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dreaming of fictional worlds

I spent a lot of time reading. I'm very diverse in what I read and you'll find practically any type of book here.

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

I went into this book blind, not knowing at all what to expect, and I was pleasantly surprised.

The first line of the book really grabs hold of you and plunges you into the story. "My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." The harsh realism of the rape and murder and the way that Susie's family copes is portrayed so wonderfully my heart just breaks over and over again. I cried so much I don't remember there being a moment when I wasn't bawling my brains out. One of the saddest things was seeing Susie's younger sister grow up while Susie was stuck at 14 in her own "heaven." Then of course was the way Susie's father had such a hard time dealing with her absence.

Basically, the book is just amazing and amazingly sad.