? About Jodie Picoult's Book, 19 Minutes SPOILERS

[MM27]

FYI My sisters keeper is being made into a motion picture with Cameron Diaz

I'm usually very disappointed when I read the book first and then watch the movie. I didn't like the movie of The Tenth Circle at all. They left way too much out.

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

I LOVE Jodi Picoult. My Sister's Keeper is by far my favorite, but I think 19 Minutes is a close second.

 

[RUDisney]

I'm usually very disappointed when I read the book first and then watch the movie. I didn't like the movie of The Tenth Circle at all. They left way too much out.

Wasn't that movie made for Lifetime? That could be the reason it wasn't that good. I agree with your point, though, a lot of screenwriters ruin the original story when they turn it into a movie.

 

[damo]

I'm another Jodi fan who has initiated many others!!! I just keep lending out her books to all my friends. The first one I read was 19 minutes and I was hooked. I'm currently reading Change of Heart and have two others waiting for me when that one is done. Costco had a bunch of them that I picked up.

 

[emer95]

I JUST (as in just this minute) finished 19 Minutes. I loved the book, but I absolutely hated the ending. I had to read, and re-read it several times to see if it was saying what it was really saying. The entire book was so believable (in an utterly heart-breaking way) and rang so true, but Josie shooting Matt is so unbelievable it almost ruined the book for me. If she was in terror, there's no way she'd think to grab a gun, mimic Peter's movements with his fingers, and then turn the gun on the person who was trying to protect her. She was truly in love with him, jerk or not, and it's not like he was repeatedly battering her. KWIM? If they were going to go the angle of "battered woman syndrome" I'd think she would play up the aggressiveness with Matt a lot more. I didn't like that ending one single bit. Just my humble opinion though.
I do love Jodi Picoult, and her books are always so thought-provoking. I got Harvesting the Heart for Christmas. Parts of it were so very painful to read, especially as a Mom. I'd love to read My Sister's Keeper, but my library is almost always out of J.P's books and I'm too much of a cheapskate to buy one, lol.

I enjoy reading others' perspectives on books I read. I saw this thread before but I had to stay away because I wasn't done reading it yet!

 

[RUDisney]

See, I just have to agree with you on the ending. It all happened so fast at the end. I liked my idea of the bullet ricocheting off the drain, through Matt and into the tree better than the ending JP gave us. At least that's how I read it and why I asked the original question about the book. I could see Josie shooting at Peter to miss him. I don't think she could have shot him, but a warning shot, to me, was believable.

Then the whole pregnant mother at the end. UGH! Very cliche.