the lovely bones book review

Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones. New York: Little, Brown, and company, 2002. Print. p. 328 The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a truly different novel. It is told from the perceptive an average fourteen year old girl named Susie Salmon. The one thing that makes Susie unique is that she was raped and murdered and shares her story from Heaven. The beginning of the book is intriguing. The scene in which Susie is raped and killed is graphic enough to cause the hairs on the back of the reader's neck to stand up but not disgusting enough to turn you off to the idea of reading any further. It truly wraps the reader into the book and makes you want to continue reading because it is both emotionally and mentally stimulating. As you continue reading, you would expect the novel to keep you on the edge of your seat for all three hundred twenty eight pages, but that is simply not the case. The middle of The Lovely Bones is actually quite boring. It is a very slow pace book and there were times were I considered skipping whole chapters just to pick up the pace. It serves the purpose filling the reader in on Susie's life during the past and present, both in Heaven and on Earth. It is incredibly drawn out but overall the plot line in fantastic. It shows how each character handles the tragedy of losing someone so close to them. The ending of the book begins to pick of the pace and again causes the reader to be on the edge of their seat. The ending offers the reader closure but is also open to interpretation. Overall, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is an emotional trilling novel although, it can get boring at times. The book starts with Susie casually