Summary
This book gets your attention from the second second. It just grabs your attention in a flash. It's about a girl who got killed by one of her neighbors. She was walking in a corn field some day and Mr. Harvey say her and ending up tricking Susie( the girl that died) into following him and end up being in a room alone with him. He raped her and cut up her body into pieces. So now she is in heaven looking down at her family. Her sister Lindsey, her brother Buckley, and her mom and dad. In the book there was one part where the cops had no clue who was her killer , they did not have any leads. But one day a dog was running to his or her owner and has caring Susie's ARM!!!!! Can you imagine that you see your dog running to you and in his or her mouth you see a human being's arm. I do think Lindsey is making the wrong choices about her sisters death. Like why would you tell your parents to leave you alone all the time and give them attitude and tell them you want to handle all of these things going on by yourself. If I had a chance to talk to Lindsey I would say everyone is in the same boat. So stop acting like your sisters death is mainly hurting you it is hurting everyone the same way. Try to act a little happy around your parents or do something that will get their mind off of the situation.
Quote
" My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was Fourteen when I was murdered on December6, 1973." (Sebold 5)
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When i first read this thought the first sentence was a typical introduction But when it started talking about being murdered. I was like what. That's what I mean in the beginning when I said the book grabs your attention fast. Because that sentence was like a bomb thrown at you. It just came out of the blue. But I like it, it makes it seem like the book has more surprises to come. And more surprises did actually happen.
my name "was," so does Susie see herself as someone different now that she's in heaven?
ReplyDeleteIt is more like as time was passing by after Susie's death she is known as the girl that died by most people or the dead girl. Also this also affects Lindesy because Lindesy wants to be known for who she is and when some people look at Lindesy they know her as that dead girls sister. So the fact that people is refering to Susie as the dead girl is affecting both Susie and her sister. Most likely also affectig her family in general as well.
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