Comments on: My Sister’s Keeper Left Me Weepy

By: Amy Tucker

Amy Tucker — Sat, 08 May 2010 05:24:48 +0000

RT @TopsyRT: My Sister's Keeper Left Me Weepy http://bit.ly/72tWK0

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:54:21 +0000

I’ll add that one to my list. I have about five that I’m going to listen to.

I like her writing style but reading her books is a bit like emotional masturbation and I can only take them in small bites – I’d have a breakdown if I did nothing but read her.

By: Earth Muffin

Earth Muffin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:38:33 +0000

I haven’t seen the movie and it’s because I heard about how they changed the ending, plus it got horrible reviews and I’m so frequently disappointed by screen adaptations that I tend to avoid them like the plague. The book is one of my favorites, just gut-wrenching in so many different ways. I’ve read all of Picoult’s books and this one was one of my favorites. The ending didn’t make me throw the book against a wall, but it did devastate me in a way that no book ever had before. I was not expecting Anna to die and I mourned her.

May I recommend The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult as well? Excellent read with some awesome graphic art mixed in as well.
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By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:53:39 +0000

The thing the movie did right was the relationship between Kate and Taylor. They totally captured what it’s like to be in love for the first time. Ugly crying around that part, let me tell ya.

I hated that they cut Campbell and Julia’s relationship. Hated that they made Jesse into an art kid instead of a cop and that they didn’t mention the arson since that was a powerful ass scene [between Jesse and Brian] in the book.

Apparently Picoult isn’t happy with the ending of the movie either. This is from her website:

“Yes, I know the ending is different. Yes, I know some of you are very upset. I didn’t change it. The author has no control over the movie, and it was hard for me to accept too. However, there’s a great deal in the movie that I think is great, and I enjoyed watching it – and I hope you did too. Please don’t email me asking me why I changed the ending, or “let” Hollywood do that – it wasn’t something I had any control over”

You can even bitch at the movie studio here:

http://www.mysisterskeepermovie.com/#booktoscreen

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:40:08 +0000

It made me very, very thankful to have two healthy kids…but it also made me think about what it would be like to have a sick kid. Scary shit.

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:07:33 +0000

Lol, I totally hear you. While I had that same “throw the book against the wall” reaction with the book, I was so livid at the ending of the movie. I had already heard that it was going to be changed, but it still sucked.

I didn’t like the movie. They took away a lot. They could’ve gone into more detail about the lawyer and his condition, etc.

Oh and now that I’ve read a few Jodi Picoult books, the endings are very predictable. And I want to throw them against a wall every time. I nearly threw the most recent one on an airplane. Bad idea.
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By: Alana

Alana — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:46:40 +0000

I had serious attachment issues with Cade for weeks after that book. I freaked out over every bruise, and I had him near me every second.

That book reminds me of the movie Schindler’s List;I know not to go anywhere near it unless I want to deal with death, the human condition, sickness, and other things that scare me because I know I have no control over them…