Lovely Bones Reveiw

Lovely Bones
By: Alice Sebold
Review By: Gabriella Parker

Do you like to read about murder? Do like your book to give you the answers? In 1973, Susie Salmon-yes like the fish- was a young girl that had something devastating happen to her. All of her family and most of her friends go through a big crisis. The book was both interesting and disturbing at the same time. If you don't like certain things in details; you will not enjoy this book at all. This book consists of many different characters. These characters all have a special purpose in the investigation, in which they are needed for what had happened to Susie Salmon. This book often made me wonder about, is that this could actually happen to me. The character I like the most was Ruth. She has a very distinct personality. The character I most despised was Len (the cop). He didn’t even try to do his part in the investigation. Unless you pay attention to the words that you are reading you won’t get the book. Almost all of the characters are important. If you enjoyed reading this book; then I would recommend reading other books written by Alice Sebold. Most of the book was disturbing but none of it really bothered me to an extent that I had to stop reading it. I would really like it if they made a sequel to this book. I would recommend people from the age of fourteen and up would be the best suited for this book. I would definitely recommend this to people who don’t get disturbed by hearing such great detail that the author put into this book. The book had many different offerings such as life lessons on what not to do and what not to teach your children. It also taught you when and how to make the right choice on serious decisions. In many different parts of the book it is confusing but after reading a couple sentences after what was confusing or talking to someone else who read it, it then gets easier.

The Reunion

Ten years have past and all of the biguns were just getting out of college. Except for Jack and Roger they were just getting out of jail. As for the littluns, they were either just getting into college or finishing high school. One day, as they were all around town, they all accidentally ran into each other. The littluns and biguns all said that they had missed one another. Jack and Roger then came and Jack started to talk about his time in jail. The boys got scared and they all started to run except for Ralph. He stayed, and Ralph had started to believe that Jack was a good person.
“Hey wait I have something to tell you guys,” said Jack.
“I surely bet that they don’t want to talk to you and I after what we did,” said
Roger.
“No, no, I want to listen to what you have to say,” replied Ralph.
Then Jack started to explain what had happened to them and what happened at the trial. After jack explained about the trial the three boys started to walk to the park. They then came to a couple of swings. They all sat down and started to talk about what happened in the jail cell. Jack started talking about the people who were in his jail cell.
“I was beat up, bullied, pushed, and called very awful names,” said Jack.
“Sounds terrible I am so sorry. But you must have deserved it,” said Ralph.
“Well what happened was I got there and everyone was so nice to me and then the police officers started to be mean and then the other people were too. After a while I got stronger and I started to push back. That didn’t work out so well. They just started to push harder and I was getting bigger and bigger bruises. But the police didn’t care; they thought I was doing it to myself. So then I was put into a room by myself were no one else could get to me but the police. I was happy kind of about that, but they put this white jacket on me to hold my hands behind my back.”
Then Jack started to look like he was having a day dream about what happened. He started to explain that he went insane when they put him in that room. He said that he wasn’t that sane to begin with. Roger got up and so did Jack and Ralph. Jack asked them to go with him to his house so they did. When they got there, he said that they couldn’t go in with him. He came out and he started to run at Ralph. And Ralph started running away so fast. Jack then threw a spear at Ralph it hit him in the back. Ralph was bleeding at his backside. Roger started yelling as Ralph.
“Help, help my name is Ralph and I can’t fend for myself. Can someone help me,” Roger said mockingly. “Guess what Ralph no one can hear you. You can scream and yell for help all you want but no one can hear you,”
Roger and Jack both started to laugh uncontrollably. They both then stabbed Ralph until he was finally dead. They started to chant, “cut his throat, spill his blood, cut his throat, spill his blood.” “Finally he is dead. I’ve been waiting for so long to do this. I am glad he is gone now lets go find another to kill,” said Jack in a pleasing sense of the term.
They both left and never came back.

ch 11 ch 12 the flowing and the finding

sam'n'eric's blog
ch. 11
When we woke up this morning we herd the conch go off and we got up and we came outside to see what was going on. Ralph and Piggy were out by the rocks and Piggy didn't have his glasses. Piggy started to talk about how we were going to go over to where Jacks tribe was and we were going to get his glasses back. It was like he was delirious from not being able to see. We then left all of us, Ralph, Piggy, and us two. When we got there Ralph and Jack started to get in a fight and they wouldn't stop. Then finally Piggy started to talk about the conch and how he really needed his glasses back. Then Roger went to the top of Castle Rock and he truculently put his full weight on the stick under the bolder. It started to fall and Piggy couldn't see it so he just stood there. Piggy then got hit by the bolder and got pushed all the way to a miniature island. His head was fully cracked and all of his brains came out. Everyone had a faint cessation. At the sight of him dead everyone then realized that the conch was gone. When the conch was still alive it was like a talisman. Everyone and everything in Ralph's tribe stayed good. After Piggy died we were taken to a place and we were beaten and forced to be a part of Jacks tribe.
ch 12

ch9 and ch 10 piggy's loss

piggy's blog
ch9
We should just go to the feast just to see what Jack is up to now. I mean we don't have to like it but we should go to see if you still have any power what so ever. Out of no were Jack decides that it is okay to start chanting and jumping around in circles. Well then Simon comes out and starts to say something about the beast but then everyone except Ralph and I. They all start to kill him with their spears and teeth. Some of the boys with their corpulent body's start to fall on him and hurt. Then when all of us the boys figure out it was Simon we all just gasp and become very scared of what is going to happen next. After it had happened it was like everything fell dark and there was nothing phosphorescence in sight.
ch 10
The next morning after you know what happened to Simon, Jack and some of his hunters all come to our huts and became very barmy. They then took my specs and and ran off. In the middle of taking my specs Ralph and I started to fight each other instead of the Jack and his hunters. After this had happened and everyone was all bloody Ralph and I ran out side to see if they took the conch and they didn't. Ralph and I started a very illuminational conversation about that it was an accident and it was that they were a part of the murder. I personally think that it wasn't our fault we didn't hit him and we didn't kill him in any way shape or form. After all of this was done we decided to get very purged.

ch8 pig heads scare me

Ralph's blog

I am definitely not a coward and I fulfill my duty as the leader and I will always be a leader. I am very demure when I talk about myself in a good sense of the way. Every one might think there is a beast on the mountain it actually just may be something else, but were really not sure. I really cant believe that jack went on and made his own tribe of kids. He would have been better off just saying with us. Now he must have made a taboo against Piggy and I joining his group. But what ever happens I am still leader. I understand that piggy just tries to help but he is just like a prefect and he is so so... I don't know what he is. When went to hunt a pig he Killed a mother pig as she was feeding her babies, and now those babies will die because they will have nothing to nurture them. They paunched the sow until it had no head, and they stuck the head on the stick to leave for the beastie. There we go again Jack had to get all learderish on me and send his tribe over here and steal our stiff just so they can live. If they want to live so bad they should just live in peace with us. The sow's demoniacly saw in the "lord of the flies" foice, explains to simon that he will never escape.

ch. 6, ch. 7

Jack's blog

ch 6

Sam and Eric are so stupid because they fell a sleep watching the fire they should have known better than that. They should have taken turns with sleeping and watching. Man it was funny though when they woke up though because they started flailing all over the place. Then they woke us up and I was so waxy because they were screaming for no reason. I don't even think that there is a beastie anyway. When we had that meeting I thought that wow I get to be the leader without having Ralph along with us to go catch the beastie but no he has to come because he is the leader. Man for a second there when Ralph and I got all the way up to the top of the other mountain and we found a cave. We started to become friends and it became kind of awkward. Then we found a lot of bird guano all over the pink rocks. Mutinously the boys and I walk down the mountain. And of course I got to lead everyone down the mountain and I got to do it. Not the big hot shot leader. But I diffidently said to him thank you.

ch 7

Simon is always helping people and telling them that every thing is okay and every thing is going to be okay. But then Simon sagely said that you will get of this island okay. I truly believe that Ralph was bravado when he hit the boar in the snout with the spear/stick. I got really excited when we reenacted stabbing the boar with this boy name Robert as the boar. Then after that we all got very dun and got tired. When we found what we thought was to be the beastie it seemed very impervious like it could not feel anything not Even sadness or love. Now that there was only three of us we became very windy while we were just talking to each other.

ch 5 meetings are boring but meaningful

Simon's blog
Man this meeting is going to take for ever I really don't want to be here. I want to in my special place in the Forrest. There is still light out and i can see perfectly fine. i should just get up and leave. I would be even more funner than this. Ralph just keeps discursive about what I think is just nothing. I mean I understand that it is kind of ludicrous that no one helps build the huts or watches the signal fire. The littluns should be capable of at least helping a little bit with building the huts. They should also be able to go to the bathroom on the rocks were we designated them to use the restroom. While during the meeting Piggy wanted to tell some great ideas but both Jack and Ralph said jeeringly to Piggy "shut up" and "we don't want your help." All of the littluns were on a log and started rolling they started falling back into the tall grass. I think that Ralph's incantation might just change what everyone is going to do and how they are going to do it. Like maybe everyone will go to the restroom where they are supposed to. And the hunters will watch the fire. The littluns willhelp build the huts. Right after the meeting Jack and his hunters started to stomp of tempestuously while all the other kids sat on the logs in the darkness and very carfully tried to watch them 'stomp' away. Jack is such a mean and crule person especially to Piggy. I know I dont enjoy Piggy that much but I believe that I am not that mean or crule to him.

ch. 3 / ch. 4 the boy who wanted to help

Piggy’s blog
Ch. 3
Jack is such a bad person he should just swim away and never come back. He is so obsessed with trying to kill a pig. I think that it is hard to catch a pig with a lot of tendrils around. They all think that I am just a worthless fatty that can’t do anything. They don’t want me to help build or hunt or even help with the fire. The only thing I am good for is my specs to make the fire start. It’s like I am inscrutable. I just want to show them that I can actually do something really great to help. And now all the huts are falling down and I have a great idea to help them stay up, but know they just don’t care. Every time I try to tell them an idea they all say “shut up.” When I start talking to one of them it sounds like a susurration. Ralph and Jack are having a lot of vicissitudes between who should be doing what but Ralph is the true person who is in charge. The littluns are so rapt with getting something to eat they can’t reach it. They have Simon getting the fruit for them. The littluns have started to get diarrhea from eating so much fruit.
Ch. 4
I think that Jack is now beginning to be belligerence towards the really young kids and their ideas about the very bad beastie. Now that all the others boys are staying out in the sun they are getting very swarthiness because they are past being burnt. Some of the boys used malevolently when they started to kick some younger boys sand castles over. They also started to throw rocks at the littluns but they managed to purposely not hit them. I think that it was gross when Jack and the other boys came back with gouts of blood all over them. When Jack started to taunt me he became very blatant when he just went on and on.

ch2. i an going to be fire king

ralphs blog
Everyone needs to know that when you are holding the conch you are the one talking not anyone else.
While all of us boys were talking at the beach I induced them to make a fire on top of the mountain, because all of the boys including jack and I are errant . The boys and I all began to become capering with great happiness that we were going to have a large fire.
When this shy little boy (with an ugly mark on his face) came up to us and told us the he saw something Snake like and then he said it was beastie like and then he said it was a snake beastie. Piggy was very upset I wasn't at all I just wanted to make that fire.
In order for then to start the fire jack just had to say that they would need a glass of some sort. Jack walked up to piggy and really just had to pinch his glasses right off his very smudged angry looking face.While we were at the top of the mountain and the fire was starting to die down the boys became very officious and started to through lots and lots of old rotten wood onto the fire. I thought that that was pretty gross. When the fire eventually got out of control the shy boy (with the ugly red mark on his face) was down at the bottom of the mountain were the fire had gotten and the boy was never found again.

ch. 1 i am going to be the leader

Jack’s journal
I sat there with my choir for a little while when we herd the first blow and the second blow. On the third blow I felt like we should go check it out. As we walked up to the others boys in our black cloaks(with the hambone frills that I hate so much) I asked who was the man who blew the trumpet. Then I had an effulgent idea when they told me when it was just a shell. I thought that I could take over everyone and be the leader.
I am the precentor of the choir and I should be the leader of everyone else. I got upset because the other boy but my choir voted for Ralph and not me. I believe that I should be leader because I am better at it then Ralph. Ralph is so incredulous that it is hard to believe anything. When we pulled of the cloaks I believe that the other boys had little sniggers.
There was such enormity in the boys that they were ripping f clothes and running into the forest and running into the ocean.
I bet I could handle all the boys and keep them in hand. If I were in charge none of them would be running around being crazy heads like they are now. But since Ralph is in charge if all the boys die or get hurt it will be his fault because he was the one who was in charge not me.
When Ralph, the fat boy, and I figured out that we didn’t have any grownups we all agreed that it would be harder to survive than we thought. The fat boy was one of the reasons that we had to slow down things if I was in charge then I would throw him off the island that we are on.