The Lovely Bones is tragically beautiful and will have you in absolute floods of tears as well as experiencing so many other emotions. Personally I think this book will be considered a classic in decades to come and for me it will always hold such a special place in my heart. This was a re-read for me and I first read it over 10 years ago and reading it again it made me re-experience everything like it was the very first time. When I first read this book my Dad had not long passed away and I found Sebold's depiction of heaven to be so comforting and beautifully written. Also, she takes you on such a powerful journey of the ups and downs of grief and shows how it spans a life time and is never truly over. Re-reading this did cause to me to pick up on some things that I missed when I was younger such as the racial discrimination by the police shown towards the Singh family during the investigation and as this book is set in the 70's I really believe that Sebold wrote this so well so that it had a sense of authenticity but I'll let you read all that yourself. Overall I will never stop recommending this book for people to read, I love it. And I know that sounds strange considering the tragic and graphic rape and murder scene but when you look at this read as a whole it is so tragically beautiful that I don't think anyone couldn't love it. TW: contains rape and murder scene as well as mentions of other murders including children.