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convince me to read "Lovely Bones"

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christie1 · 17/11/2005 15:26

I just read a few chapters of this book and it has me upset and angry for suzie who does not seem all that happy in heaven watching her destroyed family and her killer walking around. Tell me it gets more hopeful. I am not enjoying reading it because it is making me so mad and sad for her. I know alot on this thread have read it, dare I read on???? What are your thoughts on this book?

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christie1 · 25/11/2005 02:11

Just ordered them from the library. Have read some others by atwood, really liked alias grace and the handmaids tale.

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Socci · 23/11/2005 21:38

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roosmum · 23/11/2005 21:35

anything by kazuo ishiguro? SO beautifully written.

MrsSpoon · 23/11/2005 21:32

Have you read Case Histories by Kate Atkinson? It's fantastic!

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christie1 · 23/11/2005 18:02

I took it back to the library this week. Now what do I read?

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Flum · 21/11/2005 23:30

I got about 1/2 through, it didn't hold my interest enough to finish it. Stopped reading it. That happens to me a lot though.

aloha · 21/11/2005 23:12

I liked it too. And it's easy and fast to read which is a bonus these days.
CANNOT read a book by a woman who calls herself Lionel. Lionel ffs!

80sMum · 21/11/2005 23:00

I read it because of all the reviews I'd heard about it. Shouldn't have bothered. It's very over-rated imo. Certainly, it's original but I wouldn't rate it as worth reading when there are so many others more worthy.

singersgirl · 21/11/2005 22:46

Found it mawkish and a bit silly, but also disturbing in concept.

hellomama · 19/11/2005 16:59

I also found this book very disappointing. I also bought and read 'Lucky' which is by the same author. Lucky is the autobiography of Alice Sebold who was attacked herself whilst a freshman at university. 'The Lovely Bones' is a novel loosely based on her true ife experience. I don't know why I've written all of this because I also found 'Lucky' dull and unstimulating. Wouldn't recommend either books. 'Of Marriageable Age' by Anita Maas is however the best book I have ever read!

Chandra · 19/11/2005 16:04

I found the book rather bad to be honest but I continued reading just to see if it will improve, in answer to your original post, it will get more hopeful for Suzie but definitively not for the quality of the book. Ridiculously teenage cheap film like ending IMO.

triceratops · 19/11/2005 16:04

mawkish is a good way to describe it. it does get more cheerful but I found the ending trite.

Oliviab · 19/11/2005 14:58

Well I was going to say don't start unless you think you can really handle it. I cried all the way through and wished I'd never started it but you have to read it to the end or it will haunt you, you've got to have closure like the characters. For me it firmed up the decision not to go near books like this, I like them shallow and funny.

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christie1 · 18/11/2005 23:02

My actual name is christine but everyone calls me christie and when I signed up I assumed there already was a christie so I signed as christie1 (not very original I know), nice to meet the other christie.

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MrsSpoon · 17/11/2005 23:45

IMO Lovely Bones was pants.

albosmum · 17/11/2005 21:37

worth finishing but a rubbish ending agree with bundle about "talk about kevin" best book this year

Rhubarb · 17/11/2005 21:19

I think I read this, but now I've forgotten what the plot was about. Outstanding books stay in my head, mediocre books fade away to make room for new ones. So I guess that makes Lovely Bones a mediocre read by my standards!

allgrownup · 17/11/2005 21:15

beautiful and moving book although a challenging read due to ghastly attack - am happy I read this and will re-read in future , I found it life affirming.

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Avalon · 17/11/2005 19:50

I decided not to read this book. A friend of mine did read it and wished she hadn't.

Arabica · 17/11/2005 19:42

I felt manipulated by it, but I quite like that in a book sometimes; thought the ending was a bit weak, though, so there's one reason not to finish it.

crumpet · 17/11/2005 16:47

I didn't think it was worth the bother. Concidentally (in that the book is about someone who has just died) very soon after I read 5 people you meet in heaven, which was so much better written. I loved it.

starlover · 17/11/2005 16:12

i have read it and thought it 3was really good!

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christie1 · 17/11/2005 15:55

thanks, good variety of opinions. I don't mind reading darker subjects but this one is bothering me (have daughters) so I think I will put it aside as it doesn't seem worth the emotional investment.

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