Title: Don't believe the hype
Product review: Sometimes the public is swept up in the hype of a product that delivers less than it claims to offer. The Lovely Bones is no exception. This novel is purported to be an insightful view of death, what tragedy means for survivors, and how those survivors navigate lives without someone they love; instead, it reads like a fictionalized account of a "Touched by an Angel" episode. The only force propelling this narrative forward was my dim curiosity about what would happen to Susie's killer - hardly the emphasis the author intended, I suspect. Additionally, Susie's experiences in heaven sound not unlike how purgatory is often described. An overly simplistic novel whose runaway success is most likely motivated by its I-Can-Read language and its appeal to sensitive types who watch PAX.
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