The Lovely Bones

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3.9

(53.5K)

Alice Sebold

A haunting and heartbreaking novel narrated from heaven as a young girl watches over her family and killer. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth. In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in death, life is not quite out of reach . . . An astonishing novel about life and death, memory and forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places. Alice Sebold's book inspired the Peter Jackson film, starring Susan Sarandon and Saoirse Ronan. 'Moving and compelling . . . I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed' - Maggie O'Farrell (author of The Marriage Portrait), Sunday Telegraph

Tearjerkers

Whodunit

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Author

Alice Sebold

Pages

336

Publisher

Picador Classic

Published Date

2015-02

ISBN

1447275209 9781447275206

Ratings

Google: 5

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"I Dont Understand Why This Book Has So Many Negative And Bad Reviews. I Found This Book To Be Stunning, Beautiful And Heartbreaking. I Think Everyone At Least Once Wonders What Happens When We Die? As Parents We Never Even Consider The Unthinkable. This Covers Layers Of Grief, Different Perspectives, Different Forms Of Acceptance. I Think This Is One Of Those Books That Will Definitely Haunt Your Mind."

Amy Santi

"Wow, very sad story. I highly recommend though. Kept my interest the whole time and felt a lot through this book. "

Skye Edelson-Bennett

"Emotional and sad. I read this weeks after my mom died in 2004. I wept"

Diane Morello

"This was so so good but so sad ! Made me cry !"

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Jackie beauregard

"This book has been on my TBR for a long time. I finally got around to reading it and I wasn’t disappointed, just not blown away. I feel like there was a lot of hype and clout that made this book seem to be this great piece of literary fiction. When in reality, though it was a good story with some interesting characters, I can honestly say I was left wanting a bit more. The depth of the characters was not fully there and I felt like the investigation of the actual crime left much to be desired. I did find the perspective of the narrator (Susie) being in her version of Heaven to be an interesting one. But once again, not anything in this book was masterful or incredible. There were some moments and lines that were truly beautiful while others were purely strange ie. ‘buttering bread with my tears’ or something to that degree. I rated this three stars because I only give higher ratings to books I would reread and this is not one of those books. I will say that one part of the book I did very much enjoy was the relationship between Lindsey and Sam. It was a lovely thing to see bloom inside a mountain of grief."

Stefani Marie

"Started: Mar. 11 | Finished: Mar. 16 | Pages: 372"

Emma G

"It was a little meh. I have nothing against character driven books (in fact I usually prefer them) but this one felt like truly nothing happened. Also I felt like the mother character behaved incredibly selfishly and didn’t face any consequences for her actions. "