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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a surprisingly moving and absorbing story, about a girl who was conceived as a source of spare parts for her very ill sister. The protagonist gives up blood, bone marrow, etc. without a murmur but when she reaches 13 and is asked for a kidney, she rebels. She goes to court asking to be medically emancipated from her parents and deny her sister the kidney. The best thing about this story is that all of the characters are so sympathetic, even the desperate, driven mom. Actually, especially her. The worst part about it is the romantic subplot between the court-appointed guardian and the girl's lawyer.
She is brilliant. Words can not express what a wonderful story teller she is. And I am amazed at how well she plays to both sides of the story. You really go in thinking you'd know exactly what to do in a situation. And she makes you reathink all you've ever thought as right and good.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
10/10 enjoyed the book more than the movie. Though I can say that about most books that become movies. The book is much more about the court case rather than the cancer itself and it really just gives so much more depth to both the sisters that we barely touched on in the movie. If you thought the movie provoked your sadness, read the book. Jodi Picoult tells an astoundingly beautiful story with her words. This is one of the books I was most sad that became a movie because there's no way to get all of it right in the standard length of a movie.
Any Jodi Picoult book that I read is going to get five stars. This book was real and raw and heartbreaking. It showed what life with a child with leukemia is really like and the hardships that come with it. Yet it is so much more than that because it shows how to walk through relationships when things in general get hard. Ya'll need to read this if you haven't.
It was a very intriguing read, and it caused me to burst into tears more than once. The pure emotion that Picoult conveys through her simple sentences is extremely moving and reaches deep into your heart. The twist at the end got me stumped and unable to pick up another book for days. The movie should have followed the book, especially the ending.
Rereading, as I accidentally caught the movie last night and hated it so much that I am being forced to reread the book!
Just as good on rereading! I unapologetically love Jodi Picoult.
Just as good on rereading! I unapologetically love Jodi Picoult.