Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Lovely Bones is based in a small town near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1973 to 1981, a fourteen year old girl watches life on Earth from high above in Heaven. She sees the world beneath her in many moods; depressing, yet in a humorous way to deal with what happened. She feels the pain her family goes through for eight years of trying to find and catch the murderer and bring them to justice. The painful part is, Susie, the victim, sees where the murderer is and she can't tell her loved ones who are thirsty for revenge and closure.
Eventually, life goes on and the Salmon family find out that Susie's dead and everyone , even Susie, accepts and moves on.
This novel has a lot of different emotions; suspense, depression, and even anger, especially towards the murderer of Susie. The book is very touching emotionally and very intense. The way that Sebold writes is very passionate, yet humorous and there is a sense of realness in each of the characters and they each have different personalities. The chapters aren't too long or too short and it flows along with perfection and deep thought and understanding. - by AH.