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Well, that was even worse than I expected. I thought it would be a maudlin, guilty pleasure, but there was no pleasure at all (unless you count the occasional exasperated laughs that came out when the writing got particularly ridiculous). Picoult is so incapable of conveying anything through her writing that the only way the publisher could think to differentiate between the different narrators was to typeset their sections in different fonts. No joke.
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Dear God, never let me be put in the situation this family was! Only Picoult could cover the topic of medical emancipation and stem sickle research like this. There where places in this book I smiled, places where I groaned, places where I hated the mother and places where I bawled my eyes out. I couldn't have put this book down if I tried. Thank goodness today was a lazy Sunday!
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This book will pull at your heart strings. The ending especially. You will love and hate the mother when you read the story. I love how the author builds the characters and their relationship in the story. My only suggestion is make sure you have a box of kleenex with you.
May 29, 2007
Rachel
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it was amazing
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Probably the best novel written by Jodi Picoult.
Jan 02, 2008
Laura
marked it as to-read
Sep 15, 2008
Nawar
marked it as to-read
Apr 27, 2009
Jessica (Books: A true story)
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it was ok
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Mar 26, 2010
Jane(Janelba)
marked it as unread
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Apr 28, 2010
Nicole
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it was ok
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Oct 06, 2011
Hannah
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Sep 05, 2012
Celeste
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Kim DeCina
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Jeanne Bufkin
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