Type of bind: Hardcover
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Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: May 31, 2002
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I sell books here on amazon and on ebay. I opened this book to see what sub category I should list it in. The teaser caught my eye and I thought I would read the very first chapter. I ended up finishing the complete book in one night. I loved it. It was a new concept, not something overdone and very well written.
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This book was a mixture of things both bitter and sweet. The novel is written in the very first person from the point of view of a 14-year-old murder victim looking down from heaven. This isn't a 'who dunnit' mystery, however, since the identy of the murderer is given to us in the very first chapter. Instead, the story is about how Susie Salmon's family and friends cope with her death and learn to move on.
From the gruesome details of Susie's murder to the touching family moments, this book was entertaining and somewhat moving.
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My daughter was assigned The Lovely Bones for tenth grade reading. I really feel that the graphic man-child rape that goes on for several pages and perhaps the later sex scene are not for 15 year olds. Unless your child is used to this sort of thing from movies or reading, I would ask that they be allowed to read another book although the way they are picking these summer reading list books these days it will probably be just as edgy or as I see it - offensive. Well anyhow, read it for yourself, it's OK for more mature readers and if you find it on your youngsters required summer reading list, let the school know if you find it too sick or disturbing.
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This book is just a classic case of literati hype; it is poorly written, the ending is right out of bad cinema 101, and the people /circumstances in the book are just implausible. Frankly, I have no idea why any publisher would bankroll this rag. Save your money.
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A vivacious, intelligent 14 year old girl is raped and murdered on her way home from school by a creepy neighbor. She dies and goes to heaven and recounts the tale from there. She watches her family struggling and trying to deal with the tragedy from the police investigation that immediately follows up until years afterwards when her siblings are grown up and their parents age. I feel that it started out great though rather harshly and boldly and I was not surprised to hear the author herself was a victim of rape. No-one else could have written a rape scene so vividly and painfully, in other words so well. The premise for heaven was interesting and different than anything else I have ever encountered but however, when the story shifts from the investigation and the narrator's struggle to adjust to life in heaven and the struggle on earth for those left behind and moves to a biography of her family, the book loses a lot of flavor and cohesion. However, all in all, it's a worthwhile read.
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