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Summary: Decent...but that's all
Review: I am in agreement with another reviewer who is confused by all the raves that this mediocre book is inviting. I didn't think it was so great. Perhaps this is due to its following Tartt's The Secret History in my reading order, but this was only second-rate.
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: A good concept poorly executed. It opened promisingly and heartbreakingly -- those of you with adolescent daughters might really find the opening discomforting -- but quickly bogged down with weakly-developed characters, confusing time shifts and plot lines, and simplistic platitudes about love and loss. Unlike some of the others here, I didn't find this book spiritually hokey, I simply found it juvenile. It had the underdeveloped feel that I get when -- stuck for something to read -- I pick up a book that my 12-year-old daughter is reading. I don't regret reading it, butI wouldn't recommend it to anyone else as a great book to read. Sheri Reynolds covered similar ground with 5 star results in "A Gracious Plenty." I'd recommend that you read that book instead.
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Summary: Family frustration on a lost of a child.
Review: Alice Sebold describes in this novel what she thinks heaven and hell are at the eyes of a murdered little girl.And how she helps give confort to a family who has been affected by blood and evil.It helps us see the reality in which we live in.We must be aware of the people who surround us so no one we love becomes a picture on our milk carton as the 9 year old girl from lonely bones.Great book,very sad story of today's reality.
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Summary: I like this book
Review: I think I really like this book. I might not have understood all of it, but I appreciated all that I could. I was unsure about the ending--something about it was unrealistic. Maybe it was the mother suddenly coming back or Mr. Harvey getting killed by an icicle or maybe it was how quickly the family healed. However, there was much to think about in this book, and I'll certainly read it again.
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Summary: Good Grief!
Review: This is one of the best books I have read of late. If you have ever lost anyone close to you, this bittersweet story can help you through the greiving process with a gentle nudge. I am grateful for having read this story.
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Summary: Very Interesting and Thought Provoking--a great read
Review: I read this book for a outside reading project in school, and I was amazed at how much i liked it. The beginning could be disturbing to some people, but Sebold handles it very well, not becoming too graphic. As a high school student myself, I found that the way Selbold described the lives of this kids seemed like she was a teenager herself. This book really changed how I thought about many things, and I recommend it to everyone. I have lent this book to many friends, who have all loved it, and my parents thought it was wonderful---everyone loves it, and im sure you will too.
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: I totally enjoyed this book. I was in such a hurry to find out what happens that the nuances of the relationships, although not lost, weren't savored, so I must read it again. Although a bit of the content wasn't appropriate for relay, my very mature 9 year old was riveted by my verbal narrative of the passages I'd read, so over a weekend, I read it and relayed it to him, including the choices and the potential reasons for the choices of the characters. It was a learning opportunity for him into the human experience that I couldn't have created if I'd tried; I was simply so moved by the book that I started telling him about it and he was urging me to read more so that I could tell him more. I will be purchasing this book for people I love to read. It goes into a wide variety of human emotions, choices, and responses - you love nearly all of the characters and if not love, then feel you might understand, the antagonists. It was a beautiful and terribly moving book - I sat and quietly cried in the barber shop while my son got a hair cut, and still couldn't put the book down. I hope you read it.
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Summary: A definite read!
Review: Sebold weaves a fascinating tale of love, loss, and curiosity through the eyes of Susie Salmon. The book is an A++ from the very first page; it is a classic in the making.
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Summary: Stupid ending
Review: When I read the first part of this book, I was hooked. I even got a couple of friends to start reading it and was recommending it to everyone. But, halfway through the book, I felt the author losing focus and direction. The George Harvey character deserved more than 3 lines to describe what happens to him. I found the interaction between Ruth (as Susie) and Ray a little farfetched, even given the spiritual tones of the book. Disappointing and anticlimactic...
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Summary: Read with an Open Mind
Review: It isn't often that a book is written from a victim's point of view and I have to admit that I was skeptical about this at first. However, I put aside my reservations and picked it up. I didn't put it down until I had finished the entire book. The book is written in the language of a teenager and it read as though Susie Salmon herself was telling the story. This was one of the things I enjoyed most about the book. Alice Sebold offers wonderful, yet unconventional, view of heaven. I was moved to tears as Susie told the story of her tragic death at the tender age of 14, and as she watched the lives of her loved ones fall apart after her death. It was a touching and insightful look into grief and the healing process. I highly reccommend this book, but I would caution everyone to read it with an open mind.
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