My Sister's Keeper in Around the World in 80 Books

Apr 19, 2008 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction

Another one I picked up at the office...

This is a fine book.

Plot: Sara Fitzgerald and her husband Brian decide to artificially conceive a child that is a perfect genetic match to to donate to their daughter Katie. Flash forward to a more than a decade later when Anna, the product of this action, decides to file for medical emancipation rather than undergoing yet another operation to help her sister's losing battle with leukemia.

I thought that the writing was literary and stylish and the story ...more

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Oct 02, 2007 Ashley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: jodi-picoult-books

This book was the most intensifyingly emotional book I have ever read. This book really tugs at a person's emotions. I literally had to take a deep breathe after I finished the book. One of the things I liked about the book is the author wrote it in a way that each character is telling his/her own thoughts and sharing his/her perspective on each little issue. The only thing I didn't like about the book is the ending. The ending sucked. I don't mean that the ending was poorly written or cheezy. T ...more

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May 31, 2008 Vesra (When She Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, literary, 2009, young-adult, favorites, women-fiction, pub-washington-square-press, book-club

if you seen the movie, I say read the book. it's the same but not as much as you think it is.

I knew of this book for a while ow, but i didn't know what's it was all about, but of course, I ended up letting it piled up in my TBRs for the longest time. Until the movie came....

I have a soft spot in anything that's being regard as a "spare part child". It has become an itch, or a peeve if you may, an issue this book has managed to portray.

I found myself trying to read it through whenever I could. Th ...more

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Oct 21, 2007 Katy rated it really liked it

I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I got it for a book club, and picked it up while I was getting ready to go out one day, figuring I'd put it back down and leave. However, I was making myself late trying to read a little more, and so I took it with me and read obsessively all weekend. I thought the changing narrators was done well and was interesting, and the plot kept moving quickly and kept me interested. One caveat: I am a big hypochondriac so I am predisposed to like books ...more

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May 02, 2007 Becca rated it did not like it

Shelves: rory-gilmore-challenge

This quote from Dorothy Parker sums up my feelings on this book:

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

That's exactly what I did when I got to the completely predictable (and incredibly disappointing) "surprise" ending. I really can't believe I persevered that long.
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