Book Review #2

              The novel "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold is mostly about how this girl named Susie was raped and murdered by her neighbor, while the police are still trying to figure out who killed her. She's having trouble settling in Heaven when she's not with her family, and whats really bothering her is nobody knows who and how she died. She wants to demonstrate for her family who killed her and give them evidence. She knows the police are having the wrong implications and isn't suspecting the right person. Susie has many genius qualities that helps her through her situation. For example, one of the genius qualities she has is wonder. On page 10, it states " ... and it was warm, and I wanted to know how he had built it, what the mechanics of the thing were and where'd he learned to do something like that."To the police or her parents, her murderer is identifiable. This shows how she was wondering things about him. In the beginning, she was wondering alone in the afternoon, when her neighbor invited her into his home, so she was a bit creeped out but was still wondering why. This is also curiosity which is another genius quality she has. Susie's always curious of what her neighbor wanted with her and how life is without her while she's in heaven.  Susie's actions, thoughts, and dialogue helps her genius qualities because it shows who she is. She had insights of what earth with her family was like without her. Another genius quality she has is playfulness. Susie plays with other girls in heaven trying to settle in like I mentioned a while ago, and also when she was alive, she played with little sister. On page 32, it states "Make her laugh..". This shows how how she played around. Susie knew it was her objective to help her family and the police to figure out how she died and who murdered her.