Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin

I read Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin about 3 months ago and the story has stayed with me ever since. It's such a poignant and thought-provoking book, that I would recommend everyone to read. It is aimed at the young adult readers, but I'm in my mid-20s and enjoyed every page. This story is essentially about the afterlife and what lies in wait for us after we die. It tells the story of a 15-year-old girl, Liz, who is killed after a car knocks her whilst she is on her bike over and her journey from death and what follows. She finds herself on the SS Nile to ELSEWHERE aka the afterlife. I don't want to write too much about the story, I wouldn't want to take ...  Read the complete review

I'm sure everybody, or at least those of you that like to read, will know the feeling of finishing a book that was so wonderful, you don't know whether to be glad you found it or sad it's over, knowing that nothing else you read for a long, long time is going to come close. This book was so completely one of those books that, despite the fact I only just finished it, is already haunting me and making me think and I know will stick with me for a long time. The interesting thing about the book is that its subject matter has been done several times before, in books which I have also enjoyed. The Lovely Bones. The Five People You Meet in Heaven. The Brief ...  Read the complete review