Okay, so I may have stolen this from the library a little. It’s not as bad as it sounds; I mean, I’m going to take it back and everything. I don’t know about your library, but ours has a ‘Group Reads’ section where you can only take out books if you belong to a Book Group that’s registered with Sheffield Library. That’s fine, not a problem. But the library doesn’t hold any of those books for non-Book Groupers so there’s absolutely no way to get them out. Makes perfect sense, right? Withhold books from the people who like to read alone. This isn’t even Jodi Picoult’s latest book! Anyway, I was in there last Thursday in The Foul Mood To End All Foul Moods because it was chucking it down outside and I’d just been for a session with my physiotherapist, a horrible, little man who could easily be the secret love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Adolf Hitler. I’d ducked in there to sulkily avoid the rain before traipsing back across town, so I yanked down the first book I saw, curled up on a sofa and snuggled down for an hour. Thing is, I got really into the book but when I closed it and prepared to check it out so I could take it home, I saw the big purple sticker – ‘BORROWING THIS BOOK REQUIRES A GROUP READS TICKET.’ *snarls* I’m pretty sure that the previously-mentioned foul mood negates any responsibility for my actions – I may have just shoved it in my bag and walked out. I know. I’m sorry. I’m a bad person. But I resented that Group Reads section to the very depths of my soul and I wanted it punished, damn it.
Anyway. Dubious acquisition of the book aside…
The author is renowned for her shocking endings. The first Jodi Picoult novel I read was My Sister’s Keeper, and I pretty much wandered round in a dazed trance for days afterwards. She’s obviously tried to do the same thing here, but it just fell flat on its ass. I don’t think I’ve ever sworn at a book before, but I did here. It’s just… awful. It doesn’t keep to the tone of the book or even manage to be that shocking really.
I still find it hilarious that you stole a library book! xD
I see what you mean about it being misleading. Ooh a hard choice with an interesting and heart-wrenching plot? Wait.. Christian lit? Meh. I avoid most religious novels. Not against religion for the most part just.. *yawn*
I don't think my library does this, but I can TOTALLY understand why you took it, and I agree, it's hilarious 🙂
I actually can't remember if i've read this. I feel like I probably have, but I usually remember Jodi Picoult's books because I usually love them so obviously this didn't make too much of an impact…
I've read alot of her books, but not this one. My experience has been somewhat uneven as well, though I've finished all the ones I started. Salem Falls was one of my favorites, as was House Rules, the most recent one I read.