The lovely bones, chapter 1-4

When we started reading The Lovely Bones we knew it would be a pretty sad book. Susie was a normal fourteen year old girl who lived in the united states during the 1970's. She went to school like everybody else. However she would never live to see her fiftenth birthday.
The author starts by throwing us into the story right away. You immediatly get the impression that the book soon will turn and the outcome of the events will be horrible. The genre of the book is drama and reflects how the loss of a child will change a family. Susie, the main character, tells us the story from her own perspective when she is alive but when she dies she is able to see the world from a whole new perspective. From her heaven she can connect and know everything about the people back on earth. That means that Susie is able to see and understand but, sadly, can't connect and help her family while they are struggeling to find her killer. 

We think Susie seems to be a good, joyfull and sweet girl who does not deserve this fate. She is the kind of girl who ought to grow up and have a happy and long life. We feel very sorry for almost everyone, ecpecially her family, in the book who are being touched by her death. Exept for Mr Havery of course.