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I read a lot and always try to finish a book no matter if it is poor or not but this was a struggle. I hated it. It was tedious slush.

Really disappointing that the search for the killer seemed to be secondary to long winded tedious narrative about the murdered girl watching her sister and her school pals have their first kiss, fall in love etc from a heaven that sounded anything but. The bit where she comes down from heaven to occupy her friends body at the end has to be the most cringe worthy and ludicrous thing i have ever read.

The book isnt even especially well written and has some really silly lines in it. " one day I was scanning earth" springs to mind. This was the description of the main character sitting up in heaven scanning the planet like some kind of super hero. I appreciate that this is fantasy but it was still ridiculous and embarrassing to read.I actually felt almost conned after reading it.

A complete waste of several hours of my time and to be avoided unless you like dull overly sentimental twaddle.It is beyond me how so many people can love this book. I only assume they do not read much and have little of quality to compare it to.

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My Mum unually put this book to one side for me after reading it herself, lending it to 2 of her sisters and her best friend. I guess I now know my place on her list! ha ha. As it was SO out of charactor for to advise me on a book she thought I would like, I made the "effort" to show willing and read it. For me reading is something that I do get into from time to time, but I wasn't in that zone.

I just hated the book, I didn't like the way it was written, that I was expected to beleive that a 14yr old would have that use of language, and the way it jumps around all over the place, this had nothing to do with the subject matter or my belief system, far from it. I just found it SO boring, and the twist at the end is just so ridiculas and farsical it pushed it boundaries TOO far.

I wouldn't recommend it, and should people wish to find comfort in loss, then read ANYTHING by Gordon Smith listed on Amazon, you will get something genuine and beautiful, the only way this would keep you warm is by setting fire to it!

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Fantastic book, even better than the film. Unfortunately I saw the film first which made the book a bit long-winded as I was waiting for parts to happen and see how they would pan out - with this in mind I would recommend reading the book first. A great read!

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yeah, pretty good, never a dull moment but the not as blown away as I thought i'd be by it's reputation.

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I haven't seen anyone else's review of this book but this is an odd book to review... So the positives of this book for me is that it is well written and engaging. The story is certainly unsual and intriguing and you'll want to keep reading more.

Having said this, personally I found that I was fairly uncomfortable with the story being told and the narator's perspective on what happened to her. I found it strange that she seemed to not have a huge amount of ill-will aimed at her murderer. I guess that is kind of the point; in the afterlife I suppose we let go of such things.

The pain that the narrator's family goes through however is really tangible and painful.

So this is certainly a good book but it does not make for comfortable reading. But it certainly isn't a book you'll forget soon.