This book came highly recommended by Aunt Becky, and when I saw it in the library here, I figured why not. Aunt Becky said it was about a young teen girl who was murdered and kinda sticks around, watching her family and noting the progress made on her case. Intriguing. The sort of blunt, matter of fact manner in which the main character, Susie, tells the story seems to juxtapose the emotion-laden essence of the story. Her death is very shortly described, mundane, almost though in her killer’s case, the act IS mundane to him; he’s done it several times before.
It’s an interesting concept, the description of heaven or whatever they call it is one that modifies with personality and desire – her heaven resembled a place with a senior high school with a good sports field, and a maternal figure. The maternal figure’s heaven was one that she got to help people. Her surviving family didn’t really triumph nor break apart, though leaned towards both ends at times. I hear it’s being made into a movie. It was worth reading; a little creepy, but worth it.
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