The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones is one of those books that does better in audiobook format than I think it would do on paper.  The mystery aspect keeps the listener's attention and there are several clever & creative aspects from the beginning that draw you in (that the principal character is talking from after her death is the main one). 

Like other Sebold I have read, the structure doesn't hold up well, and the book turns sappy & predictable for the last half.