My Sister's Keeper

Are you willing to watch idly while your sister die in front of you? Or can you call it selfishness if you just chose to live rather than give a body part or organ to your sister who needed it to survive?

I believe in doing everything you can to save a loved one, especially when I have been in that kind of situation before. But luckily, I do not have to make a decision as hard as Anna had to do. Well, I am not sure if this is due to the culture where I have been raised but I never thought that a family or rather parents would create a "designer baby" just for the purpose of having an instant donor for their other child. I may not be a mother myself and you might argue that I will never understand how a mother feels when her child is sick, very sick in this case; but I do not think that this one is rightful. Not to mention that this is very unfair for Anna. Well yes, maybe you can argue even that Anna will not even exist if not because of Kate. That Anna may even owe her life to Kate. But I really do not think this is the way to treat a child. Well, I may have a little strong opinion about this one since I do not regard treating a child like a guinea pig proper, whatever is the reason behind it. In fact, as much as Jodi Picoult wanted to show that Anna's mother also love Anna, she just did not convince me. I can feel her father's love for Anna, God he really does love Anna; and also Kate for that matter, but Sara, I really cannot imagine. Sure, she cares for her, although I'm not even sure if it is because she is also Sara's daughter, or just because if anything shall happen to Anna, Kate would also lose her "genetically-perfect match" donor. But love? I cannot say so. Even Jesse outdid Sara in showing his love for Anna, and he has problems of his own.

Generally, I loved My Sister's Keeper, and I even cried a bit and I find it full of emotions. Love, care, frustration, disappointment, anger, and confusion among others. One thing though, I think Jodi included many characters in this book, each has their own hang-ups that some of them did not get solved at all. Well, either those hang-ups did not get solved at all, or were rushed to its thoroughness.

I also think that Julia and Campbell's love story should not be included anymore in this emotion-heavy story. Sure, it is the bit that gave the happy ending but I don't really think it to be necessary.

I love the ending though. Unconventional. It proved again my other belief that no matter what, everything has a reason. And if it is time to go, nothing can really save you. Likewise, if it is not yet your time to go, no amount of bacteria, infection, or any kind of disease could take your life away.