The Lovely Bones

Reader reviewed by Pat/Patsy

I have just begun to read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, but am already lost in it. It is one of the best of its kind I've ever read. It confirms my opinion that there is life after death. That we will meet our loved ones when we die.

Alice has a very keen imagination. It is a hard book to put down, but I have to, or I wouldn't get any sleep, or be able to get onto the Internet, to tell you what I think about the book.

The characters are very believable. You can almost see what they look like, by Alice's description of them.

This is an important book for all parents and teenagers to read. More books like this should be printed. I think it will make more people aware of the fact that there are people like Mr. Harvey in their neighborhoods, who pretend to be friends with children of all ages, when they are at the most vunerable ages. They get the kids to be friends, to trust them, then to murder them.

Susie's father seems to be psychic when it comes to Mr. Harvey. He seems to know that the man is not what he seems to be, even though the rest of the neighbors think he is harmless. Yes, he is harmless, just like a rattle snake. Waiting to strike at the most opportune moment. Opportune for him, but inopportune for the poor children.

I hope Ms. Sebold continues to write more books about the Salmon family. Even though we know Susie is gone, there still are her parents, her sister, and her brother. I would enjoy reading more about Susie, and how things go with her in Heaven. Will she ever get in touch with her family and friends?

Good work, Ms. Sebold, keep it up. I can't wait to read more of her books.

Reader reviewed by Emily

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, in my opinion, did not have one bad quality. Well maybe one, it ends. This book provides insight on a young girls journey, dealing with her death and the fact that the world is continuing. I highly recommend this book to anyone!

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 Carmen

Susie is fourteen when she is brutally raped and murdered.

She tells us her story, and the effect it has on the people she lived with, from heaven. Her murderer, cold and heartless, continues to kill. Still out there.
The characters are intriguing, well developed, and actually feel like people you might know. The book holds a certain air of truth about it. That no matter how ugly or horrible the world may seem, you can always choose to see all its beauty and hope.

Its loveliness

Reader reviewed by Jenny

This story is far the best book i've read so far. It's sad what happens to the main character. But you will love the way she talks about everyone in her family. She tells you and takes you to each of the people that took part in her life. Even her killer. She talks about what happend after she died, how everyone coped with it and how she wished they would find out who killed her. In a book of sadness she finds out stuff she never wished she sould of know. THis book is really good and i recomended to everybody to read. If anyone has everlost someone they have love. This book takes you in a little bit of what they might think after they died.

Reader reviewed by Val

There are certain books when a reader comes along and reads them that are so well written and amazingly told that it's almost hard to describe the novel. The reader wants to tell the whole world read this book because you'll like it! Well, I can't tell the whole world but if I can convince one person to read this book than that would be great because this book is almost indescribable. This novel tells the story of fourteen year old Susie Salmon who narrates the story from heaven as she tells of how her family and friends suffer and grow from her tragic death which was rape and murder from a nighbor. Susie watches helplessly as her family grows apart, grows closer, grows together cracked but not broken. She watches her kiler, pities him and grows to understand that her family and friends like her must move on.

Reader reviewed by safia

Susie Salmon, the forever 14 year old, narrates from heaven. She observes earth, at her family and friends coping with her murder. In this intriguing story, we learn about Susie's time in heaven, her murderer, and how much Susie's death affected everyone close to her. This is a one-of-a-kind, not-to-miss story on love and loss.

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 Janine

This book really made you think. What is next after life ends? What about my family? Will I die peacefully or be ripped away in my prime like the main character in the story? It was wonderful, my favorite part was when the sister broke into the guys house and she wsa awalking with her. While they were there Susie suddenly knew what had happened to the other victums. It was wonderful. I also liked how Susie was narrating and she was talking about what happened to her but also included her friends and family's thoughts and memories. It's a spectacular read that will keep you glue to the book. I mean it's let-me-finish-this-chapter-stay-up-till-midnight-just-one-more-hour-I-can't-believe-that-happened-what's-going-to-happen-next good.