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

Nov 10, 2007 Sera rated it it was ok

Shelves: own, hated-it, other-fiction

Wow, what a way for Picoult to take a great topic full of controversy and then end in such a weak way. I hate lazy writing! Picoult also took this approach with The Pact, and except for Nineteen Minutes, where she semi-redeems herself as an author, I refuse to read anymore of her books. I feel so bad for the family's other kids in this book. The mother is a wretched character who basically uses her one kid to save another. Instead of cranking out one book a year, Picoult should focus on providin ...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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Oct 25, 2007 Whittney rated it it was ok

The writing flows very well, and I enjoyed the story. Chapters are told from different characters points of view, giving a better understanding of the conflicts and issues. That being said, I thought the ending was a total cop-out.

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