![]() this is when the eyes started to tear and the lips started to tremble: it probably isn't clumsy, but it distracted me from the narrative and once I noticed that distraction it was hard to avoid. My one peeve is the clumsy use of present tense structure. Gabrielle Zevin does a wonderful job with this plot, the characters you meet are well developed and the story made me start crying on public transportation. So, you hardly have time to define yourself and by the time you're 21, you're really nine. you're just starting to feel out who you are and then you die and everything goes in reverse. Now, don't you think that that is a total rip off? I mean, okay. in Elsewhere you age backwards until you're a baby again and then you're returned to Earth. Pete's doorstep, a Quentin Tarantino filmfest.whatever. I think Elsewhere could be whatever your spiritual affiliation wants it to be. Nile (cute, huh?) and it takes her a bit but she finds out she's died and then ends up in Elsewhere. I mean, it's been a good 8 months, and I was still hazy about the plot throughout the whole book, but it's SUCH a good story that I didn't mind kinda knowing the plot. When you get 53 (YES, FIFTY THREE) pages into a book and realize that you've read it before. Nile (cute, huh?) and it takes her a bit but she finds out she's died and then ends up in You know what sucks? You know what doesn't suck? You really like said book. You know what sucks? When you get 53 (YES, FIFTY THREE) pages into a book and realize that you've read it before. This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.more How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? And now that she's dead, Liz is being forced to live a life she doesn't want with a grandmother she has only just met. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice.Įlsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has Welcome to Elsewhere. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice. ![]()
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