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Net Movie Downloads – The Lovely Bones Movie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:48:09 +0000

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By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:55:23 +0000

I’ve had this book for over a year, and still haven’t read it. Something about the intensity- every time I pick it up, I hold it, then lay it aside again. Haven’t even read the first page. Maybe I’ll keep waiting.

By: John C.

John C. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:52:20 +0000

I hated the sex stuff at the end of the book. It was like another, inferior book interrupted this really good one. I remember scratching my head and wondering what the author was possibly thinking.

I may see this when it comes to the dollar movie.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:48 +0000

I don’t remember the ending as being unsatisfying, I just thought the sex scene was lame. But I realize the story was coming full circle. It starts with a rape.

BTW, the movie leaves out the rape. And never gets very graphic with the murder. But there is another death scene that gets rather graphic.

The author herself is a rape victim. From her wikipedia page:

In an interview conducted by Ann Darby of Publishers Weekly, Sebold said of The Lovely Bones: “I was motivated to write about violence because I believe it’s not unusual. I see it as just a part of life, and I think we get in trouble when we separate people who’ve experienced it from those who haven’t. Though it’s a horrible experience, it’s not as if violence hasn’t affected many of us.”

By: Ahna

Ahna — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:01:45 +0000

Yes, it was the beginning. The detail of the rape/murder told from her perspective was terrifying. I can’t really say why this particular story profoundly disturbed me. I’ve read other accounts without the same level of terror.

The ending was very unsatisfying, but it felt true. Any writer willing to begin a book in such a way can’t end with it all wrapped up in a tidy package.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:41:46 +0000

What was disturbing about it? I’ve had other women tell me the beginning (rape/murder) was a little too disturbing for them, but it didn’t bother me. I tend to like really dark and depressing stuff, though. One of my fave writers is Pat Conroy (The Prince of Tides).

By: Ahna

Ahna — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:46:16 +0000

Uh, that should be “threw it away.”

By: Ahna

Ahna — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:45:36 +0000

I read. A lot. And this book is the single most disturbing thing I have ever read. When I finished it, I actually through it away. In the garbage.

I will not see the movie. Just the title is enough to bring back the nightmares.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:28:14 +0000

I forgot to mention this movie uses one of my all-time fave songs (and my fave cover ever) in a major scene. This Mortal Coil’s cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren.”

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:10:14 +0000

Yeah it seems like the trailer gives away a lot.

I actually get Mark and Don confused. I loved Don in Boomtown. I think that was such an underrated TV show. I want it on DVD now.