Movie of the week
When I read the blurb for The Lovely Bones, I had no idea how popular it was. Then I bought it and read it and have no idea why it's so popular. The plot is an interesting one. The beginning is very strong and emotional. Yet beyond the beginning and the promising plot is really just bad writing. The dialogue alone is laughable and made me(when I wasn't laughing) cringeing at some of the VERY sappy sentiments. Yes this is an emotional subject matter, but that doesn't excuse lines such as "she seasoned her toast with her tears" GOD! Who wrote this, a 16 year old? This novel reads as though Sebold took a creative writing course and took everything that the hack that taught it told her to write, seriously. If you're interested in how a family copes with the murder of a daughter in a realistic way, I wouldn't say this is the book. But I'm sure it will be a movie! Hopefully the screen writer will be better than Sebold!