The Lovely Bones

Reader reviewed by Jo

I really enjoyed this book, and I couldn't put it down once I picked it up. It is about a young girl who is raped and murdered by her neighor. The first few chapters are very hard to get through, but, then the story becomes about how her family changes and tries to heal in the aftermath. It was interesting to see how many people in the community were also changed by this horrific crime, and how they were brought together in an effort to heal themselves. It is a wonderful story of love and hope. A great book!...FOR ADULTS OR HIGH SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN!!

Reader reviewed by Jennifer

I don't know about anyone else but the beginning creeped me out a bit. Her death was just something no girl wants to go through and I didn't enjoy reading that part. But overall I thought it was a well written book that shows what happens to the deceased and how it feels to watch your family struggling from heaven. I thought it was a great book and enjoyed seeing how everyone dealt with her death and how she herself learned to move on.

Reader reviewed by TA

A girl gets raped and killed all in one day. She now has to stay on earth as her family grieves for her, she watches her killer intently, as he slithers in the shadows. Will her murder be solved?

Reader reviewed by Tif

The Lovely Bones is a novel about a fourteen-year-old girl, Susie Salmon, who is raped and murdered by a serial killer who lives just down the street from her home. From her Heaven, which is unique to her, she watches what this does to her family and friends in the days, months, and years following her death. She watches as her murder remains unsolved and she watches her killer. She receives anything she desires in her Heaven, but what she wants most of all is to be back on Earth again.

Once I got past the grisly and disturbing scene of her murder and the following couple chapters, which almost made me want to stop reading, I could not put this book down. I was really interested in how all the characters dealt with Susie's death in their own ways, and I was in suspense while the plot progressed, as the murder investigation continued. I found Sebold's idea of the afterlife to be really intriguing. However, I found the ending somewhat unsatisfactory. Overall a good story.

Reader reviewed by Morgan

This book is a little mature seeing as the situation that occured but if you can handle it it's a good read. It was interesting to here her story from heaven and the way I pictured it in my mind made this book have complete sense and it was fun to read.