The Lovely Bones
Alice Sebold
328 pages
Rating 8 out of 10
The Lovely bones is no ordinary book. The book starts out with telling about a girl named Susie Salmons life. Then all of a sudden someone she least expects, kills her. Life can be full of mysteries. Her father, mother, sister, and brother are left wondering what happened, who committed this horrible act to their loved one. What makes this story really different is Susie, after death still can't move on she is stuck watching her loved ones from this place. She even can see her killer, and desperately wished that she could tell someone she knew who did it. This person took everything from her at the young age of 14. The book shows how much a family struggles and the impact that Susie's death had on each one of them. No one would have ever even thought that this could happen to someone so close to them, yet it did. While viewing what is happening on earth Susie discoverers just how much she is missing out on. She would never be able to grow up, how was that the least bit fare, she also didn't understand why her killer hadn't been caught yet, why no one didn't look into the guy just a little bit more. Yes he was very smart but if investigated they would find something on him. There were many mixed emotions in the book. Anger, no one knew who did it and they were angry that there really wasn't anything they themselves could do about it. Hurt, the salmons would never be the same. Happiness, the family couldn't stay sad or even upset all the time, they had to still find happiness in the world. The Lovely Bones shows that things happen in your life that you can’t always control, it may hurt for awhile, but you have to try and stay strong, and learn to live and smile again. In Susie's case she had to come to terms with her own death in a way. One thing that i really got out of ready the book is the life lesson that you should pretty much live like there is no tomorrow, you never know how short your life will be. I would recommend this book to anyone, it seems like the kind of book that anyone could pick up and enjoy it.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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Megan,
ReplyDeleteGreat job--you are the first to post your blog entry for our final posts!!!
I loved this book. I had never encountered a story from this perspective before, and I too responded to the longing the protagonist had to connect with the living and share the truth.
I loved this book so much I never even watched the movie! :)
Thank you (: Yes it was truly different and to be honest the movie inspired me to read it but it was still amazing to read. Like books always are it was much better than the movie (:
ReplyDeleteThis book seems really interesting! It kind of makes you wonder if when you die, you could look back on the world too and watch your loved ones. I like how the life lesson is universal too.
ReplyDeleteI will have to read this soon(:
Yes! it was great, especially the perspective of it. I am sure that you will love it (:
ReplyDeleteAwww I've really wanted to read this book but have never actually finished it! I should though! I thought it was a really unique perspective! :)
ReplyDeleteyes it really is, and i do think that you would enjoy it (:
ReplyDeleteOkay so I don't really like to read but i loved this book. I read in in like a day! Its sad what happened to her but i am glad that they ended up finding out, with the help of susie! I wish things like this coiuld actually happen because unfair to girls like susie and their familkies that dont ever know what happened.
ReplyDeleteYes i agree, i think that is one of the reasons i thought that the book was so interesting and different. I mean it is something that happens in real life, but with the twist, of Susie helping makes it something much more. Its one of those that make you think (:
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