes her up on Christmas day with a Christmas tree and gifts she bought with her own money. Gus, having forgotten it was Christmas, is shocked. Kate realizes her mother has forgotten about her and says "What do I have to do to make you see me? Kill someone?" Gus, realizing the significance of this (Chris is on trial for the murder of Emily), slaps her.
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* ParentalFavoritism: As in almost all of JodiPicoult's [[Creator/JodiPicoult Jodi Picoult]]'s books. Gus forgets about her daughter Kate while Chris is on trial. Kate wakes her up on Christmas day with a Christmas tree and gifts she bought with her own money. Gus, having forgotten it was Christmas, is shocked. Kate realizes her mother has forgotten about her and says "What do I have to do to make you see me? Kill someone?" Gus, realizing the significance of this (Chris is on trial for the murder of Emily), slaps her.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The painting Emily made shortly before she died.
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A novel by JodiPicoult. Chris Harte and Emily Gold are teenagers from two neighbored and very close families in a small New England town. As teenagers their relationship develops into a romance. When they are seniors in high school, however, both families are called to the hospital: Emily is dead at seventeen from a gunshot to the head, and Chris says the two had intended to carry out a suicide pact. The police, however, believe that Chris is lying about the pact to cover up the fact that he murdered Emily.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: Barrie Delaney.
* AutoErotica: Chris and Emily.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Chris and Emily. Obviously, it doesn't end well.
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before Emily's death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. [[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: ''Sue'' Barrett "Barrie" Delaney, the prosecutor.
* FalseSoulmate: Emily to Chris; no matter how much he loves her, she is never able to see him as anything but a brother.
* FishOutOfWater: Chris when he is in jail. Since he is 18, he goes to adult jail instead of juvenile hall. Also, to a lesser extent, [[spoiler: Chris after leaving jail, since he was jailed for a year and doesn't have anyone in his life who understands what he's been through.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the doctor touching her. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
* GossipyHens: The women Gus (Chris' mother) sees in the grocery store.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Emily and Chris, of course.
* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. She places both of their hands and pulls the trigger, which kills her.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older, Chris's feelings toward Emily became more romantic, while Emily's remained the same, hence why she was uncomfortable being sexual with Chris.
* TheLostLenore: Emily.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Arguably the entire point of the book.
* ParentalFavoritism: As in almost all of JodiPicoult's books. Gus forgets about her daughter Kate while Chris is on trial. Kate wakes her up on Christmas day with a Christmas tree and gifts she bought with her own money. Gus, having forgotten it was Christmas, is shocked. Kate realizes her mother has forgotten about her and says "What do I have to do to make you see me? Kill someone?" Gus, realizing the significance of this (Chris is on trial for the murder of Emily), slaps her.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone at all that she was suicidal.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory:]] Emily.
* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: At one point, when Chris and Emily are broken up, a despaired Emily carves Chris's name into her skin.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't really romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else.
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to kill himself; Emily, however, was, and Chris was playing along to try and stop her from doing it.]]
* SympatheticAdulterer: James Harte, Chris' father, becomes more distant, and Melanie Gold, Emily's mother, goes into denial about Emily's death. So, their spouses, Augusta "Gus" Harte and Michael Gold respectively, start meeting each other secretly. At one point they share a kiss, though it doesn't lead to anything.
* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The painting Emily made shortly before she died.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: See Parental Favoritism above.
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!!Contains examples of:
* AmoralAttorney: Barrie Delaney.
* AutoErotica: Chris and Emily.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Chris and Emily. Obviously, it doesn't end well.
* ComingAndGoing: Chris and Emily have sex one last time before Emily's death.
* DrivenToSuicide: Emily. [[spoiler: Subverted with Chris.]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: ''Sue'' Barrett "Barrie" Delaney, the prosecutor.
* FalseSoulmate: Emily to Chris; no matter how much he loves her, she is never able to see him as anything but a brother.
* FishOutOfWater: Chris when he is in jail. Since he is 18, he goes to adult jail instead of juvenile hall. Also, to a lesser extent, [[spoiler: Chris after leaving jail, since he was jailed for a year and doesn't have anyone in his life who understands what he's been through.]]
* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Emily. Because she was [[spoiler: molested as a child]], she doesn't want the doctor touching her. This would be a JustifiedTrope, but people avoiding or regretting abortion is a common theme in Jodi Picoult's stories.
* GossipyHens: The women Gus (Chris' mother) sees in the grocery store.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Emily and Chris, of course.
* [[spoiler: ICannotSelfTerminate: On the night she dies, Emily is unable to go through with shooting herself and pressures Chris into doing it. She places both of their hands and pulls the trigger, which kills her.]]
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Emily and Chris as children. As they got older, Chris's feelings toward Emily became more romantic, while Emily's remained the same, hence why she was uncomfortable being sexual with Chris.
* TheLostLenore: Emily.
* MySecretPregnancy: Emily until her death.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Arguably the entire point of the book.
* ParentalFavoritism: As in almost all of JodiPicoult's books. Gus forgets about her daughter Kate while Chris is on trial. Kate wakes her up on Christmas day with a Christmas tree and gifts she bought with her own money. Gus, having forgotten it was Christmas, is shocked. Kate realizes her mother has forgotten about her and says "What do I have to do to make you see me? Kill someone?" Gus, realizing the significance of this (Chris is on trial for the murder of Emily), slaps her.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Literally. Emily would have lived had Chris told anyone at all that she was suicidal.
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory:]] Emily.
* SelfHarm: [[spoiler: At one point, when Chris and Emily are broken up, a despaired Emily carves Chris's name into her skin.]]
* SingleTargetSexuality: Chris, though he loses his virginity to another girl, only ever loves Emily. While Emily's feelings for Chris aren't really romantic, she's also never shown showing the slightest interest in anyone else.
* SuicidePact: The plot of the book. [[spoiler: Subverted when it turns out that Chris was never planning to kill himself; Emily, however, was, and Chris was playing along to try and stop her from doing it.]]
* SympatheticAdulterer: James Harte, Chris' father, becomes more distant, and Melanie Gold, Emily's mother, goes into denial about Emily's death. So, their spouses, Augusta "Gus" Harte and Michael Gold respectively, start meeting each other secretly. At one point they share a kiss, though it doesn't lead to anything.
* TeenPregnancy: Emily; she was only a few weeks along when she killed herself.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The painting Emily made shortly before she died.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: See Parental Favoritism above.
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