Title: Trite and cliched
Product review: Unless you're a sentimental middle-aged housewife, don't believe the hype.This book is trite and completely ordinary. The voice is tired, the characters are cliched, the plot sags, and the aftertaste is that of water. I persevered past page 70 -- indeed, I finished the book out of sheer will, trying to see what in the world was so remarkable and moving about it. But it remained utterly bland and uncompelling. (The mom is sad. The dad is sad. The sister is sad. The murderer is bad and sad. Things Fall Apart.) No creativity AT ALL was involved in the writing of this book. So Susie narrates from heaven with courage and acuity? Big deal. Where's the spark? The resonance? The complex, three-dimensional characters? All I see is a contrived, sappy attempt at poignancy.But sheep would fawn over this book. And they have. It sure does "pull" "at" "the" "heartstrings."
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