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I think this is one of the most boring books I've ever read. No, not the MOST boring one because I've seen worse, trust me. It tells the story of the Salmon family whose 14 year-old daughter, Susie, was killed on her way back from school. The police neither finds the body nor IDs the killer. After fruitless attempts to recover the body, the police closes the case. Hence the drama of the Salmon family starts. Each family member, father Jack, mother Abigail, sister Lindsey, brother Buckley and gra
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To be honest, I never finished it. I don't ever plan to start it again to finish it either. I think it's one of the worst written books I've ever read in my entire life.
Sebold doesn't know how to write. The reader floats through the text unable to interpret where they are whether it be in Susy's world or the real world. The word combinations are so poor that they leave the reader wondering how on earth the writer came up with them. The characters are poorly constructed and their personalities ar ...more
Sebold doesn't know how to write. The reader floats through the text unable to interpret where they are whether it be in Susy's world or the real world. The word combinations are so poor that they leave the reader wondering how on earth the writer came up with them. The characters are poorly constructed and their personalities ar ...more
Purchased at Abby’s Book Nook my first year in Seoul.
Oct 11, 2009
Huma
marked it as to-read
Aug 15, 2010
Misty McMillan
marked it as to-read
