The Lovely Bones

     The Lovely Bones is such a great book because it has so many different genres in one book! It goes from suspenseful to romantic to sad, etc. You can literally feel this suspense by just reading the first page where it says "I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6^th, 1973”. In this book Alice Sebold shows how just one life can have so much different levels of emotions through out it. She also shows how ones life can effect dozens of other peoples. 

     Something that makes this book so great is that while reading the book you can picture it all happening. It feels like a movie while reading. The emotions and feeling of every character is clearly stated. The father is a big part in the book he's was closest the Susie and hangs on to whatever left he has of her.

     This book is FILLED with irony and suspense! MR. HARVEY killed Susie and then Susies DAD is helping her killer make a trap to kill another girl and he doesn't   even know it! So not only is he helping the killer of his daughter, but he's absolutely clueless.. Eventually he figures it out.

     Reading this book for a second time in book club groups helped me go back and understand some stuff that I didn't get the first time, or stuff I was too lazy or forgot to go back and check out. Working in the book clubs helped me understand and appreciate the characters more too.