The Lovely Bones: Free Response: E.C.

In The Lovely Bones, there were so many emotions going on inside me that it was hard to decipher what I felt about the book. When Susie was in the hole with Mr. Harvey and her parents were looking for her, I felt panicked that they would not find her, even though I already knew she was going to die. I wanted her parents to find out who killed her or find her body or something. Yes, they found her books and her bracelet, but that is not evidence enough to say that the neighbor murdered her.

Another scene that really hit home was when her mom started acting different and then just left. Psychologically, that was a punch in the face. To “watch” her mother leave her family when they needed her most, and that she did not even seem to care that her daughter was dead, was heartbreaking. I actually got teary-eyed when this happened and she started sleeping with Len. When she came back from California, though, to see her husband in the hospital was heartwarming. It showed that she never really forgot about Susie and that she always loved her family.

The text stirred up many emotions in me because from one chapter to the next, no, one page to the next, there was a different emotion going on. So many people were feeling such different things that it was hard to know when to feel happy or sad. I got teary-eyed through happy parts and laughed off the tears through sad sections. In the end, it was happy though and I was very satisfied with this book.