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Post by tash on Jun 21, 2007 19:53:22 GMT -5
I read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.. It was certainly extraordinary... I couldn't put it down and read it in one sitting... But at the end I just felt wierd.  I didn't feel resolved.. The ending lacked. But I'm not sure how it could have ended without going on and on and on. Anyone else? ? ? |
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Post by Goalie on Jun 21, 2007 20:11:49 GMT -5
I read the Lovely Bones. I think it ended the only way it could. I was glad I read it, but wouldn't read it again.
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Post by tash on Jun 21, 2007 20:44:49 GMT -5
I agree Terrie.. I don't think I will read it again.
Most books I read over and over and over again.. but not this one.
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Post by brooks on Jun 21, 2007 22:14:51 GMT -5
Oh I would love to read it! Isn't it the book that Peter Jackson making his next movies from??
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Post by Goalie on Jun 22, 2007 7:30:07 GMT -5
I'll send it to you Brooks ;D
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Post by samantha on Jun 22, 2007 8:42:13 GMT -5
i actually Do read that one about once a year... i loved it- i dont think it could have ended any other way... you guys should read Lucky- by Alice Sebold as well- WOW an amazing story... a MUST READ!
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Post by Kim on Jun 22, 2007 14:26:46 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone had liked this one. I'm going to have to read it at some point!
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Post by Lynne on Jun 22, 2007 15:05:23 GMT -5
I LOVED that book! It was certainly unique and I agree about the somewhat unsatisfying ending (and it was a little unbelievable in a book that made the rest of the unbelievable story completely believable?). I don't know if I still have my copy of it or if I've already loaned it on. I'll check and post it in the swap if I find it.
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Post by Bara on Jun 22, 2007 16:45:40 GMT -5
Oh. What is it about?
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Post by Lynne on Jun 22, 2007 19:44:25 GMT -5
I'm thinking you might dig it Bara.!
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Post by brooks on Jun 22, 2007 20:07:03 GMT -5
I'll send it to you Brooks ;D   |
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Post by niaru on Jun 23, 2007 15:26:13 GMT -5
I loved that one too! Picked it up at the airport one year when I realized (GASP) I had nothing to read. Rather, um, dark, but well done! I gave it to my MIL.
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Post by Bara on Jun 24, 2007 4:48:56 GMT -5
Aww - just spotted this! Thanks Brooksie! |
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Post by johnnysauntie on Jun 24, 2007 17:52:54 GMT -5
I thought this book was really, really creative, and that the author did a good job of creating a voice for the main character's spirit. It would have been so easy to slip into a cloying perspective. And I thought it was interesting how the author interpreted how a soul 'feels' about things left behind. I liked the ending and agree with the comment made earlier about this ending being really the only way the story could be closed. Two thumbs up from Chicagoland.
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Post by Goalie on Jun 25, 2007 7:22:42 GMT -5
I'll get it in the mail to you today or tomorrow Brooks.
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I didn't feel resolved.. The ending lacked. But I'm not sure how it could have ended without going on and on and on. 
