I was COMPLETELY enthralled with this book, right up until the end. I had never read Jodi Picoult before. Knowing that the movie was coming out, and it looks so interesting, I figured I'd read the book first. This author took what could have been an amazing story, and did nothing less that end it with a cheap shot/sucker punch that is nothing less than a complete insult to the story, the characters and the reader. It was completely infuriating. I called a friend of mine to ask her if she had ever read it. She told me that when she got to the end that she physically threw the book across the room and nearly hit her husband. Ugh. I don't think I'll ever read another book by this author again.