The Lovely Bones (2009)

A girl watches her family break from the in-between—and tries to pull them back toward life while justice slips out of reach.

Crowd Score: 6.6/10

Who Is It For?

If you can handle heavy subject matter and want an emotionally intense, slightly surreal grief story, The Lovely Bones is built for you. It’s for viewers who like ‘between worlds’ narration, family trauma ripple effects, and a mystery thread that’s more about mourning than puzzle-box twists.

Vibe Match

A Ghost Story meets The Sixth Sense, filtered through Peter Jackson’s surreal afterlife imagery and a true-crime grief spiral.

What People Are Saying

I read the Lovely Bones a decade and change ago. After my dog died two years ago, in my hysterical grief, I scrambled to find my copy of it and read t

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This is a wonderful post! It has been a while since I read it and all I remember is that it was heartbreaking. I think you should send this post to Al

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I read it right after it came out. My local librarian recommended it to me and said no one was reading it (at the library in Seattle, so not a small t

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What you are feeling is what most book lovers feel all the time when they find a book that clicks. The Color Purple speaks to me like The Lovely Bones

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I read the Lovely Bones a decade and change ago. After my dog died two years ago, in my hysterical grief, I scrambled to find my copy of it and read the passage from the book where Susie is reunited in her heaven with Holiday, her dog. Even grief stricken, I distinctly remembered that passage and ne

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