When I first looked at this book I said to myself, “Great, a freaking huge book to force myself to read through”. Once I read the title I realized that this book was also a chick flick. It has been a book read by many different women all over that I have known, from moms to sisters to friends. So do you think I was really excited to read this piece of work? Not exactly. I started this book and realized that even if I didn’t want to read it that I would try to go in with an open mind. I mean maybe I would warm up to this thing.
When I read the first 100 pages of this book, I took one thing away and that is Kate and Anna’s parents are nuts to have a kid to basically serve as an organ donor to their middle child. I mean how could they justify this to themselves that this was at all okay? I mean in my eyes they went from trying to save one child to ultimately making two of the offspring miserable. I mean what were they thinking?
If you imagined yourself as Anna, how would you feel about this whole situation? I know that I would feel like crap. I mean I feel like I would start to realize that the only reason I was really conceived was to help my sibling live. If I was in Anna’s position and had the parents she had I would definitely press charges. The main reason I would press charges was so that I would have my own choices about my body. I mean if I had my own choice on if I wanted to donate to a sibling I would do it in a heartbeat.
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I know how you feel about the book being a chick flick, but really, it was a book before the chick flick. None of my friends wanted to go see the movie, so I didn’t either, and really wanted to. A lot of people said that they loved the movie and when I found out that it was a book, I said “I’m reading before I’m watching.” Now that I’ve read what I have read, I really want to see it even more.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that her parents created Anna to be a perfect match for Kate, was clever, and extremely worrisome. I know I would be so angry and upset with my parents if that was the only reason that I was born. I would probably turn into the Jesse of the family to be honest. I also agree on the fact that she should have a choice and be asked instead of assumed that she will automatically do it. It’s Anna’s body, she should say yes or no, in any circumstance.
I also agree on the fact that I would give my brother a kidney if he needed it. I was only on the bowling team in high school and he was an outcast, so really, if either one needed anything, we would both be happy to give each other what we needed, because we are that close, and I would understand why he wouldn’t but he wouldn’t put himself through that.
~Marah