[REVIEW] Jodi Picoult

[rfmcdonald]

I've read three books by Jodi Picoult: Mercy, The Pact: A Love Story, My Sister's Keeper. These three novels all share the same plotline: A seemingly idyllic nuclear family's existence is interrupted by a terribly surprising break from routine, a third party with am ambiguous relationship (to the idea of family, to this family) is inserted into the ensuing legal drama, which heads towards a seemingly predictable conclusion but is interrupted by a surprise revelation that nonetheless manages to heal the family, with only hairline cracks visible if one knows where to look.

Eh. If it works for her financially, who cares about originality?