Discussion of The Lovely Bones
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The movie
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atrixa wrote:I really enjoyed this book, as Scott says, it's unique, but the ending upset me. She could have told everyone where her body was, but what does she do? Have sex with her teen crush...
I totally agree. I wanted to throw the book when I got to that part. I don't think anyone would have made that choice. She could have told exactly who the killer was and provide details to put him away. But she has sex with a boy???
She's only 14 in the story right? How many 14 year old rape survivors would make that choice? I really couldn't get past that.
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I did not like the book at all. I thought it was ridiculous that she was floating somewhere between earth and heaven until she had sex with an old boyfriend. A book is supposed to have a major dramatic question presented in the beginning that is answered towards the end. Was the whole point of this book so she could have sex? I was very disappointed.
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I thought Peter Jackson did an excellent take on this book, and I actually enjoyed it as much as I liked the book (for once). He did capatalize on the 'Hollywood' factor - elabourated the grusomeness of her murder, which I thought was far more tasteful (if you will) in the book.
Overall, 6.5/10.
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I am very much with you on this one. The movie was a letdown, despite Stanley Tucci's incredible performance (I love him in pretty much every movie, but after seeing The Lovely Bones I am a little creeped out by him, I have to admit)Fran wrote:I thought the book was excellent but the movie left me cold. What on earth were they at sticking Tellytubby land into the middle of it .... it made it into nonsense in my view. But I must admit Mr Harvey was one scary guy.
The book however was a different story. I read it just before the movie came out, and did the classic book-movie comparison (has the movie ever won in these?); I really enjoyed most of the characters in the book, they were developing literally through the last pages and I thought the author did an amazing job of making them real and not one-dimensional. I agree that the sister was probably my favorite character too-- she was so interesting to follow, to see how she grows up from a little girl with braces to a young woman.
Probably the one thing I didn't like as much was how much the book dragged after the murderer's escape-- it almost felt like an entirely different book, somehow disconnected, with different characters even.
The ending was half satisfying, half completely not so. It felt too convenient for Susie to get her wish to be with her teen-crush. At the same time however, I liked how Sebold did not allow for Mr. Harvey to be caught, she had him die at Susie's hand - at least this was my interpretation of it, did anyone else think this is what happened? It felt like a more justified ending than it would have been otherwise, if they had caught him and then had to go through a trial, details of the murder, etc., which would have made the healing process for the Salmon family much, much harder.
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I know that Peter Jackson seemed to get a lot of criticism for leaving out the rape of Susie and not showing her death on screen, but I for one think he made a good choice. His reasons were all valid. I remember all the critics were bashing the film, but when I finally had the chance to see the film I honestly disagree with them. I liked it.
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