The highly-anticipated Peter Jackson flim The Lovely Bones hits theaters today.
I read the book when it first gained popularity in 2002.
I did not like it.
I thought it was boring and bland. I couldn’t understand what the big fuss was all about.
Now, I can’t even recall how the book ends.
Did you like The Lovely Bones? Do you think I should re-read it and give it another chance?
Disgruntled Julie
I really, really disliked the book. Once I get to a certain point in the book I feel the need to finish, but this one was extremely painful to get through. My college roommate, however, LOVED it. I guess there are a lot of people out there like her if they converted it to a movie… but I will not be reading the book again, and I have no interest in seeing the movie!
Stacy Marie
I hated the book, the worst part was when the murdered girl inhabits someone else’s body to have sex with her childhood sweetheart. I mean, really? That’s when I knew the book was a lost cause!
Stephanie
I haven’t actually read that one, but Alice Sebold also wrote "Lucky". My Dad read it, recommended it to me, and I have since read it, and decided that it is the worst book ever. I wish I could more eloquently phrase that, but I hated the horrible feeling that I got from that book. So, I really had no reason to be interest in the Lovely Bones… and the preview looked kind of scary. I’m a little bit of a chicken.
Moll
I enjoyed The Lovely Bones, but it’s definitely not for everyone. People who didn’t like it told me they much preferred her memoir (Lucky), which I couldn’t stand… As for the movie, I was looking forward to it until I started seeing how Jackson handled it.
Megan
I remember liking The Lovely Bones but the sex part was weird. I just read The Almost Moon and that was very depressing and definitely gave you a horrible feeling reading it. I feel bad getting rid of it because it was a Christmas gift but it was just bad.
Sweetchic Events
I also read the book when it came out and did not see what all the hype was about! No interest in seeing the movie…
Donna
I did not enjoy this book – I’m currently reading another book from the same author and it’s not as disturbing but still a very dark book.
Geek in Heels
I think it’s funny that so many people refer to this book being too dark for them, because I didn’t think so at all! Like stated in my post I thought it was just boring boring BORING! Maybe it’s because of all the dark, disturbing, and morbid books in my library? 😛
Nonetheless, I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who didn’t like the book…most of my real-life friends love it!
Ashley
I love the book. I’ve read it countless times. I pick it up just to look at it, read the first sentence, and then before I know it I’ve read the whole thing. I also enjoyed Lucky, but that book was written more as a cathartic experience than as a work of literature, so it’s very different (and intense). Stay far, far, far away from Almost Moon. It is horrid.
Maybe you should give it another chance?
MrsJBT
I loved the book…what, five or six years ago? The trailers for the movie totally creep me out. Honestly, I’m not sure that I would still love the book today.
Kit
My mom read the book, and from the sounds of it- I won’t be reading the book. I refuse to even watch the movie. What’s the point if they don’t even catch the bad guy?
Don’t read it again. Move on to something bigger and better….
FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com
Why don’t you read it and tell us what you thought? 😛 I haven’t read it eitehr
iRene
I would DEFINITELY give it another read. I hear the movie SUCKS. I didn’t like Lucky. Lovely Bones was so much better~!
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emileee
Totally agree with Stacy Marie – Suzie inhabiting another girl’s body to have sex with her bf was soooo disturbing. WTF? I can’t figure why the book was so popular.
Sona
I reread the book yesterday after reading your post (I couldn’t remember how it ended either; the first time I read it was 2003-ish I believe and I was a freshman in high school!). So, with your comments in mind, I started it again…and I have to agree that it was rather bland. However, while reading it, I kind of had the notion that it was intentionally bland– the perspective of the main character coupled with the horrific premise of the book calls for either gruesome writing or a detached, almost nonchalant style. If you really want to, you could reread it and approach it like that and it may make it slightly more bearable, but it’s still not a good book. The idea behind the novel is a good one, but the book itself is not up to standard. Lucky and Almost Moon aren’t worth reading either– I read Lucky prior to Lovely Bones so now that I’m older, I should maybe give it another chance, but Almost Moon is just weird and depressing.