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My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: January 31, 2014

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Feb 03, 2012 Paras rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This has been one of those rare books which made me cry. I do not remember last time when i cried on a movie or book, but in this case, i cried in both of them (book as well as movie).
The book was an excellent piece of family trauma through which a household is going for nearly thirteen years when suddenly Anna raises her voice and calls for a law-suit, only to reveal upon us in the end that she did this one too for the love of her sister.
every character in the book had a life of its own, want ...more

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May 04, 2010 Madge rated it it was ok

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I would like to give this a 2.5, but I didn't like it enough to give it 3 stars, so I settled with 2. I absolutely hated the mother in this book, until the very end. The last few pages, I moved from hatred to serious dislike. The book, in general, was alright, but very predictable. I saw every twist coming before I was a quarter of the way into it. I wish that Kate's thoughts had been a bigger part of the book, because her perspective would have been interesting. I also think that Jesse could ha ...more

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Apr 17, 2014 Jeanette rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Jodi Picoult is one of my all time favourite authors and have read many of her books. She certainly knows how to pull the heart strings.

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Mar 01, 2013 Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was one of the books I read in a long time that stirred so many emotions in me.A story that is so touching that I hated it and loved it at the same time!I just could not put the book down.
Picoult's explains the story from the various characters viewpoint and that is something that I found really interesting!There is no black and white but only shades of grey.It makes you want to take sides but
you are unable to do so!A heart-wrenching read, not for the faint hearted. Looking to read more of ...more

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