Jodi Picoult? You call THAT shit *writing*?

[gategrrl]

Does anyone here read Jodi Picoult books? There's a movie coming out soon, starring one of the girls from Medium called My Sister's Keeper that's based on her book of the same name.

I picked the book up for a brief skim while I was waiting in the grocery store for a prescription. In short, the book focuses on "What would happen if a child, who was expressly born to medically assist an older child, grew to the age where she didn't want to be pushed around anymore and go through any more tests, or even donate an organ?"

If I'd bought this damned book, I would have hurled it out the window and added it to my growing imaginary pile of books waiting for a bonfire.

Not because of the subject matter. No. I think the subject matter IS an interesting one. No, it's because I read the final two chapters. And I am glad I did.  Let's put it this way, without spoiling anyone who is planning on reading this piece of crap or going to see the movie:

Picoult chickens out at the end of her story. Oh, she takes it to a logical conclusion, and then pulls some Chick Lit twist shit that I find contemptible. She takes the EASY way out. She takes the emotional "heart-wringer" "twist" ending that negates EVERYTHING the title character was fighting for. And this isn't the only time she's pulled this last-minute crap in one of her books. Oh no.

She LOVES to take the easy plot out.

Comments

[superbadgirl]

You mean she didn't have the ill sister murder the created-to-be-a-donor sister to "save" her the way this exact storyline was done on CSI? That left me feeling ooky, but it was supposed to.

I suppose she couldn't go there without it being a complete rip-off, but what a shame to have the girl go from, "Hellz no!" to "Here, have my heart; I wasn't using it and you are more important than me."

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Should I go ahead and tell you what the ending was?

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I spilled the ending to lovellama just below, if you want to read it. It does have a similar ending, btw. Main difference is, the older sister doesn't mercy kill her to prevent her from being used any longer. It's a car accident that leaves everything hunky-dory. Except for the dead girl, whose only happy moment is when she's granted the right to say no.

Bitch.

[scarlettslegacy.livejournal.com]

Picoult did a story called 'Change of Heart' which was basically a rip-off of Stephen King's 'The Green Mile', so it wouldn't surprise me in the least if she watched that CSI ep and thought, hey, if I make a few changes, I can call it an original idea!