My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The love

you have for your dearest sister,

is Sweet like cotton candy,

yet at the same time,

painful like leukemia.

Anna has been conceived,

to provide her sister Kate

with all she needs

to fight leukemia,

since the day she was born.

Until one day,

she decides to stop,

for two reasons.

First, because Kate wants her to stop,

and Second,

because she wants to be free,

and able to achieve the dreams

she anticipates.

She sues her parents
for control over her body
when they fail to listen.

It is not because Anna wants her sister to

die,

Kate has been her best friend,

or only friend,

since young.

The sole reason Anna decides to

not donate her kidney to Kate

is actually because Kate loves Anna

so much,

she can't bear Anna to keep sacrificing

for her.

It is the first time

i feel the tremendous power of

love

between a pair of sisters.

I would like to have one too!

It must have been hard for Anna.

Her entire family's attention

has been revolving

around Kate.

Only Kate.

As an only child,

i have wondered what would it be like

to have siblings.

I thought it would be bad,

because i had to share my parents'

love and affection.

Or worse off,

my parents might play favouritism.

However,

putting myself in the parents' shoes,

i don't think they will be biased.

Let's say i have a son and a daughter.

My love will not be separated into

fifty-fifty for each of them.

My love for my son will be 100%,

and another 100% for my daughter.

I will love them as much.

Let's say if i were an only child (which i am),

i would never be able to receive

the love of siblings,

like Anna, Kate and Jesse did.

The twist at the end of the story

shocked me,

but it made the story even more realistic,

less cliche and fairy-tale like.

It made the story stay with me...