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A review by sandraylk
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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.