My Sister's Keeper

Jodi Picoult is an amazing writer. The end of this story has such a plot twist. It's unbelievable. It takes you by suprise to know that Kate actually asks Anna not to donate a kidney. Then there is the fact that Anna dies and Kate doesn't. Even though this is the second time I have read this book, I couldn't stop crying at how this story turned out. It was so unexpected. I believe that is what made this story so great-- the many plot twists unexpected events. I love how throughtout the book, Anna is always talking about how hard it will be for her to go on when Kate dies. She talks about how she will be able to grow up and have everything Kate couldn't-- a family, kids, etc. But really, in the end, it's the other way around. It makes it a much sadder story, I believe.

I wish that they showed Anna's car accident in her perspective. I really want to know how Campbell and her got into the car accident, and what was going through their heads. I feel very bad for the father that he had to witness his daughter dying; that's probably unbearable. After the accident and Anna dying, I really think that Campbell changed. He was the one who decided to give Kate the kidney, which put her back into remission for years. Anna's mother changed to. At the beginning of the story, I couldn't stand her because of her attitude toward Anna. But now that she ahs lost a daughter, you can see how distraught she is. At the hearing, she said, "Did I understand that maybe it wasn't fair to ask her to do it? Absolutely. But I also knew that it was the only chance I had on saving both of them." (p. 406) I know she might have seemed like a witch in the beginning, but she truley did love all her chikdren equally, even though it might not have showed.

I was really happy to read that Jesse graduated from the Police Academy and busted a major drug deal. I think Anna's death really changed the whole family--some in good ways and some in bad. I was also happy to read that Campbell and Julia did get married. All in all, I really thought this story was amazing. You really have to have an imagination to come up with such a plot and ending for this story. I really enjoyed it.