The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critical praise and became an instant bestseller. A film adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson, who personally purchased the rights, was released in 2009. The novel was also later adapted as a play of the same name, which premiered in England in 2018.
Characters are dull. Plot is empty. Books don’t always need to be exciting or have a great resolution but I just couldn’t get interested in this book. I didn’t care what happened next, and by the end of the book it didn’t matter because nothing happened.
