Gabrielle Zevin
Paperback | Pages: 277 pages Rating: 3.91 | 48115 Users | 5152 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Elsewhere |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Elizabeth Marie Hall, Thandiwe Washington, Betty Bloom, Curtis Jest, Aldous Ghent, Olivia Bloom Hall, Lucy, Alvy Hall, Coco, Captain Welles, Florence, Doris, Myrna, Mrs. Early, Reginald Christopher Doral Monmount Harris the Third, Owen Welles, Emily Reilly Welles, Josh, Shelly, Dr. Frederick, Phyllis, Zooey Ann Brandon, Yetta Brown, Rowena Ghent, Sarah Miles, Esther, Arthur Hall, Edward, Dr. Fujiyama, Arnold, Amadou Bonamy, Josey Wu, Sadie, Jen, Paco, Pete, Beneatha, Allie Reilly, Joe, Owen, Dolly, Paul Scott Spencer |
| Literary Awards: | Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee for Honor book (2006), Borders Original Voices Award for YA or Independent Reader (2005), Sakura Medal for High School Book (2007), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Young Adult (2008), Lincoln Award Nominee (2011) Bronzener Lufti (2006), Ulmer Unke (2005) |
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Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick or any older. Curious to see new paintings by Picasso? Swing by one of Elsewhere's museums. Need to talk to someone about your problems? Stop by Marilyn Monroe's psychiatric practice. Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver's license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. 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. And it is not going well. 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? This moving, often funny book about grief, death, and loss will stay with the reader long after the last page is turned.Itemize Regarding Books Elsewhere
| Title | : | Elsewhere |
| Author | : | Gabrielle Zevin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 277 pages |
| Published | : | May 15th 2007 by Square Fish (first published September 9th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction. Romance |
Rating Regarding Books Elsewhere
Ratings: 3.91 From 48115 Users | 5152 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books Elsewhere
What is the story? Elsewhere is an idea spun into a book and then left floundering as the author seeks to fill pages. There is no story here - no cohesive plot that moves the thing forward. The main character, Lizzy, dies at fifteen and is transported to Elsewhere, a land where all people who die go. In Elsewhere you live just like on Earth, only you age backward. Cool concept and idea and there are so many avenues the author could have taken this! Instead she enumerates on her world a littleFirst read in March 2014Reread in July 2016Just as magical, if not more so, as the first time I read it. Probably a novel I will reread every few years or so.
Maybe if I were still thirteen I would think differently, but Elsewhere reads like a Hallmark movie of the week. It's sappy and hopelessly predictable. While Zevin's depiction of the afterlife is kind of creative, it's mostly confounding (turns out death is just as routine and dull as everyday life ... except that dogs talk). Her jokes either fall flat or induce a lengthy groan, but are never really amusing. And while Zevin can occasionally turn a phrase in an interesting way, for the most
Its hard for me to write a review about Elsewhere without any spoil or philosophy of life. So, please bear with me.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
I really enjoyed the premise of the book. However, I didn't like that the writing style was in the present tense through-out the entire book. I thought the characters weren't developed enough and felt very flat to me. Each character had the same manner of speaking and same sense of humor, so they all were basically the same characters but with different names or genders and different backgrounds. But then again, I'm an adult reader and well aware that the book was intended for young-adults. In
A re-read for me, just as good as the countless times before. Will always be on of my faves.
Quality of writing: 3/5Pace: 4/5Plot development: 4/5Characters: 4/5Enjoyability: 5/5Score: 4 Stars out of 5Overview: I dont often read such juvenile books but I remember enjoying this one several years ago and reading it again I am not disappointed. There are some small plot holes with how things work in this reverse aging, afterlife but the story itself is fresh and beautiful. I found myself crying at the end both tears of joy and sadness. Quick, fun read.
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