The Lovely Bones

This was either recommended or I read a review. It seemed, from those recommendations, that it would be the type of book my wife might like. Anyway in my book shops haunts I found a copy for a few dollars and thought I would get it for her. That was last Friday and now on a Sunday I have finished. The only fiction that I tend to read as I approach my old age is the “classics” (whatever they are) so I have surprised my self by actually ripping into this over the weekend.

A few things spring to mind 1) it is an easy read 2) it was not as good as some of the reviews 3) it is certainly not as bad as some of the reviews 4) it made me realise that I am getting on in age.

The easy read is occasionally a good thing for the likes of me considering some of the hefty history I read and enjoy. It cleans the mind I suppose. The gushing raves about the book itself are a bit over board. This is light fantasy in the end and I thought that the author almost lost her way at times. Chapter 22 for example. But it is not the poorly written book that others elsewhere have accused it of being. There are at times thought provoking prose and ideas that had and still have me thinking. And yeah it made me realise I am a late 50's male who likes history and in truth will never be part of the world that this book will appeal to and that kind of bothers me in an unexplainable way.

I hope my wife likes it.