Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones

Pros: Characters you care about, well written
Cons: It took me a week to recover from reading the first chapter....no kidding.

I just finished this book and couldn't pass it on to my friend fast enough! I just wish I had a bookclub group to talk about this with.

When I read the first chapter, I was so moved and horrified that I couldn't pick it back up until I...

Pros: Beautifully written first novel - heartwarming story
Cons: Wish it could have been longer

Susie Salmon is murdered and narrates her story from her new home in heaven. She describes some events leading up to her death and her feelings of amazement when she realizes that she is dead. Her description of heaven is wonderful - it is whatever you...

Pros: Beautiful descriptions, Original idea, Believable Characters
Cons: Ending

I, like many, was captivated by the idea behind "The Lovely Bones". Told from the perspective of a teenage girl who had been murdered, the story is a fascinating look at how people deal with the untimely death of a loved one and how the victim comes to...

Pros: Written from a refreshing point of view. Beginning is a page turner.
Cons: None that comes to mind

This is Alice Sebold debut novel that shot onto the New York Times bestseller list.

The novel is written from a refreshing point of view, that of a young girl that was brutally killed and is looking down from heaven. From the first lines ("My...

Pros: Interesting story line, interesting themes
Cons: Did not like the title, all was not resolved for me in the end

This is a ghost story with a difference. In this her second novel, Alice Sebold tells a moving, tear jerking story from the point of view of a 14 year old murder victim, Susie Salmon. This perspective is not unique and in fact reminded me of the book ...

Pros: I actually bought a hardback and wasn't disappointed!
Cons: None that I can think of...

I read so much that I am loath to part with the money involved in buying a hardback. I can buy three or four paperbacks for the price of one hard bound book. But this time I'm glad I did.

The story is told from the point-of-view of a...

Pros: Beautiful storytelling, bittersweet and heartbreaking story of love's devotion and family
Cons: Crying, reading this book on the commuter bus is the risk you take

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a beautifully told story of a horrible crime against a young girl and her journey life after death.

The voice of the victim - the storyteller - Susie Salmon, tells of she history, moves through the present...

Pros: Imaginative and unique. Easy read.
Cons: Lack of true emotion makes it feel contrived. Left me with an empty feeling.

Alice Sebold has certainly produced an amazing piece of fiction with Lovely Bones. The story is narrated by a twelve year old murder victim from her heavenly perch. We watch her family go through the healing process and see her killer elude suspicion....

Pros: An original, well written story.
Cons: The fact that the main character was murdered can be disturbing

"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

So begins Alice Sebold's best selling novel, The Lovely Bones. After reading a few reviews and being told in a...

Pros: A compelling read
Cons: May offend true believers' sensibilites

Alice Sebold's acclaimed novel, which is a Good Morning America Read This! selection and popular book club pick, is stunning in its simplicity. The main character, Susie Salmon, speaks with a voice of clarity and authenticity that makes her immediately...

Pros: Moving story, some well written characters, beautiful descriptions.
Cons: Slow paced

I had heard that Alice Sebold's novel, The Lovely Bones was a book NOT to miss. I had heard that this book is a rare occurrence, a first novel that is above all the rest. I had heard that this book is different, unique, and well written. I...

Pros: Great storyline, flows beautifully.
Cons: Deals alot with todays headlines about child killing-may hit home.

Today's headlines blare out, announcing another child is missing or worse, murdered. Alice Seybold's novel, The Lovely Bones, deals with exactly this and it will hit home, it will affect you in some way.

The story is about a young teenager...

Pros: A stunning, heartbreaking, beautiful debut novel
Cons: the hype surrounding it.

It was a strange experience for me to be reading a current number one bestseller - and a "summer hit" no less - but curiosity eventually got the best of me (of course it helped that my wife had quickly read through the book and loved it) and I broke...

Pros: Vivid, touching, humorous
Cons: Loses a little something 3/4 of the way in.

I work at Barnes and Noble. Hence I am privy to the lastest and greatest releases in fiction one of which is Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. The book was an instant bestseller. It was rather bizarre actually. It seemed to surface out of nowhere...

Pros: Never ending page turning.
Cons: It ended too soon.

Susie is murdered by a serial killer on her way home from school. She emerges to "Her" heaven where all is possible. From her heaven, she is able to watch below her. Her family, her friends, her killer, the police. Her interaction with those of her...