Elsewhere

Elsewhere


By: Gabrielle Zevin
Reviewed by: Lynna, 16
Rating: It was amazing!


Elsewhere is probably the most unique, clever, and original novel I've ever read in my sixteen years. Zevin definitely did a wonderful job writing something that paves a new light in how we can perceive life after death.

Basically, this novel is about an almost-sixteen year old ambitious girl name Liz Hall, who had her goals set and her future all planned out. Before she can live her dreams as a vet, find her love, etc. she dies in a hit-and-run accident. But it doesn't end there, nosiree...

Her soul is lost after she leaves her body. Of course, like to most conscious souls, the out-of-the-body feeling is a little creepy. Liz was confused, scared, and freaking out. But later she soon finds out that Elsewhere is awaiting her and the other recently-dead souls of the world, and this is when the novel gets interesting.

Where time floats backward, dogs can talk, and babies are sent off in rivers to reborn, Elsewhere is truly out of this world. Liz, even though depressed she lived such a short life, meets a new love and her formerly deceased grandmother. And, instead of growing older, everyone in Elsewhere is growing younger, awaiting to become a baby and sent off to a brand new life where they forget their past...

This novel is a must-read! I guess you can say this is like a Benjamin-Button story with more twists, turns, and def lots more of captivating scenes in the world of Elsewhere. If anything, I truly would want this to be made into a movie! Everything about it is purely of creative imagination, but eerily, you'll find yourself making emotional ties with it. It was fantasy, but yet, you feel that you can relate realistically to the things in the story.

This novel definitely gives you things to ponder about, and well... it's a really magical story! I almost found myself in tears by the end of the book, and you will too if you dig yourself deep into this novel like I, and many other readers (I'm sure), has!


Recommended to: Everyone