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Elsewhere
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It’s hard for me to write a review about Elsewhere without any spoil or philosophy of life. So, please bear with me.
Liz is only 15 when she dies (she's a hit and run victim). She wakes up on the S.S. Nile on the way to Elsewhere which is the place everyone goes after their death. Forget about white light, tunnel. Everyone in Elsewhere ages backward and becomes a baby, and then they are sent back to Earth. For Liz, it's the worst because she will never go to college, get married, get big boob, live on her own, fall in love, get driver’s license, or anything. You see the picture.
The concept and the world which Gabrielle Zevin's created is pretty unique and somewhat beautiful; it's what I like the most. Needless to say, Elsewhere focus on life (after death) and grief. The living (her family and friends) grieve her death while Liz grieves the life that has been taken from her. She has to learn to leave again in this new place and to appreciate her new life. However, I’m not a fan of the romance or do I just say love interest. It doesn’t work with me � a 28-year-old man (if I remember it correctly) fall in love with a 15-year-old girl.
The characters are well okay. Even though I know that Liz is going through the five stages of grief ... I can't help but get annoyed by her. Let just say, most of the characters are childlike with the great wisdom. I think the purpose of that is to make the story more relatable to kids.
Elsewhere has a way of teaching you without actually teaching. I wished I had found this book and read it at the right age though.
PS. John Lennon is a gardener in Elsewhere.
“A life is a good story, Liz realizes, even a crazy, backward life like hers.�
Liz is only 15 when she dies (she's a hit and run victim). She wakes up on the S.S. Nile on the way to Elsewhere which is the place everyone goes after their death. Forget about white light, tunnel. Everyone in Elsewhere ages backward and becomes a baby, and then they are sent back to Earth. For Liz, it's the worst because she will never go to college, get married, get big boob, live on her own, fall in love, get driver’s license, or anything. You see the picture.
"Dead is little more than a state of mind. Many people on Earth spend their whole lives dead."
The concept and the world which Gabrielle Zevin's created is pretty unique and somewhat beautiful; it's what I like the most. Needless to say, Elsewhere focus on life (after death) and grief. The living (her family and friends) grieve her death while Liz grieves the life that has been taken from her. She has to learn to leave again in this new place and to appreciate her new life. However, I’m not a fan of the romance or do I just say love interest. It doesn’t work with me � a 28-year-old man (if I remember it correctly) fall in love with a 15-year-old girl.
“People, you'll find, aren't usually all good or all bad. Sometimes they're a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes, they're mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere.�
The characters are well okay. Even though I know that Liz is going through the five stages of grief ... I can't help but get annoyed by her. Let just say, most of the characters are childlike with the great wisdom. I think the purpose of that is to make the story more relatable to kids.
"A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.�
Elsewhere has a way of teaching you without actually teaching. I wished I had found this book and read it at the right age though.
PS. John Lennon is a gardener in Elsewhere.
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Reading Progress
August 11, 2018
– Shelved
August 11, 2018
– Shelved as:
to-read
August 12, 2018
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Started Reading
August 13, 2018
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13.0%
"Finished Part I: I really like it so far ... It’s the book that teach us without teaching us."
August 14, 2018
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43.0%
"Liz grieves the life.
Her family and friends grieve the death.
It's the 5 stages of grief.
Now we passed denial and anger(?)."
Her family and friends grieve the death.
It's the 5 stages of grief.
Now we passed denial and anger(?)."
August 15, 2018
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68.0%
"Love interest between Owen and Liz doesn't work for me. He's 28 and she's 16. Huge age gab.
Age doesn't matter in relationship but that's all I can think of. 😣"
Age doesn't matter in relationship but that's all I can think of. 😣"
August 15, 2018
– Shelved as:
young-adult
August 15, 2018
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Finished Reading
