My Sister's Keeper

I should probably wait to talk about My Sister's Keeper since without giving too much away, I absolutely despised the ending to this book. Jodi Picoult seems to have a great talent in writing the most depressing books. Okay, let's see if I can separate out my immediate feelings from just finishing this book. I do like Picoult's style of switching points of view from one character to another. I find it to be a very effective way of getting the full story. Obviously just from the subject matter you know that this book will be somewhat depressing. The book deals with a family who has a daughter who has a form of leukemia and decides to have another child who will be a good donor for her. The younger daughter hires a lawyer to sue for the right to make her own medical decisions, basically to be able to make the choice herself whether or not to donate to her sister. Obviously the subject matter itself is not even remotely cheerful. I did like seeing the complexity of the situation from everyone's point of view. I also liked the added distraction of the side story of the lawyer involved. I'm pretty sure if I were still a child that my parents would not have let me read this book (just like I wasn't allowed to watch Irreconcilable Differences ) because they would be worried that I would get some bad ideas...have I ever told you that I once organized a strike against my parents picketing for children's rights? Well, that's a story for another day... In any case, if you find that your life is just a little too cheery and you can't find the cloud to fit your silver lining, this book is for you!

What's next? Firefly Lane and The Gun Seller