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gategrrlDoes 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.
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.
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Date: 2009-05-28 11:31 pm (UTC)I saw the commercial and predicted that one of the sisters would die anyway. I confess, I was hoping it would be the sick sister, and they wouldn't go for the schmaltzy sacrifice plot, but I guess I was wrong.
I think I read one Jody Piccoult novel before. The main character sacrificed herself to have her baby be born and died in the end of that one. Sounds like a trend...
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Date: 2009-05-30 02:42 am (UTC)I won't be buying this movie even if the DVD were cheap. Because I'd probably damage my TV when I hurl the DVD player at it when the conclusion rolls onto the screen.
I want to slap the writer, and I usually don't think about that.