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Fix This Ending: The Lovely Bones

Dec 15, 2010 16:02

I'm not in such a creative mood and even if I was, I would have no desire to write this ending myself. The Lovely Bones ending was so gratutitous and so out of nowhere than a page with a troll face captioned "and then Susie woke up in her bed and it was all just a dream" would have been less jarring.

( Cut due to spoilers and some talk of sexual activity and rape )

lets fix this ending!, theme days, kill it with fire, author last names m-s, sex scene failure

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leaf_kunoichi December 16 2010, 00:59:29 UTC

I worked in a bookstore when it came out. It was one of the books that our general manager wanted us to read so we could sell it. After reading it I could not believe the people that would gush over the book. All I could think of was the horrid ending.

spera December 16 2010, 01:05:09 UTC

Loved the concept; wasn't a fan of the execution. Then I got to the end and couldn't believe I'd wasted so much time reading the book.

Zombies would have been awesome.

ryl December 16 2010, 01:18:35 UTC

I wanted to punch this book when I finished it. If it hadn't been a library book, it would have gotten the Ladies of Missalonghi treatment where I put it under the back tire of my car and drive over it every day.

ladyruby07 December 16 2010, 02:07:55 UTC

To be fair: I liked The Lovely Bones and while I did heartily *headdesk* at those particular chapters, the ending of the book itself I found to be much more realistic and I'm glad they DIDN'T do the Lifetime Movie on it.

Those 2-4 chapters themselves (and that's about all it was, plus the chapters were short) could simply be deleted and the book would have moved on just fine.

pnkngrnd3 December 17 2010, 00:58:53 UTC

I completely agree with this. That was one scene I thought the book would have been much stronger without, but it didn't kill my overall enjoyment of the book.

bluemooned December 16 2010, 04:18:10 UTC

I liked this book quite a bit...except for this part. I really just was sitting there like wait. What? What just happened? I never fully understood her latching onto Ruth and Ray anyway (I know she thought she loved Ray, and Ruth was the last person she touched, but it was weird regardless), and the whole thing just. WHAT. it was so random and nearly ruined an otherwise extremely likable book.

ps. you should read her memoir Lucky, though.