After the emotional roller coaster of this book I felt a bit manipulated at the end -- it seemed the whole thing had been a setup so that the author could write about a live donor liver transplant, and the characters and their relationships had been formed for that purpose. Until that point, I was very involved, and learned a lot.

Readers who are squeamish about details of medical conditions and operations should be warned, it's not for the fainthearted in that regard.