false <![CDATA[Elsewhere]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174079582m/359410.jpg 359410 13 Elsewhere is where 15-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different from it. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? 349532 book 2005 Elsewhere total:4159|5:1445|4:1444|3:918|2:284|1:68| 4159 16391 6226 1033 5 28 false false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 06:12:05 -0800 2008 Mon Sep 14 03:20:22 -0700 2009
When you get 53 (YES, FIFTY THREE) pages into a book and realize that you've read it before. That blows.

You know what doesn't suck?

You really like said book. I mean, it's been a good 8 months, and I was still hazy about the plot throughout th...more...]]> 5 8 false false Sun May 04 03:11:26 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 03:11:40 -0700 2008
Stories about the Afterlife have always appealed to me. There are thousands upon thousands of interpretations out there about what, exactly, happens to a person after they die. ELSEWHERE is a new spin on an old topic, but it manages to bring emotion, re...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Mar 21 19:07:49 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 20:08:21 -0800 2008 Elsewhere by Gabriel Zevin
Do you want to see the latest Picasso paintings? Well you just spring by his gallery and see his new paintings. Maybe you can say hey to Marilyn Monroe at her psychiatric center. Well if you want to do all that you’d take a cruise there. But o...more...]]> 2 4 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 20:19:31 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 20:34:13 -0700 2008
The story moves quickly from one event to the next...more...]]> 2 3 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:49:53 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:51:56 -0700 2009 Elsewhere reads like a Hallmark movie of the week. It's sappy and hopelessly predictable. While Zevin's depiction of the afterlife is kind of creative, it's mostly confounding (turns out death is just as routine and dull as everyday l...more...]]> 3 3 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 07:53:09 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 12:26:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Sat May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 21:03:13 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 21:10:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Aug 07 17:38:43 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:39:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 14 20:51:47 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 21:18:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 22:09:11 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 13:36:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Sep 08 18:52:32 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 16:02:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 6 false true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jul 14 10:42:40 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 22 15:59:40 -0800 2009 Once couldn't, no matter how much I tried. :(

First of all, the writing was absolutely terrible and filled with emotionless statements that had me laughing out loud like this: "A taxicab speeds out of nowhere. Liz flies ...more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri May 23 15:26:06 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 15:38:56 -0700 2008
The main character starts out the book dead. Not usually a good way to begin a story. The plot focuses...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 18:11:50 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 15:16:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 09:01:13 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 20:22:51 -0800 2008
After fifteen year-old Liz i...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 13:44:29 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 15 20:34:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 28 08:44:33 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 08:53:57 -0700 2007
First, I was completely and totally infuriated by this book because rotting away on my computer is a story I started about a guy who dies and ends up in a heaven that looks a lot like earth, and he discovers...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 21:14:07 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 21:37:23 -0700 2008 Seaward. It's also an important reminder that living is the journey, not the destina...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 08:22:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 08:35:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 10:09:41 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 19:34:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=359410