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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

3 reviews

tigerkind's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

people being human. loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, and Drug use

patydenisse's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

You think you’ll love the book, but then you keep reading and ask yourself why is this or that on the book, the it gets sooo bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Blood, Sexual content, Death, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Child death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship

It is not for kids, I would even say teens, there’s explicit sexual content

mallory10100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

god this was so sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Self harm

wow 😭😭😭