OMG that book is scary!! I didn't get to finish it, which stinks as it's really good, but it's sooooooooo scary!!! how many people have read it????

I have the book i just havent started reading it. It sounds really good. My cousins grandma is the libarian at my school and she was telling me that its a really good book and all. So when i go back to live with my dad im going to start reading it.

I've heard it's really good, and I've been meaning to reserve it at the library but I haven't got around to it yet.

I didn't really think it was "scary" at all...

I did think that the story was tragic and a bit depressing at times, yet beautifully written & moving. I'd like to look into some other books by Alice Sebold, if she has any.

she has another book called "Lucky," I know that much. Anyway, I didn't get to finish and the part I thought scariest was the part at the beginning where she was describing how she died and how the guy raped her before he killed her.

I really liked The Lovely Bones, and i think it has been one of my favorite books. It's a really good story, and i loved how it was written from the point of a 14 year old girl. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone- it's just a great story about how life goes on.

she has another book called "Lucky," I know that much. Anyway, I didn't get to finish and the part I thought scariest was the part at the beginning where she was describing how she died and how the guy raped her before he killed her.


Ahh, I understand. I agree, that part was pretty disturbing; it was mostly that the description in that scene seemed so real and vivid to me.

I will have to check out "Lucky." Sebold really has a beautiful way with words in TLB.

Oh that was a FANTASTIC book! I LOVED it!

I agree that it was kind of creepy, but damn it was a good book. I found the very beginning disturbing, too.

I'll have to check out "Lucky". TLB was absolutely fantastic; she just has a way with words.

I read it about a month ago. I didn't find it scary, but it was kinda bittersweet. I think it is really interesting the way the author puts a perspective on a story that basically is just about a family dealing with the death of their daughter.

i loved that book!
it's incredibly well-written i think, esp what you said about the very beginning being so vivid. its disturbing.
and there's something beautiful in the grieving of her family....not to mention the interesting perspective point lol

i have been looking for this book, ever sice it was mention in my biggest secret thread...and im getting annoyed cos the library has it but its always on loan :mad:

OMG that book is scary!! I didn't get to finish it, which stinks as it's really good, but it's sooooooooo scary!!! how many people have read it????


i read it about 2 years ago.... i thought that it was a pretty decent book. i liked it.

i didnt think that it was scary though.... not at all.

maybe a tad bit eerie to think about the topic and how that girl was murdered... thats it though

I read it about a year and a half ago. I liked it a lot. Even though the girl is dead, she experienced a lot of emotions many young people go through. I could not stop crying during the third quarter of the book. :(

hmmm i was just talking about this book like yesterday actually :)

apparently "Lucky" is quite .. .... disturbing. it speaks of her childhood and how she was raped and stuff.. ... not a happy book :(

I read the first chapter and it was so horrible that I didn't read anymore. My brother had to read it for school and he said that when he finished the book he felt like committing suicide! :(

I read the first chapter and it was so horrible that I didn't read anymore. My brother had to read it for school and he said that when he finished the book he felt like committing suicide! :(

How did you not like it? I know the beginning was a little gross.. but after I got into it, I had to know how it finished. I'm not done reading it yet tho, cuz I kinda lost the book in the lake at my cottage... I'm not sure how it happened, but I can't do anything about it now lol.. and he felt like committing suicide?? that's a little rash..I mean, I know some parts are really disturbing.. but a book will never make me consider killing myself....

i finally got a copy of this book. its so sad. im not even half way through but i have been crying through most of the book. it was horrible what happened to her, and how she was describing how the guy disposed of her body...and its even more freaky because the murderer is called Mr Harvey and thats the name of my primary school principal, so in my mind he looks like my old principal.
i just read this one part about the girl called Ruth, and it was like i was reading about myself! it was weird

I read this book about 2 years ago...I didn't think it was scary. Although, I had this creepy feeling inside my stomach when I reading details of her death. But in no way was I scared. I thought the book was great because I loved hearing the perspective of a dead young girl...i liked being in her world...rather than the aftermath that she was forced to leave.

The book "Lucky" sounds really interesting...I want that book to be the next one on my list. But I still have some Anne Rice books, the Da Vince Code, and of course...some school reading I'll fall into during the year =(

How did you not like it? I know the beginning was a little gross.. but after I got into it, I had to know how it finished. I'm not done reading it yet tho, cuz I kinda lost the book in the lake at my cottage... I'm not sure how it happened, but I can't do anything about it now lol.. and he felt like committing suicide?? that's a little rash..I mean, I know some parts are really disturbing.. but a book will never make me consider killing myself....i also dont understand why this book would make anyone want to commit suicide...if anything it makes me appreciate life much more, and the people that i love

I'm about to go into ninth grade, but the first book report I did in 8th grade was on the lovely bones. I think it made people think I was into depressing stuff. The class wanted to know about it lol. It was a damn good book but creepy nonetheless.

I've read both books, and they both came highly recommended from a friend. I read The Lovely Bones first, and it was so absorbing I could not put it down. I wrote about 3 stories inspired by that. It's a beautifully written story. I'm glad other people here have read it, I was going to start a thread on it myself but... here it is! Tazzy, I cried reading it too. Sometimes I just could not help it. I was always getting a bit frustrated whenever Mr Harvey got away, bastard.

Lucky is a bit... disturbing, at least the first chapter is. The rest of the book can be uplifting at times, strength of the human spirit... it's quite amazing.

amy la calabazita

hmmm I've never even heard of this book. well apparently it must be good after reading all the things said about it in this thread. It sounds like something i would be into reading. cool I think I'll check it out as soon as I'm done reading Interview with the vampire by anne rice

hmmm I've never even heard of this book. well apparently it must be good after reading all the things said about it in this thread. It sounds like something i would be into reading. cool I think I'll check it out as soon as I'm done reading Interview with the vampire by anne rice

You haven't heard of these books yet? Well, they're definitly good reads...you hafta check em out some time. And as for Interview with the vampire...I love that book too =)

It's really sad...

Wasn't quite my "cup of tea" lol I don't know everyone else that read it said they loved it though so give it a shot.

there is one part in that book that i think is so beautiful...when i read it i got this beautiful picture in my head. its the bit when the dad is in mr harveys garden, and he is asking for a sign that susie watches him, and he is looking at a plant and susie is in heaven and she is trying to make the plants flowers grow, and they are growing around her in heaven, but she cant make them grow on earth...i cried during that bit.

there is one part in that book that i think is so beautiful...when i read it i got this beautiful picture in my head. its the bit when the dad is in mr harveys garden, and he is asking for a sign that susie watches him, and he is looking at a plant and susie is in heaven and she is trying to make the plants flowers grow, and they are growing around her in heaven, but she cant make them grow on earth...i cried during that bit.

yeah, I liked that part too. I think I stopped like a chapter after that. Not sure though.
:)

I heard about this book too, saw ppl on the train readin it. a co worker of mine was readin it, wasn't it on opera's book club thing? anyways she said the beginning was a good start but then it just kinda fades a little and loses it's momentum and how the author just jumps from place to place is irratic. She said it was too hyped up, she said that She's Come Undone (another opera book club) was definately more worthy of being read and hyped up. Course I don't read stuff like that. I'm more of a darker read

I'm definately going to look up this book in the library!

My friend read it and recommended it and all you guys are quite positive.. It sounds like an intruiging book.

Looking forward to reading it!