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mushroompesto's review against another edition
5.0
I had to read this book for my A.P. English class, and I didn't think that it would have me crying my eyes out, asking why, and wanting to reread it all over again.
It's a story that took me for a spin (a good one, really) and I couldn't put the book down. Each character has their own special personality and Jodi allows her readers to see through each main individual's perspective in order to get on a personal level with them which is why I love her books.
My Sister's Keeper has some surprises and heart wrenching moments, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
It's a story that took me for a spin (a good one, really) and I couldn't put the book down. Each character has their own special personality and Jodi allows her readers to see through each main individual's perspective in order to get on a personal level with them which is why I love her books.
My Sister's Keeper has some surprises and heart wrenching moments, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
yasminsleiman's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
3.5 stars • Audiobook • I found the mum to be insufferable the whole entire book - but that ending was both shocking and heartbreaking!
lilstarbies's review against another edition
4.0
Came into it with zero expectations and was pleasantly surprised with how good it was. I 100% cried at the ending.
megan_deppe234's review against another edition
4.0
It's a very different experience listening to this story rather than reading it. I'm not sure if it's just the inflections of the actors reading the lines or if maybe I just didn't get them when I read them (admittedly when I was much younger), but it was much harder to feel sorry for Sarah this time around. Granted hers is a situation I have never been in, so I can't judge her too harshly, but listening to her narrate her thoughts made her sound a lot more callous. The story itself is still nice though.
Still can't believe the movie completely changed the ending. Disrupts the whole story.
Still can't believe the movie completely changed the ending. Disrupts the whole story.
jacqueline_'s review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mabooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
bduchette's review against another edition
3.0
I like Jodi Picoult and the idea behind this book but I just couldn’t love it. It was slow and I hated the ending though it’s real life in many instances. It’s about a family whose daughter has leukemia and in order to find an exact match for the organs,etc. that she needs they have another baby and use this daughter to help save their other daughter. As the second daughter grows up she ends up seeking out a lawyer for medical emancipation so her parents can’t make all of the decisions about her body, even though she loves her sister and wants to help her. It’s a heartbreaking and emotional story.
celesteperilla's review against another edition
3.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️. Wowee very compelling. About a family whose young daughter is diagnosed with leukemia, so they have another to harvest her cord blood and bone marrow to make first daughter better.
sandraylk's review against another edition
4.0
Jodi Picoult's books inspire in my the same sense of guilty pleasure that I get from eating ice cream after lunch or staying up late to read under the covers. Her writing is not impeccable, nor is particularly evocative or dramatic; her plots and interesting, yet when you try to describe them to a friend, seem overworked and slightly ridiculous. Yet somehow in the complex art of composing best-sellers, Picoult manages to create a novel so addictive that I find myself reading it during class and walking through the halls. My Sister's Keeper is no different.
I can't pinpoint any one outstanding feature of this book: the setting was rather interesting (I certainly learned a lot about leukemia from the descriptions of Kate's treatments), the romance was... romantic, and the ending was unexpected and sad, but no one scene really struck me. However, all together, My Sister's Keeper turns into a book that keeps you turning the pages in a desperate race to see what will happen next.
Overall, a book that should be read during the summer (or maybe spring break), on a lazy feel-good day in the sun, when you have a few hours to kill and are looking for some good catharsis.
I can't pinpoint any one outstanding feature of this book: the setting was rather interesting (I certainly learned a lot about leukemia from the descriptions of Kate's treatments), the romance was... romantic, and the ending was unexpected and sad, but no one scene really struck me. However, all together, My Sister's Keeper turns into a book that keeps you turning the pages in a desperate race to see what will happen next.
Overall, a book that should be read during the summer (or maybe spring break), on a lazy feel-good day in the sun, when you have a few hours to kill and are looking for some good catharsis.