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David Bezara _avidbezara — OH. MY GOD.

Gareth Edwards kaffienblog — A Steinbeck classic. I was a young kid when I read this and I remember loving it.

Kim Brady kbrady — The Lovely Bones is the story of Susie Salmon, a teenager who was kidnapped, raped, and murdered on her way home from school. It is, in fact, purportedly told from Susie's point of view, but not really. The book itself is about her... quietly haunting her friends and family as they reel from loss, as they move forward in life with or without mending, as the family tries to find a new balance. I had so many problems with this book. From the two-dimensional characters with no real drive (and some fairly awful stereotypes, like the exotic foreign neighbor) to the complete lack of plot, I struggled to even finish. Though the book is supposedly from Susie's point of view, that's not entirely accurate - it's told from the point of view of all the other characters, with an occasional "oh, and there I was, hiding in the corner, conveniently privy to all their thoughts and feelings" from dead-susie. Without plot, and thus without any kind of forward motion in the book (I seriously even hesitate to call the book a 'story', since it honestly wasn't), characters seem to wander aimlessly without direction over the course of more than ten years. Things change, yes - but that change doesn't really mean anything to the reader. And when the characters are so flat, so... gray, who cares if they change anyways? This also means that there's no build up, no tension as we draw close to the Big Moment - and honestly, the big moments toward the end of the book don't really seem to have all that much of an impact on anyone, character or reader. If you were to read about these final events written in short sentences on note cards, you would go "holy cow! Can't wait to get to that part!" But... once you do, you kind of wonder if maybe you skipped over something. I know there are folks out there who enjoyed this book. To each their own. There were moments when I enjoyed the prose, but not many... and the concept itself is interesting, though the execution was far from. That's about the best I can say.

Ayu Rinjana ayurinjana — Awesomely bad. It gets three stars because it's awesomely bad and introduced me to one of the greatest pieces of snark I've ever seen on the internet.