THE LOVELY BONES
Author : Alice Sebolt
POINTS : 3.5 out of 5
"Beautifully written with a strange and new theme."
The book starts with the central character Susie who is dead and narrates the whole story from heaven.The story starts with the girl's murder.The murderer is mentally disturbed person who has murdered many girls/women in the past and is obsessed with it. What follows is the investigation by the police.The girl's father suspects a neighbour who is actually the murderer himself and he does all he can to collect sufficient evidence against the murderer.The story talks about human behaviour in different circumstances and brings to fore the bonds that exist between the members of a family in wake of a crisis they had never imagined.
It also takes us to heaven and tells a lot about the Soul and its abilities of coming back to life forms.Even though its all about a murder, it doesnt take the shape of a thriller as the story starts with a murder and the murderer is also known.Its a very new idea and hence could have been rejected given the risk.But that is not going to happen.The intellectual depth of understanding of human relationships and behaviour and its equally great narration in form of words makes it an outstanding read.The out of the box approach and the larger than life characters dont let to put off the book until you finish it.
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