Michelle M. (jade19721) reviewed on 4/21/2013 + 115 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I have wanted to read this for a long time, but was a bit apprehensive due to the content. As a mother of 3 children I have a hard time reading anything about children being murdered, raped, tortured, kidnapped...etc. I was not sure how I could handle this book since the main character, Susie Salmon, was raped, killed, and her body dumped in a sink hole inside of a safe. Susie speaks to us from her heavean and narrates how her family & friends are handling her death. You do feel for the characters that have been left behind. I can imagine something like ths is hard to come to grips with. It's a very powerful book that speaks to you. The only part that frustrated me was even though her killer met his death (I won't mention how) I still don't think justice was served to this man. I would have preferred him to succomb to a slow, painful, drawn out death.

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