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  • Perfect Paperback: 288 pages
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330485393
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330485395
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 515,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lynn Freed, author of House of Women and The Mirror

...makes manifest, in a beautifully written and complex story full of love and hope, the utter banality of evil.


Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay

Painfully funny, bracingly tough, terribly sad, it is a feat of imagination and a tribute to the healing power of grief...
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Guy's point of view, 18 Jul 2002
I normally do not read this style of book, I stay with books like The Price of Immortality and WOT series but my wife had bought it and insisted that I read it. This is a story of a murdered teenage girl and her observations of what happens with her family on earth after her murder tell the story. It's incredibly moving, don't tell anyone but I found myself tearing up often throughout the book. This is one of those books that stays with you long after you have finished reading it, but in a good way, not in a sad one. It also made me laugh, strange as that may sound. All the characters are very real, and you begin to love them as Susie does. I'm highly impressed by Alice Sebold's storytelling, and I look forward to reading anything else she may write.
A different kind of story but very very good is The Price of Immortality. I highly recommend it!
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold, 13 Jan 2004
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This review is from: The Lovely Bones (Paperback)
A truly moving, beautifully written piece of work. This work explores many issues surrounding death, life, relationships, and heaven. The ideas and possibilites that this author presents to the reader is extremely thought-provoking. Well worth a read. Very emotional and intense.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The Lovely Bones, 8 Nov 2003
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This review is from: The Lovely Bones (Paperback)
I was personally hugely disappointed with this book and cannot understand the hype which surrounds it. I didn't find it moving and beautiful but just sad, depressing and boring. The whole book centres around a family grieving over the death of a 14 year old girl and not much else. As I read it, I was expecting something to happen, but it didn't. Each chapter does not reveal anything new apart from her family growing up.
It certaintly didn't put me in a good mood after a hard day at work so if you fancy a book that makes you feel good, dont buy this! To quote a sentence: 'Mr Harvey took the waxy orange sack of my remains to a sinkhole eight miles from our neighbourhood'. Enough said.

Whether you like this book depends on personal taste but if its excitement and a feel good story your after, you may find this disappointing.

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