Does the dog die?
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Book • 2006 • Drama
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The family dog, Holiday, dies peacefully of natural causes.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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There are some comments made towards the grandmother drinking a lot, but it is never specified or clarified
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Are animals abused?
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Animal abuse/murder is mentioned.
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There is a very graphic pedophilic assault at the beginning of the book that is referred to often.
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Is someone buried alive?
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i mean technically someone was killed whilst underground
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Does someone fall to their death?
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SPOILER at the end of the novel the murderer falls into a ravine and dies, it is unclear if he is killed but the fall or by the impact of the icicle that causes the fall.
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Does a parent die?
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Briefly mentioned
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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No, but a child's hat is used to gag her during her own murder.
Also of note, her father destroys a collection of ships in bottles that they made together.
Also of note, her father destroys a collection of ships in bottles that they made together.
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Are there ghosts?
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Susie is never labelled as a ghost, but after death she does occasionally 'appear' to other characters who are alive
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Is someone possessed?
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Maybe not 'possessed' as such but the spirit of someone enters another's body (implied to be consensual)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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The main character is murdered in a small underground bunker, the described feeling of being trapped could be described as claustrophobic.
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The detective mentions that his wife committed suicide (no details given)
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Is there hate speech?
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A teacher scolds a student for drawing naked images of other women (the implication being the teacher is homophobic).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Bittersweet. SPOILER The novel ends with the narrator managing to move on in the afterlife, and she seems to get revenge on her murderer. At the end of the day it is still a novel about a young girl being murdered so no part of the novel can really be described as happy.
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