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A review by swapacoinforafish
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Pros: Interesting way of telling the story from the point of view of Susie already in Heaven.
- I grew very attached to all of the main characters and enjoyed how they were built upon.
- The parts about Susie being on earth were my favourite; that she could be in a room with her father and him feel her there, or when Buckley saw her in the clock. I wanted so much for that to ignite people but it never acted as a catalyst for any advances in the plot.
Cons: There was a lot of description of her heaven that felt very empty to me, that is was going to lead to something that never came to fruition.
- I did find it frustrating all throughout that the murderer wasn't being more actively hunted. But you really need to get into a headspace that this isn't a murder-mystery book.
-There was a lot of overly descriptive language that, for me didn't go very far to making me understand things better.
-The last chapter of Susie coming back to earth in Ruth's body was very strange to me as I still had that generation of characters as children in my head. There was some immortal innocence in Susie that I found uncomfortable to shake.
Overall I did like this book I was just left a bit disappointed by some of the answers I was left with.
- I grew very attached to all of the main characters and enjoyed how they were built upon.
- The parts about Susie being on earth were my favourite; that she could be in a room with her father and him feel her there, or when Buckley saw her in the clock. I wanted so much for that to ignite people but it never acted as a catalyst for any advances in the plot.
Cons: There was a lot of description of her heaven that felt very empty to me, that is was going to lead to something that never came to fruition.
- I did find it frustrating all throughout that the murderer wasn't being more actively hunted. But you really need to get into a headspace that this isn't a murder-mystery book.
-There was a lot of overly descriptive language that, for me didn't go very far to making me understand things better.
-The last chapter of Susie coming back to earth in Ruth's body was very strange to me as I still had that generation of characters as children in my head. There was some immortal innocence in Susie that I found uncomfortable to shake.
Overall I did like this book I was just left a bit disappointed by some of the answers I was left with.