A review by rachcannoli
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult

2.0

So everyone in this book is a bad person, pretty much everyone (except the baby of course). It's just they're all insanely selfish and I feel like despite all the crap they go through, no one really learns anything or grows into any better version. I feel like they try so hard to get me to sympathize with them and to root for them and I just didn't do either, I was irritated and frustrated the entire time. I waited for either of them to get any kind of comeuppance and it just didn't happen. I used to be super into Jodi Picoult and she's known for her courtroom dramas, so I will say this at least differed from that, but I think because of it the story lacked any drama or tension. Sure there's family drama I guess, but it was just so obnoxious. I think Nicholas's parents were the only ones who had any kind of interesting arc. Honestly, Picoult has so many books they can't all be winners, and this wasn't the most offensive I've ever read, just incredibly boring full of terrible characters. You can give it a miss.