The End .

Knowing that almost every Jodi Picoult books ends with a bang and a box of tissues at your side, I have procrastinated finishing this book until today.
So without further waiting, I must say that I loved this book all in all, and in general, I love Jodi Picoult's style of writing, but I was a bit disappointed with the ending. It was an expected ending (SPOILER ALERT) with Charlotte winning the lawsuit, and (I hate to say it) Willow dying. There's a slightly repetitive pattern with Picoult books in this way. Just like in "My Sister's Keeper", one of the essential characters die, and they win the lawsuit. I mean, I think the ending had a strong base, but she could've built it up more to make it more unexpected. Also, the part where Willow passes away, that part passed by so fast (in less that 3 pages) that I did not feel the complete impact of her death on the family and what happened from there on.

Otherwise, I loved the rest of the book, especially the dialogue between the characters.

The Lawsuit.

The moment that we've all been waiting for has finally come: the lawsuit.

The papparazzi-like reporters,
ferocious lawyers,
and pure nausea is what this case is made of.
Just sitting in the "hot-chair" testifying can emotionally scar you.

Marin and Charlotte thought they had the case in the bag, using the jury's sympathy for their own means: having them understand and sympathize with Charlotte for Willow's future when she won't be there to take care of her, and also so that she'll be able to financially support herself so that she can live life the way she wants without feeling restricted by her OI condition. The only problem is that the otherside that they're up against has a really crafty lawyer who's able to twist the truth around and around until you can hardly recognize it at all. They've also got a secret weapon that could cost Charlotte's side the whole case: her husband. ALthough the interviews have begun, there is still no clear winner.... well, I guess we'll be finding out soon enough!

WARNING: Make Sure Relationships are "Handle[d] With Care"

Lawsuits can be ugly.... For example, divorce cases can usually effect the children negatively and things suddenly become money-oriented, that once your fair judgement strays off course, it's hard to get back track.
During the Wrongful birth trial filed by Charlotte O'Keefe, many things have strayed from the norm. Charlotte and Piper are no longer the best friends they once were, Willow is thinking (because of the trial) that she shouldn't've ever been born, Amelia has become an emo girl who cuts herself to feel better, and she has become bolemic because she thinks she's fat. Oh, I forgot to mention, Sean is filing to get divorced from Charlotte. What else can go wrong?
I feel bad for Charlotte, since everyone thinks she's the worste mother on the planet for sueing on the account that her daughter has OI. When, on the contrary, she can be considered quite a good mother because the money's she's going to use from the trial will be used for Willow's future. But... this one question has been nagging me the whole time:

is it worth it?
You're shattering your daughter's confidence, damaging the life of the other, ruining your friendship with someone who's been your best friend since forever, and breaking up your marriage?

Not sure how much the good outweighs the bad, but maybe things will take a turn for the better soon!

Handle With Care continued. . .

Okay so with every Jodi Picoult story comes a twist including lawyers. In the book, the parents of Willow had been trying to get a lawsuit set up against the hospital who took care of Willow during her Disney-World-incident because of how they treated them. The lawyers found nothing to take up against the hospital fit for a lawsuit so they dropped that idea. But the lawyers found something else out... that the mamograms of Willow revealed from before she was born that she would end up with OI. This means that the parents could've been given a chance to abort the fetus if they'd known, the thing is, they love Willow and they do not regret having her (with or without OI). Also, the person they'd sue in this case would be Piper(the mother's) best friend. Now that's a problem.

Obviously, Willow's parents love her very much, but there are many questions to answer. Could they have prevented this fate of restricting her to casts and wheelchairs, or would they have gone on ahead and had her if they knew?