These past few days I've been having an unofficial Jodi Picoult marathon. So far I've read:
- Nineteen Minutes
- My Sister's Keeper
- Mercy
- Second Glance
They're all horribly sad, at times disturbing, incredibly interesting novels. Right up until I'd started Second Glance, I'd thought the underlying theme to all the books were lawsuits, the American justice system, and its how questionable it is. After reading Second Glance, that went up in smoke. Now I think its really just about people.
"F. Juniper Smugg had been a resident for exactly twenty-seven days at Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington. He was doing a rotation in emergency medicine, but he really wanted dermatology or plastic surgery, something that wasn't a life-or-death specialty where he could go into private practice and not have to deal with all the surprises of a county medical center. Still, he was perfectly willing to pay his dues, which was why he didn't mind taking the body down to the morgue. It beat what they'd been doing to the guy when he arrived--shocking him and intubating him when any premed could have told you he was dead as a doornail upon arrival.
He was alone in the elevator. He pushed the button, waited till the doors closed, and turned to the mirrored wall so that he could watch himself rock out as he sang Smash Mouth vocals. He'd just gotten to the chorus of "All Star" when a hand grabbed his arm.
The dead man on the stretcher sat up. "Shut the hell up", he said huskily.
When the doors opened into the morgue, the dead man was standing, and the medical resident was slumped over the narrow stretcher. "Can someone help me?" Ross asked the shocked staff. "This guy's out cold."
HAHAHA. Call me a nerd, but I found that hilarious.
Mercy was also horibbly sad. I don't know if Jodi Picoult intended for the reader to like Cam Macdonald, but I didn't. Right from the beginning, I thought there was just something I didn't like about him. I think I'm psychic. He then cheated on his wife, AND THEN CAME BACK GROVELLING AFTERWARDS SAYING HE COULDN'T LEAVE HER. Well he bloody well contemplated it with Mia in a hotel out of town. Bitch.
So, another quote that stuck in my head. Cam just slept with his wife, and notices marks on her face.
"Jamie MacDonald had killed his wife more gently than Cam had made love to his own."
I KNEW HE WAS AN IDIOT FROM THE BEGINNING. I think he knew it too.
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