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Sep 26, 2023MyeshaTM rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Favorite Quote: “I wish you all a long and happy life.”~Susie This book is so beautifully written you would think the moments that happen are real. Telling a story from the deceased point of view and wanting so badly to help solve the…
Jul 29, 2023Anita_Dickey rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
I read this book for the 52 books in 52 weeks reading challenge. I used the 2023 reading challenge prompt read a book that includes a funeral. I found it kindof weird, but i couldn't look away. It is also on Listopia's 300 books everyone…
Jun 04, 2023wyenotgo rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
I'm conflicted about this one. It certainly starts off with great promise, by beginning with the death of the narrator and allowing her to tell her story from her perch in heaven as she observes the behavior of her survivors (including her…
Nov 26, 2022Pennies_Thoughts rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is 20 years old, and I know I've looked at it in book stores and libraries over the years, not believing it would be a worthwhile read. Finally, serendipity put it in my hands. I needed something to read while visiting family,…
Apr 07, 2022Alpha_zzz rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This would not rank on my list of books to read. I don’t care much for the protagonist/author’s interpretation of heaven. It seems a little cheap and aligns with “worldly views”. I was hoping for something a little more redemptive,…
Nov 15, 2021SuzanneS_KCMO rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was a beautiful, heartbreaking, unique story of death and grief. The writing was exquisite and I loved the perspective the story was told in. Having an omniscient narrator made the "mystery" of the murder so interesting since the…
Jun 12, 2021Shreeya_Amin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In 1973, fourteen year old Susie Salmon was assaulted and murdered by a neighbor. Her spirit goes to an ideal heaven and watches what takes place on Earth after her murder. She describes the emotional state of her family and close friends…
Apr 23, 2021ellenorndorf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read this during the pandemic after mom died. I loved her descriptions of heaven and how everyone's heaven was different, dependent on what they loved in life. My mom's heaven would be opera, music and art AND lots of travel and seeing…
Mar 22, 2021TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading the book the lovely bones. It is definitely a book for a mature audiences. It has a somewhat graphic description of sexual assault and murder so I wouldn’t recommend it for a young audience. It was a story that…
Jul 27, 2020
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a gruesome but touching tale about loss. It opens with a violent scene, but delicately covers grief and healing throughout the novel. 14 year old Susie Salmon narrates her story from heaven as she…
Jul 03, 2020
Reading The lovely bones, I realized that this book fits with another book that I was reluctant to read, The fault in our stars by John Green. Both books sounded morbid and depressing and were anything but and in fact, make a nice set. The…
May 16, 2020fred98115 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
PBS Great American Read. Susie Salmon, a high-school girl, is attacked and murdered while going home one evening. She tells her story, focusing on the ensuing life of family and friends with the counterpoint of following her murderer.…
Jan 24, 2020
Extremely Powerful. The Lovely Bones is a ghost story, but unlike others you may have read. It starts with an attack and murder. In 1973 Susie Salmon, only 12 years old, is assaulted and killed in a field near her home. From that day on…
Jan 03, 2020Blabbermouth rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Not one of my favourite reads. I wanted more from it & I wanted much less also. Susie is killed in the very beginning by a serial killer, ends up in an interpretation of heaven,then proceeds to watch her family & friends as well as her…
Nov 27, 2019alyshavictoriaann rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As a fan of the movie, this book exceeded my expectations. It is heart-wrenching to see the world left behind through Susie's eyes. It is heart-wrenching to see the world Susie leaves behind through the eyes of her grief-stricken…
Jul 13, 2019jadetonjes rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Almost all of this book was truly incredible. I was hooked from the catchline on the back of the book that said something like "My name is Susie Salmon, like the fish, and December something was the day I was murdered." I assumed it would…
May 08, 2019kelsiebader rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The Lovely Bones is a beautifully written book which is full of love, loss, and sadness. It gives a different, innocent perspective from Heaven that brings peace and healing to not only Susie, but to the reader as well in their real life…
May 05, 2019kwsmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A young girl is raped and murdered by a serial killer. She returns as a ghost to passively observe how her family deals with the tragedy. Isolation and forgiveness are powerful themes in this slow-paced novel. Honestly, though, I enjoyed…
Dec 04, 2018KEBaileyG rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a lovely read. Sebold's writing style in this book mimics how the human mind contemplates the things that it treasures and despises in an organic, seamless fashion. Told through the point of view of a teenager, the reader follows…
Sep 04, 2018
An excellent book. It presented the loss of a young girl's life from her point of view in "heaven". It was an entertaining look at how life goes on without you, when you die. Good writing. Kept me interested all the way through. Good…
Jul 26, 2018gpush19 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I really did not enjoy this book. I used the preloaded audio version and the reader (the author) was flat and emotionless which made the book very hard to be interested in. I also did not enjoy the length of the book. There were many…
Jul 15, 2018ArapahoeTiegan rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book was a bit tough to get through. Susie Salmon is raped and murdered by a man who has a taste for young girls. She follows her family's lives after her death from heaven. There were a lot of heavy topics in this book, as you can…
Dec 28, 2017lizzybeth99 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I thought this was difficult to get into and really enjoy reading the first couple chapters. I'm so glad I kept going. What a great book!
Dec 03, 2017Eil_1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A gripping and fascinating story of Susie Salmon. An amazing feat for the author to enable her readers to suspend their own sense of reality - and, from Susie's Heaven, to follow the lives of those she left behind. The characters are…
Aug 15, 2017Rozywang rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I read most of this in public and it was a big mistake. I kept having to hold in my tears several times. The Lovely Bones will reach into your chest and rip out your heart.