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The Lovely Bones
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Ms. B
Apr 12, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2020, adult, ya
What happens to those who are left behind after fourteen year-old Susie's untimely death? Told from Susie's point of view, we learn what happens in the ten years following her death. Her parents, can their marriage survive? Her younger siblings, what's it like to be the kid in school with the dead sister? And what about the circumstances around Susie's death, will her family and the community learn what really happened that fateful night in December 1973?
I remember this being hyped heavily when
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Elba
Apr 08, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: re-read
Re read for GG book club. I found The Lovely Bones to be a very addicting and easy to read. The concept of heaven in the book is really lovely, but lonely at times. It is so melancholy with a air tight ending.
Danielle
May 15, 2011 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-thriller
I tried to read this a couple years ago and gave up after a few chapters. I've held onto it in case I liked it the second time around. ...more
Lauryn French
Feb 15, 2011 rated it really liked it
Holly
Mar 04, 2011 rated it did not like it
Valarie Bunday
Mar 05, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Devashree
Apr 20, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Apr 22, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Sara Rideout
Apr 27, 2011 rated it it was ok
Stephanie  Ledbetter
Apr 28, 2011 rated it really liked it
Furrawn
May 13, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 20, 2011 rated it really liked it
Lindsay
Oct 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
Clara
Oct 19, 2011 marked it as to-read
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Dec 31, 2011 rated it liked it
Sady
Nov 12, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own, physical-tbr
MJ
Mar 10, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-it-again
Brandy
Jul 30, 2013 rated it really liked it
Debora Ramos
Nov 08, 2016 rated it it was ok
Jess
May 15, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: owned
Tracee Gleichner
Dec 29, 2020 rated it really liked it
Jennifer Cruttenden
Jan 23, 2022 marked it as to-read
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