The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
“Inside the snow globe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf. When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snow globe. He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it. The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin. The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him. When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie; he has a nice life. He's trapped in a perfect world.”
This book is the story of a family devastated of a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by a teenage victim: Susie Salmon. I liked the concept and the fact that the girl is the narrator. I like a murder mystery, so I really enjoyed the suspense of whether the murderer, Mr Harvey would get caught. Sebold perfectly conveyed the raw human emotion through each character. The characters felt real, both their positive qualities and their shortcomings. The pain, confusion, regret, and maybe even hope that they each felt in their own ways really impacted me. The first 30 pages started out as I imagined, probably even the greatest 30 pages I have ever read. However it really fell apart as the story faltered on. I found it very disappointing and wish that another author would run with the idea but in a completely different direction.
The book 'The Lovely Bones' has now been made into a Major Motion Picture. The trailer is shown below:
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