The+Lovely+Bones-+Emily+Hebble

The novel The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is a tragic story about a 14 year old girl who was murdered by a neighbor. Susie Salmon was on her way home from school when day, and she took a shortcut through a cornfield in her back yard when she saw her Mr. Harvey, her neighbor whom she had never really met before. Mr. Harvey offered Susie to come down into an underground fort that he had built "for the kids." Susie agreed with hesitation but went down, and when trying to get out was murdered. Mr. Harvey does a good job of hiding his tracks, but Susie's father and sister, Lindsey, had a strange feeling that Mr. Harvey had something to do with their loss. Lindsey finally decides to break into Mr. Harvey's house in attempt to find something that could be evidence.

Susie Salmon- played by Saoirse Ronan, I think this part was casted well, Susie was supposed to be a shy 14 year old girl. Saoirse Ronan played Susie well, and fit the description that I pictured her being in the book. Mr. Harvey- was played by Stanley Tucci, I think this Mr. Harvey was especially well cast, even though reading the book or watching the book you do not want to like his character because he is a murderer, I think Stanley Tucci played the part perfectly. Jack Salmon (Dad)- played by Mark Wahlberg, I think this part was cast well, but the dad was not as much how I pictured him in the book as other characters were, I pictured the dad being more upset, and helpless. Abigail Salmon (mom)- played by Rachel Weisz, I think this part was well played, the mom's looked was not exactly how i pictured, but Rachel Weisz played the personality that i Pictured exactly.
 * Casting**

There were many scenes that were cut, added, reordered, or lost importance when the book was made into a movie.
 * Cutting, Adding, Re-sequencing**