Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones Review

Overall Rating

Following the murder of Susie Salmon, we watch her family cope with their grief and loss. However Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones is no ordinary crime novel, we follow Susie's family over the years through her eyes as she views them from her heaven. The novel draws you into the characters' world and you feel yourself become part of the family so feeling their loss and frustration as the murderer evades capture. I found this book to be very atmospheric and emotional. I think this book haunts you for a long time and although very different it's atmosphere reminded me of the classic Harper Lee novel "To Kill a Mockingbird".