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Book Review of The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
reviewed Heartbreaking and wonderful on + 43 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3


I love this book, plain and simple. It's one of the most beautiful coming of age stories ever written with the twist that the main character, a teenage girl, narrates the ongoing saga of her friends and family in the aftermath of her disappearance and death from the vantage point of her version of heaven.

Grab a box of tissues and prepare to stay up all night reading this one. The beauty and heartbreak of this relatively short, unassuming book will stay with you long after you put it down.