"The Lovely Bones" is one of the three novels of Alice Sebold. I ran into it quite by accident, because I needed a book on a long car journey. When I saw the cover I didn't know what to expect of this book.

The narrator is Susie Salmon , who as a teenager was killed and hurt by her neighbour - Mr. Harvey. After her death, she goes to heaven and looks at her loved ones from there. She decides that she must help them to capture her murderer to ease their grief and anger. Unfortunately, she does not expected that her screams and indications are not being heard. She needs to look how her father gets into a friendly chat with Harvey, not even suspecting his psychopathic tendencies. She realizes that her parents are moving away from each other. Mother wants to forget about Susie's death and move on. She has enough of all suspicions of anyone who somehow captured the interest of their behavior. She wants to reconcile with the fact that her daughter had died. Because of that she meets with incomprehension on the part of family members who constantly mention the dead. For this reason, she withdraws into herself and live according to her own rules. She cuts off from loved ones and something begins to connect her with the officer leading the investigation.

Observing the life of her sister turns out to be equally difficult for Susie because her sister probably experienced Susie's death the most.

Sebold's novel contains a lot of problems. W meet here with alcoholism, love of abuse of young girls, problems with self-confidence, and definitely poorly developed family ties. In addition, there is a constant struggle of justice and impunity. In this case, the victory of justice is very spectacular. A great advantage of the book is that it shows different ways of coping with grief after the loss of a loved one. With such novels we can imagine life in a similar situation and those people who in these moments are isolated and deserted by the majority of people.

In assessing this book I have to ask myself if I can do it objectively. All in all it is a very difficult task. Each person has a different attitude toward the subject of death. Some people live a moment and they do not think about what they will meet on the other side. There are others who constantly think of death. Never before reading this book have I thought about it.Now it has changed. I was fascinated by the idea, according to which in heaven we will be able to fulfill our dreams. Another issue is whether I would manage to accept the fact that one day my child will be harmed and taken away by some degenerate. I'm sure I wouldn't! Therefore, I do not understand the behaviour of Susie's mother.

The ending of "The lovely bones" is very simple. It disappointed me a bit because I'm still curious if Susie has found inner peace and come to terms with the fact that it will take many years before meeting up with her loved ones. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to read “ The Lovely Bones ". Books like that give a lot to think about and stay in our minds for many months or even years.