My Sister's Keeper

I didn't finish this one, so I'm giving myself an incomplete. I got to page 84 before I decided I can't read this anymore. I'm giving it four stars because I liked what I read. So why did I stop reading? Because the story hit too close to home with me. When I was 17, I got sick. I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, or ALL for short. Reading Sara's flashbacks to when Kate got sick, took me back to my own treatment and how my own mom dealt with it. I was reading some of that on my lunch break at work and damn near starting crying!

Reading for me is an escape. Time to get lost in someone else world. This book didn't allow me to escape. It brought back my past, something I don't like thinking about every day. I'm healthy now and have been for years, but some things I haven't dealt with and maybe it's better that way. It allows me to move on with me life and be as normal as I can be.

I wanted to read this book because of Anna's decision to fight against her family for her own rights to her own body. I plan on reading more of Jodi Picoult's books, just not this one. I also wanted to read the book before I saw the movie. I think I'll just watch the movie instead.