Madeline
The Lovely Bones came out when I was in college. I attempted to pick it up multiple times, reading the first page at least three times, probably more, in my lifetime. In retrospect, I was quite happy I didn’t read it until I was much more mature and understood some of the complex themes of The Lovely Bones.
The Premise of The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones starts with a murder. And unlike most books about murder, there are no spoilers here, we know who the murderer is from the get go. That being said, although the book is about this murder, it is more about the family of the girl who has been murdered and how they deal with it.
For example, the dad is on a mission to prove the man who did it really did do it. It is too much for the mom and she runs away. The son was too young to really know his older sister. And the murder victim’s slightly younger sister, now has shoes to fill. Of course there is much more story and detail in the book itself.
Final Thoughts
As someone who enjoys their fair share of true crime, I really enjoyed this book. I’ve expressed in my post about The Last Widow, that I prefer the stories to be fiction, and The Lovely Bones is no different. Thank goodness for the fake crime these authors bring us.
Although this book is over a decade old, it feels more relevant to me now than it could have then. I’m glad I put off reading past the first page for as long as I did.
