Handle With Care

Okay, I finished Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult Friday night.  I have to say that I was not surprised by the ending as the way the story was written, I kind of expected it.  I have rated this book a 7 on the 10-point scale since it was so well written and the WHN bug bit me.  However, I am wondering if there is a trend to the writings of Ms. Picoult.  I am not the kind of person who wants a happy ending all the time, but I am also not the kind of person who doesn’t want a happy ending either.  Based on the two books I have read by her, her subject matters are serious, the books are wrought with tragedy of some kind, and there are no happy endings – just bittersweet closures.  Since this appears to be a trend, I have started another book by her to see if that is the case.  The book I am reading now is The Pact, and I can tell you right now that it is a tragic story also.

Now, don’t get me wrong about what I just said, her stories might be tragic, but they are well written, and I have been bitten by the “What Happens Next” bug which is always good.  But I must say (SPOILER ALERT for Handle With Care)  that I was incredibly unhappy that the story focused on a lawsuit about wrongful birth, tore the whole family apart, they win the freaking suit and then the child that was the subject of the lawsuit dies???  I mean, the scene where she dies is a well written and well thought out scene, but I was incredibly disappointed all the same.

So, I have promised Buck George that I will read a book he has highly recommended, and I will be starting that book as soon as I am finished with The Pact.  I am sure it will be a great book since Buck recommended it to me.  I’ll let you know when I know!

Until next time…

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