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I read this book for book club. It was emotionally draining to read, but the moral issues presented make for great group discussions. I thought I'd let my teen daughter also read this book for her Catholic Morality course, but there are too many "adult situations" for a 14-15 year old.
Anyone who believes genetic engineering should be allowed for the purpose of "good" needs to read this book. Interfering in God's creative powers is a very slippery slope....this book reveals how complicated man's ...more
Anyone who believes genetic engineering should be allowed for the purpose of "good" needs to read this book. Interfering in God's creative powers is a very slippery slope....this book reveals how complicated man's ...more
Hard to put down.
Picoult as always does a great job of creating characters you root for even as they mess up, but the ending of this one isn't as strong as her other work. I can't help but feel like it dodged some of the book's major themes for the sake of emotional effect.
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as a mother, i wonder if i was in the same position as the mom, would i make the same choice to have another child to save my first? could i live with the effect that choice would make on my family and myself. was her decision selfless or selfish?
my mother in law recommended this book to me and she loved it. it was almost uncomfortably sad. very well written, but the ending kind of pushed it over the edge as far as melodrama goes.
I thought the ending was too much. I loved this book though, and recommend it.
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