SPOILER WARNING: Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult

[lisy_babe]

Massively spoilerific review of the book from the perspective of someone with osteogenesis. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't click the link.

http://lisybabe.blogspot.com/2011/02/spoiler-warning-handle-with-care-by.html

Comments

[elettaria]

Wel, I've encountered spectacularly crappy (and dishonest) social workers and doctors and such, but I agree, it just sounds like a poorly researched book. And last I checked, social workers are so careful about not leading a child when questioning them that the child can actually be left in more danger because of it. A woman I know very nearly fled to Canada with her four-year-old daughter because of child abuse (by the father) that the daughter had reported to several people, but inconsiderately failed to spell out to either a social worker or a police officer.

By the way, I find that I notice small details more with audiobooks, and that something which annoys me will usually annoy me more. Unless you're a fairly slow reader, audiobooks go on for a lot longer, for starters.

[kittenmommy]

When I finished My Sister's Keeper, I was so frustrated with the horrible characters and the stupid plot that I swore I'd never pick up another one of Picoult's books.

Looks like I made a good decision!

[rainbow_goddess]

You should post this over on bookfails, too. On that comm we enjoy poking fun at authors who did not do the proper research for their books.

[lisy_babe]

Sad thing is that it's probably the best researched media depiction of OI ever.

[appadil]

I've never read anything by Picoult, but apparently her other books on disability-related topics aren't any better:
http://autisticcats.blogspot.com/2010/02/jodi-picoult-and-ableism-or-oh-no.html