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Book 12: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Feb 24, 2006 11:52

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, 352 pages
"I was 14 when I was murdered . . . ." That's the opening and also the astonishing conceit of this first novel. It's narrated from heaven. Tricked, raped, and knifed to death, Susie Salmon was the sort of innocent who had just learned that "gloves meant you were an adult and mittens meant you weren't."I ( Read more... )

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thegoaliegirl February 24 2006, 16:44:30 UTC

I've been meaning to read it. Of course, that means that I need to actually get my hands on a copy. I'll have to try and do that now.

measi February 24 2006, 20:44:58 UTC

I think it started very morbid.. but as time passes, the morbidity lessens and things get a bit more complex (she oddly grows up watching everyone pass her by).

I enjoyed it immensely. One of my favorites that I read last year.

bian February 24 2006, 23:11:39 UTC

Yeah, thats how I felt too. It started morbidly, but I couldn't stop reading it anyway. And it just got better & better.

Then there was the part near the end that sort of spoiled it for me. You know, where she falls to earth? I don't know...if that *didn't* happen, I would have gave this book a perfect score. Somehow it didn't fit with me.

alltheflowers February 26 2006, 11:45:47 UTC

Ohhhhh! my sis has that book, but i have not read it. i suppose i simply ought to look into it sometime.

bian February 26 2006, 22:19:36 UTC

I think you'd really like it, so YES! Read it sometime. :)

kisstheviolets February 26 2006, 23:51:15 UTC

I love this book :) Although I was disappointed by the ending :\

bian February 27 2006, 16:33:18 UTC

Yeah, I agree with you. Thats where the perfectly written *except* part comes in... I hate when a book totally rules & then the ending isn't what you wanted it to be...