Title: I am stunned...
Product review: I am stunned that a) this book found a publisher and b) that someone paid for the film rights. The overly long and tedious story line had me resolving to simply put it down several times but I kept thinking that the next chapter would make it all worthwhile. I was so very sadly mistaken. I can certainly understand how people who have suffered an unbearble loss of a loved one would be drawn to the concepts of heaven on which this plot seems to rely so heavily. However, the concept is not enough to support a storyline overburned with one-dimensional characters. Even when they showed promise, Ms. Sebold lacked the skill to develop them. The ending seemed to me to be a sophomoric attempt to simply tie up the loose ends. I suspect Ms. Sebold received confirmation that some fool was negotiating for film rights. It shouldn't be surprising that a reading publich lacking both teeth & spines should find pablum such as this so easy to swallow.
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