Yet another book from the local farm – having read and really
enjoyed The Almost Moon I had
absolutely no doubts about buying The
Lovely Bones, in particular considering it was a not-so-exorbitant 50p…
This is overall a very enjoyable read, though predictably at
times fairly heart-breaking for a young father. When its magic tones are kept
(relatively) in check it is really rather endearing – after all it reads like
the daydream of a teenager who wishes she could be invisible in order to see
how others behave without her. And the description of heaven is, for want of a
better term, really “cute”.
The problem, for me, is when the aforementioned magic tones unleash
their full power – I saw no need for Susie to come back to earth thanks to Ruth’s
“gift”. Or maybe I’m just too much of a manly man: cause I don’t care about
Susie being re-united in one way or another with Ray (I actually would have
preferred for that not to happen) and I am kind of bothered by this mellow and romantic
scene, but man do I love seeing Shoeless
Joe Jackson and his teammates come out of the corn in Field of Dreams…
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