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A review by jcschildbach
Here Lies the Body by Scott Corbett
3.0
I loved Scott Corbett books as a kid, and I found this and my other favorite ("The Red Room Riddle") on eBay. I'm not so sure "Here Lies the Body" holds up. There are some cool, creepy elements, nifty stylized illustrations, and it's a quick read. But the ending seems to just wrap things up arbitrarily because the book needed to end.
The thing I remembered most from reading this book in elementary school were little rhymes that the main characters made up about the names on the headstones--all starting with "Here lies the body" and culminating with some grisly imagined death. But I thought there were a lot more than there actually are in the book--and then remembered that (like another reviewer) that was because the book inspired my sister and me to come up with a bunch of our own rhymes. So, gotta give points for getting the creative juices flowing in young kids--even if it is a rather morbid form of creativity.
The thing I remembered most from reading this book in elementary school were little rhymes that the main characters made up about the names on the headstones--all starting with "Here lies the body" and culminating with some grisly imagined death. But I thought there were a lot more than there actually are in the book--and then remembered that (like another reviewer) that was because the book inspired my sister and me to come up with a bunch of our own rhymes. So, gotta give points for getting the creative juices flowing in young kids--even if it is a rather morbid form of creativity.