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Superb and caring description of a family coping with grief. Not too much schmaltz but a lot of love and true emotion.
I liked it. The author is very talented and the premise was pretty original.
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The first chapter was horrendous to get through. As a mother (and I was pregnant with baby #2 when I read this...BAAAAAAAD choice!) I do not like reading about abuse of children. Also, it was hard to suspend my disbelief. Things wrapped up just a little too conveniently.
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The first chapter was horrendous to get through. As a mother (and I was pregnant with baby #2 when I read this...BAAAAAAAD choice!) I do not like reading about abuse of children. Also, it was hard to suspend my disbelief. Things wrapped up just a little too conveniently.
I loved this book and cannot wait for the movie. The synopsis of the story sounds morbid, and some of the more descriptive accounts of the murder are hard to take. But it's such an original idea to write from the perspective of a dead girl, and it makes you ponder what heaven might truly be like.
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A fairly well-written book, from a very interesting point of view. Although it deals with murder and grief, it is not a heavy or dark tale, being ultimately about hope and healing. I did find a few plot points rather implausible, but Susie and her friends and family are memorable characters that will stay with me.
Description: When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-o ...more
Description: When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-o ...more
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I wasn't sure going into it that I would like this book. I'm glad that I was wrong though. The central idea of the story itself, about a murdered girl watching over her family and the person who killed her, was what intrigued me and kept me reading. Alice Sebold has a way of keeping the story interesting without too many lulls between major events. I do have two complaints though. Sebold reeeeeeeeeeally needs to learn how to construct similes that don't evoke a gag reflex from the overwhelming a
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While the storyline was good, many of the characters weren't well developed.
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This book is so beautifully written and brought me to tears throughout reading it. Once I began reading this book, I was unable to put it down.
"The air in my heaven often smelled like skunk - just a hint of it. It was a smell that I had always loved on Earth." Love this!
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