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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Full Review from my blog Owl Eyes Reviews
*sigh*
Unfortunately, this book suffered from two things that are sure fire story killers for me. (1) Watching the movie before I read the book. (I thought that I would be okay because I watched the movie over two years ago, but apparently, I remembered a lot more than I thought.) And, (2) having the ending spoiled for me. With both of these things, the book became anticlimactic. Which, unfortunately, made the book not as interesting.
I’m going to talk about the positives first. I really appreciate the way this book was crafted and the way it was written. Y’all know I love alternating chapters and this book did it right. In my opinion, when you switch chapters, it’s easier on the reader if you change the fonts for each character. This book did that and it made it a lot easier on me.
Now, to the not so positive things. I didn’t realize how focused on the actual law side of things this book was going to be. I don’t really find law that interesting. I would have rather the book focus on the family’s feelings about the situation rather than their ideas and thoughts about the lawsuit. The law stuff really turned me off.
Campbell, Anna’s lawyer’s, attitude and way of doing things didn’t really sit well with me. Towards the end, I just wanted it to be over. I was expecting the ending so - I know it’s bad - I didn’t really have any emotion. (ME! The Queen of emotion.) Unfortunately, the book didn’t really sit with the me the way I thought it would.
*sigh*
Unfortunately, this book suffered from two things that are sure fire story killers for me. (1) Watching the movie before I read the book. (I thought that I would be okay because I watched the movie over two years ago, but apparently, I remembered a lot more than I thought.) And, (2) having the ending spoiled for me. With both of these things, the book became anticlimactic. Which, unfortunately, made the book not as interesting.
I’m going to talk about the positives first. I really appreciate the way this book was crafted and the way it was written. Y’all know I love alternating chapters and this book did it right. In my opinion, when you switch chapters, it’s easier on the reader if you change the fonts for each character. This book did that and it made it a lot easier on me.
Now, to the not so positive things. I didn’t realize how focused on the actual law side of things this book was going to be. I don’t really find law that interesting. I would have rather the book focus on the family’s feelings about the situation rather than their ideas and thoughts about the lawsuit. The law stuff really turned me off.
Campbell, Anna’s lawyer’s, attitude and way of doing things didn’t really sit well with me. Towards the end, I just wanted it to be over. I was expecting the ending so - I know it’s bad - I didn’t really have any emotion. (ME! The Queen of emotion.) Unfortunately, the book didn’t really sit with the me the way I thought it would.