The Lovely Bones
By Alice Sebold
I bought this as an audiobook for $6.95 (killer deal as far as audiobooks go) on iTunes for my new iPod. This was an experiment for me in reading a brand new book for the first time as an audiobook. I've listened to books before, but they were always books that I had previously sat down and read first (ex: New Moon and Eclipse).
The idea behind this book is so interesting: a young girl is murdered and watches from Heaven while her family and friends continue living and adjusting to life without her. Overall, I thought the book was good, but I did struggle a little bit with it being an audiobook. I think it will take some practice in concentration before I can listen to books while multitasking and not spacing out here and there.
The one complaint I have about the book is the ending. It wasn't very satisfying for me; I felt like while I was listening, I was waiting for some big climax that never came (actually for me the last tenth of the book was the worst - and a little bit dirty). It seemed like the author just ended the book when she ran out of ideas to write about. But kudos to her for the originality of the story. They made this book into a movie and it comes out next week. I've included the trailor below - it is intense!
The one complaint I have about the book is the ending. It wasn't very satisfying for me; I felt like while I was listening, I was waiting for some big climax that never came (actually for me the last tenth of the book was the worst - and a little bit dirty). It seemed like the author just ended the book when she ran out of ideas to write about. But kudos to her for the originality of the story. They made this book into a movie and it comes out next week. I've included the trailor below - it is intense!
1 comment:
I didn't like how it ended either, it was really dissapointing, and really weird. I want to see the movie though.
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