I'm afraid i didn't enjoy this book as much as others and i found the end predictable...it was a nice story, but I'm just not understanding all the hype..it's the first one of hers I've read.. but i have many others on my to read shelves so i will give her another go at a later date...Venessa

I totally agree with Stephanie's comment. I am going to try and say this without spoiling things for anyone...I feel like the ending is questioning whether or not it is right to 'play God' and try to change what will naturally happen. The parents spent a lot of effort trying to change one ending, but in the end 'fate' took control and produced a very different ending. This happens so much in life in general. I found the ending very shocking, and found it a cop out at first, but then it grew on me as I thought back through the book. I think mainly I didn't like it because I felt like I had got to know the character well and didn't want to loose her so suddenly. I haven't seen the film yet but am inspired to get the dvd out after reading these posts.

Such an excellent book! Never saw the ending coming!! Did not go see the movie. This is the 3rd J. Picoult book I've read. One of my daughters has read all and now reading her newest one.

Just finished reading this and boy did I cry at the end. What a great story. Loved this book - definitely a good read. I had just finished The Pact so I wasn't sure if another Picoult book was such a good idea, but it definitely was.

I loved My Sister's Keeper I thought the ending was one of the reasons the book would make a great book discussion.But she does tend to have very depressing themes in all her novels.At least the ones i have read and they really are books you either love or hate.I did not like The Pact and The Tenth Circle.I did really enjoy Nineteen Minutes and Change of Heart.

I have read The Pact and My Sisters Keeper and will not read one of her books again. I find them to disturbing and very depressing.

Stephanie, OK. That was the best explanation for that ending I have ever seen or heard of.

Stephanie wrote: "Anna helped her beat the odds. I think one of the themes was fate. The parents played God, but there would be no Anna without Kate, and no Kate without Anna."

COOL. That's one of the most insightful comments I've ever read about My Sister's Keeper. You've given me fresh food for thought about the story.

I didn't really think it was a cop out, so much as an ending that made me sit back and go "whoah." I don't want to say too much and spoil it for someone else, but I found myself getting very critical of all never ending amounts of trials to keep Kate alive, but in the end it had me wondering if she was meant to live... Anna helped her beat the odds. I think one of the themes was fate. The parents played God, but there would be no Anna without Kate, and no Kate without Anna.

Starling wrote: "I wasn't shocked by the ending. I was royally pissed by it.

" Me too. It was such a cop-out.

I wasn't shocked by the ending. I was royally pissed by it.

Emilee wrote: "I just bought this book and plan on reading it. Sounds good and reviews have been good.

Did anyone else read this book and have anything to add?"

I loved it!!! I think everyone was shocked by the ending.

I think you would still enjoy the book, Anne. Also the ending is different.

I've already seen the movie so do you think that would spoil it for me to even try reading the book??? I did like the movie--I thought it was very moving!

Kathy wrote: "I recently read My Sister's Keeper. It was such a moving book. I liked how Picoult changes the point of view with each new chapter/character. Yes, I was in complete shock when I read the ending. ..."

Changing viewpoints is wonderful! I absolutely love how much you can connect with a charachter when your in his or her head, however, It confused me a little because this book changed viewpoints so often. There were times I would have to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to refresh who's head I was in. Despite that, This was an amazing book!! I did not see the ending coming either.

I really didn't like the ending, though I have never read a Picoult ending that I liked, well maybe Perfect Match. For me the book ending was a cop out. So I am glade to hear that the movie has a different ending!

I now know how the ending was changed in the movie. And I've read some online stuff about how people feel about it. There are a lot of people who got very upset that the ending was changed. And a lot of people like me who think the original ending was so bad that they have chosen never to read any more of her books. I also have not read any additional books by this author, and I understand that she is "famous" for this kind of ending twist in her novels so it is probably a good thing.

It seems like the public who know her books are evenly divided into the ones who got furious over the book's ending, and thought that the movie ending was an improvement. I certainly was not alone. Or they were furious that the movie ending was different because they had loved the book's ending and how dare the producer make any changes to a book that they loved.

And I think I find the interactions between the two groups more interesting than the book itself. Haven't seen the movie at this point.

Okay I went and bought My Sister's Keeper yesterday... I am really excited to experience her writing style as I want to read her book that is being released next year- House Rules.. Figure I could read another one before hand as HR doesn't come out till Early 2010!

I liked Mercy and Nineteen Minutes as well.

I liked the movie and the acting was amazing but I was very disappointed in the ending.

But read the book before watching the movie because they are different - especially the ending.

But read the book before watching the movie because they are different - especially the ending.

I agree with Wendy. Also, Plain Truth was good.

My Sister's Keeper.

I have a question.... I have never read a Jodi Picoult book and I would like to read one of her books- However, it seems that people really like her books or they don't and I know that if I read one of her books and don't really like it I am not likely to pick up another book of hers.

What would be a good first timer Jodi Picoult book for me to start with?

It's an excellent read and gives lots of food for thought. Very well-written, and Jodi Picoult deftly handles the different points of view.

I didn't know the ending was different, so now I want see it. Except we don't have a movie theatre on the island, so I will have to wait until gets to tv (or Youtube).

I hated the ending in the book. I felt let down. It was such a cop-out. But then so many of JP's endings are (the Plain Truth was an exception).

Interesting that the ending is different in the movie. Frankly one of the main reasons I have for not seeing the movie is that I had huge objections to the ending in the book. Now I'm curious.

Lilly wrote: "I really loved the book so I didn't think I'd want to see the film, but the tv commercials have intrigued me so now I want to see it."

Lilly, the ending is different from the book but the ending is still very touching. Highly recommend bringing clean-x! I am a HUGE fan of Jodi and see her each year at her book signing when she comes to town, so that is how I found out about the ending before I saw the movie.

I really loved the book so I didn't think I'd want to see the film, but the tv commercials have intrigued me so now I want to see it.

Starling wrote: "It has been months since the last comment, but I just had to chime in. I read this book a couple of years ago when I was in a book club. I HATED the end because I saw it as a cheat. Not because the..."

I didn't like the ending either. But I want to see the film.

It has been months since the last comment, but I just had to chime in. I read this book a couple of years ago when I was in a book club. I HATED the end because I saw it as a cheat. Not because the two sisters had made the decision together that the younger one would try to take her parents to court to protect the misuse of her body, but because the healthy sister died and then the sick sister miraculously lived.

I also thought that the CSI episode had been based, in part, on this book, but it is possible that both the book and the episode were actually based on a real life case.

LV, it was called Harvest and ran early in the 5th season.

I missed that episode of CSI. Was it Miami, NY or LV?

A very touching book. Not many books can make my tear up and this one did. Definitely not the ending I was expecting.

It kind of reminds me of an episode of CSI, a little girl was killed, turns out she was only born because her brother needed blood transfusions, she was not allowed to play soccer or do anything that could cause an injury because her brother needed her. The brother ends up killing her, he says to put her out of her misery but actually because he wanted to die and couldn't convince his parents to give up on him, he needed his sister's kidney to live, and he couldn't kill himself because it was an unforgivable sin. So he killed his donor instead.

Yeah, this book is excellent! One of Picoults best.

Apology from Sandy: I goofed. Not the first time. The book I was recommending about woman and Down syndrome sister was Riding the Bus with My Sister by Rachel Simon. Not Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper.

This is my first and favorite JP read. Personally, I find her perspective changes jarring but it doesn't change the fact that it's a well-written, emotionally traumatic story.

As for the ending, I've noticed that Picoult gets very philosophical in her story telling. Maybe she picked the ending (The story being about Kate wanting to die instead of putting her sister through a permanently life-altering medical procedure) because the reader already had the idea that the story was about Anna vs. her mother and Kate and Anna's fight for independence.

So by ending it the way she did, Picoult could give the reader both perspectives throughout the duration of the novel rather than just one, since the author's seemingly ultimate goal is making the reader ask themselves the big, emotional, philosophical questions in life.

Does that make sense? I feel like I'm being confusing. :)

I recently read My Sister's Keeper. It was such a moving book. I liked how Picoult changes the point of view with each new chapter/character. Yes, I was in complete shock when I read the ending. Did a bit of investigating concerning the movie version. I read somewhere the ending might be changed! I think it would ruin the entire book! I hope it's not true!

Amazing book. I think one of Picoult's best. I was totally shocked by the ending, didn't see it coming.

Kay wrote: "Am I the only one who was disappointed at the ending (not the very end, the one with Anna and Kate, but the last scenes at the trial -- all the book was about making choices, about Anna's right to ..."

Nope, I was also disappointed by that part. My three year old has cerebral palsey and I really enjoyed the book because Kate's cancer and the aloneness her mother feels, had parallels with my own experiences with my son.

I did feel like the whole book was leading up to Anna's strength and independence, but ended in focusing on Kate's weakness in being unable to confront her mother and make adult choices. Its Anna who makes all the adult choices and she pays a high price

Am I the only one who was disappointed at the ending (not the very end, the one with Anna and Kate, but the last scenes at the trial -- all the book was about making choices, about Anna's right to a normal life of her own, to have her own two kidneys, and then, at the end, she

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discloses that Kate made her go through the trial, Kate didn't want the kidney, Kate wanted to die. So Anna's fight wasn't in fact about Anna at all but about Kate. Syrupy and corny if you ask me as Kate is dying anyway and she should have the right to her own choices, so all the moral issues that gave the book its strength were gone. There were no longer two sides (Anna vs her mother and Kate, both sides right and both wrong at the same time), but one, obviously right (as difficult as it may have been for her parents everyone agrees that Kate's choices should be respected). Perhaps the obvious choice but not the best one for a book I found great until then.

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Loved the book. Was in tears by the end, and was so caught up in everything that I didn't realize that she got some of the medical details wrong. I work as a nurse practitioner in dialysis and transplantation, so some of her facts were skewed, but it was still a really good book.

Just finished this book. Wow! I liked the ending. Very controversal issue.

Personally, I wouldn't have a child to save another child.

Great book. I am glad I read it & cried to it.

This book is so good. I am sure I'll have it finished tonight. I don't want to put it down!

I don't cry very often, however, this book made me shed many tears, probably more than I ever have over a single book.

Apart from the ending, I thought it was the best of her books. Like Kristiefaye and Robin, I think its my fave JP book as well.

It is a great book - all kinds of ethical and family issues. I have read other JP books and this is the best.

This is definitely one of the best JP books I've ever read.

I loved this book!!!! I got sucked it....it was my first JP read....It's one of those that makes you think what would you do in the situation....MY FAVE JP book!