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Lovely Bones- what did you think of it??

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Lorayn · 28/09/2007 17:27

Don't keep reading if you don't want this spoiled!!

The bit where susie goes into ruths body and makes love to ray really ruined it for me!!
I think it trivialized the story and gave it an edge I didnt like.

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Elasticwoman · 28/09/2007 21:50

I didn't enjoy it much; not sure I even finished it. The main idea was so attention grabbing, there was nowhere for it to go. The most dramatic thing happened before the story even began, so almost everything that followed was an anticlimax. The suspension of disbelief became too much of an effort for me.

used2bthin · 28/09/2007 17:41

Just read OP and yes I agree that bit was not good!

used2bthin · 28/09/2007 17:41

Oh I loved it! In fact I came across it at my parent's on saturday and thought I will re read it when I've finished my current book.

PestoMonster · 28/09/2007 17:40

I think it rates as one of my best ever books. I thought it was brilliant, especially the ending.

iota · 28/09/2007 17:40

I enjoyed it - didn't think that I would, but I did

francagoestohollywood · 28/09/2007 17:39

I completely forgot about that book. Like LLPJ I found it dull.

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Lorayn · 28/09/2007 17:38

I wouldnt say it was a weepie as such, I liked the way it was 'different', At one point she said something about her bones being in a bag on his floor, and the way it was written really struck me.

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DaisyABandyBoobToo · 28/09/2007 17:37

I loved it, ages since I read it, but I might have to read it again!

Threadworm · 28/09/2007 17:37

I liked this book. I don't remember that passage, but I was surprised at how slated the book was on another MN thread recently. Have you read the author's account of her own (partial) recovery from rape? The experience remained very raw for her and The Lovely Bones is, I guess, about a flawed recovery. Amazingly it manages to be quite upbeat.

LazyLinePainterJane · 28/09/2007 17:35

I thought it was predictable and rather dull. Didn't make me cry and I will bawl at most things these days.

fryalot · 28/09/2007 17:34

I can see where you're coming from, but I didn't feel that.

I thought it was a lovely, well written book - obviously a weepie though.

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Lorayn · 28/09/2007 17:32

Yh, I kind of got that too, but I felt like it made it almost seedy?

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fryalot · 28/09/2007 17:31

but then again, it doesn't take much

fryalot · 28/09/2007 17:30

I didn't think it trivialised it... I thought that it highlighted the fact that she would never experience anything like that for herself - had me howling anyway