The novel is told from various points of view flashing back to their childhood in the 30s to 1990 with the murder in question. Through this, the reader grasps a better understanding for the boys, leading to what could have been the motive and that Audie and Creed were victims themselves. I have mixed feelings […]
A tinker is a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc. Therefore, Tinkers is a very fitting title for this Pulitzer Prize Winning novel as every character is somehow wounded with their past and in some respects is far beyond mending. George Washington Crosby, a lover of the workings of clocks lies dying and reflects upon […]
First Impressions I actually read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold several years ago. At first, I was very hesitant because of the subject matter. Do I really want to read about a 14-year-old getting raped and murdered? I was only a few years older than Susie at the time. I ended up loving it. […]