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My Sister's Keeper: A Novel
 

My Sister's Keeper: A Novel

by Jodi Picoult

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.
Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions,... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  contemporary fiction,  family,  jodi picoult,  tear-jerker (all tags)

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Liked It

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Jessie E
  • Rated 5 stars

“This book was an absolutley amazing book. Once you start to read it you can't stop and although it is a heartbreaking book it is also breathtaking. Read it!”

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4 of 5 members found this review helpful.
sthurner
  • Rated 2 stars

“I was the minority opinion at my book discussion group. Most of the readers really were drawn in and emotionally affected by the story, but I had the feeling I was being manipulated. I didn't see the need for all the mystery with the lawyer and his dog, and by the time the end came around I was so unhappy I nearly threw the book. I felt very cheated by the ending.”

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  • Rated 4.285386 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • ramya.k83

    ramya.k83 said:

    “I feel so much better after reading some of these reviews. I loved this book...till the ending! I agree, Picoult takes such an interesting topic, and of course, there is no right or wrong answer, so she took the easy way out! But I think it was beautifully written till then. I loved the father, at times I wanted to slap the mother, but I applaud her courage and what she represented as a mother with a child with a disease like cancer. I felt what they all felt at times, but I was, from the first, loyal to Anna and I hate how it ended. I agreed with Campbell, I am sure that Anna would still have done it, but it would have been her choice...which makes all the difference. To have the choice taken away yet again, permanently, and to see Sara fight so hard for Kate for 13 years and be so eager to take from Anna at the end without question...that was horrible. It was a perfect lifetime movie ending and I can't think of a worse insult! I think that often, the only thing worse than a bad writer is a good writer who gets lazy those last few pages because they too are outdone by the questions they pose...it was very very disappointing and this too will be my last Picoult book.”

    posted Friday, September 5 2008
  • Selina C

    selina c said:

    “Well..I cheated on this book. At first it drew me in, but then the chapters with all the different voices became annoying and I thought..what's with this family? I actually don't particularly care for them...they don't truly love each other, they seem to exist in a kind of moral vacuum..I kept going through the chapters and wondering..ok when's Kate going to get her chapter?

    It grew very tiresome so I skipped to the end and it was such a cop out - my first and last Jodi Picoult. I see a few readers here were reaching for tissues..I don't know if there's anything much to cry over in this novel - unless it's the bad ending. The characters weren't real enough for me - the main character is 13..I think it should be shelved/marketed as a teen book because that seems to be it's reading level ..no great insights here..the structure is pretty poor- it all takes place over a week (with flashbacks and flash forwards) and all the characters are too self-involved to see the bigger picture. I think it would have been better if the story was just told straight -or from the mothers POV as she is the one who 'created' Anna.

    A similar story is 'Never Let Me Go' by Ishiguro..you know I'm hanging out for a true real-life clone/designer baby memoir..it's hard to believe there are actual people out there living this sort of life. (Are there? They only seem to exist in novels). If anyone knows of one let me know.”

    posted Tuesday, July 22 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • Julie g

    julie g said:

    “I found this book upsetting.I don't feel sympathy for the parents.I felt that what they did was awful.I felt that the mother only cared for her first child. The other one was used shamlessly.”

    posted Tuesday, July 8 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Kat?J

    kat?j said:

    “Is this a good book?”

    posted Monday, July 7 2008 ( | view 4 replies )
  • Meghan G

    meghan g said:

    “Stick with it, tamia...you might be surprised by the end. Honestly, it's not a great book in my opinion, but if you are 100 pages in it might be worth it to finish.”

    posted Monday, July 7 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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