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Type: fiction
Status: finished
Author: Alice Sebold
Tags: literary united_states world_literature 50_2006
Description: I wasn't really aware on what is the fuss all about when this book came out. I thoughtI wasn't really aware on what is the fuss all about when this book came out. I thought it would be just another chicklit so I should just avoid it like a plague. A couple of years later, I have stumbled onto this book once again and reread the reviews given by my friends. A nudge inside me told me I should just try reading it to see what's the hype was all about.
And I did!
Boy, I was wrong in all places about this book. The first page drew me in and I can't put the book down until I've finished it!
It's a haunting tale of the 14 year old, Susie Salmon (yes, like the fish), who narrated the tale of her life, her family and friends. She was murdered and raped in the late 1973 and now residing in her heaven. She watched in bitterness as life goes on down below back on Earth. She watched the effects of her death upon the living. How her friends came together and become closed with her family. How the obsession of looking for her killer also destroy her parents' marriage. She even watched her murderer goes on with his lifes and met his other victims in heaven.
This is not the tale of the tale of her death, which in turn not a detective story. But it's like watching a Hallmark movie (now that's an idea) revealing in the pages of your hands. It's more about loss, coping and affirming life after the death of a love one. Not just for the ones Susie left on earth, but also for herself in heaven. I have a problem about lose ends in this novel though. I can't state it here due to spoilers....
2006-02-07
