A review by upstatelibrarygal
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

4.0

This can be a little difficult to read because of the subject matter (rape and murder of a teenaged girl). However, I didn't ever feel that the author was gratuitous in her depiction of the violence and ultimately, the story is about Susie's experience in heaven. As she watches her family from the afterlife, the story of her own experience there, and that of the other characters "left behind," is a beautiful one. Great character study.