Title: cheesy, made-for-TV movie
Review: First I'll say this is the first (and probably only) Jodi Picoult novel I've ever read. I'm not usually a fiction reader but this book was recommended to me after my daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.While I think the storyline is a good one (and I don't even mind the ending) the writing is HORRIBLE. I can't even count the number of cheesy, obvious "ironies" and "foreshadowing". I'd say this book is about the level of reading for an 8th grader, if you took out the few "f words" and sexually suggestive "scenes".As for "scenes", that's my next point - this book was so OBVIOUSLY written to be turned into a Lifetime movie it isn't funny. Each chapter is from a different characters' first person point-of-view, and there is not much besides dialog and flashbacks.I feel like the time I spent reading this book was a waste - if someone had simply taken 5 to 10 minutes to tell me a detailed synopsis, I'd feel just as satisfied.
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