View all 3 comments. May 18, Eshusdaughter rated it it was ok Shelves: read-in , young-adult , fantasy. 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 little an What is the story? Instead she enumerates on her world a little and that is about it. Lizzy is not a likeable character and comes across as a whiny brat that is so self involved.
And YET almost everyone still loves her and heck falls in love with her. Lizzy is the worst kind of Mary-sue, petulant and self-involved, the center of the world and all around amazing OMG wonderful gee I'll put up with her crap cause she's so awesome gal. The writing was clunky and description lacking in luster. I can find nothing to recommend this book other than to say it was a cool idea to start with. View all 8 comments. Mar 21, Ashley rated it it was amazing Shelves: 9th-grade.
Well you just spring by his gallery and see his new paintings. Maybe you can say hey to Marilyn Monroe at her psychiatric center. The curious adventurous Liz Hall is just fifteen-years-old girl! How messed up is that? Gabrelle Zevin leaves you hanging wanting you to read more and more until you finish the book satisfied.
I loved Elsewhere it kept me guessing, I could relate to Liz Hall so much, except for the whole death part, of course. Sep 04, Jenny Baker rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult , fantasy , It almost seemed like it was mocking life after death.
I seriously doubt dead people eat, sleep, or have dog allergies. Aging backwards was interesting though. Apr 23, Susan's Reviews rated it it was amazing.
This one broke my heart, it was so sad, but so beautifully written! So, please bear with me. 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. You see the picture. Many people on Earth spend their whole lives dead. Needless to say, Elsewhere focus on life after death and grief. The living her family and friends grieve her death while Liz grieves the life that has been taken from her.
She has to learn to leave again in this new place and to appreciate her new life. Sometimes they're a little bit good and a whole lot bad. And sometimes, they're mostly good with a dash of bad. And most of us, well, we fall in the middle somewhere. Even though I know that Liz is going through the five stages of grief I can't help but get annoyed by her. Let just say, most of the characters are childlike with the great wisdom. I think the purpose of that is to make the story more relatable to kids.
It's the quality, not the length. I wished I had found this book and read it at the right age though. John Lennon is a gardener in Elsewhere. Oct 22, Scott Hitchcock rated it really liked it Shelves: ya-fantasy , spiritual. Story of an alternate afterlife as experience from the point of view of a 16 year old girl. Although certain aspects of the story I could poke holes in for inconsistencies overall it was very good.
As a parent it's probably different than a teen reading it. Eh, this was just OK for me. I've read 5 other books of hers that I really loved, but this one was unremarkable. Feb 14, April Cooper rated it it was amazing Shelves: my-books. I love creative renditions of the afterlife, and seeing into the writer's imagination. This was a very whimsical, fascinating take on death and life - I loved the image of the tree: that life and death are like the roots and branches of a tree - neither can see the other, but they are both alive and connected.
I loved the message that life after death is still real life, and that things move on, you keep growing, working and building relationships. The characters were great, especially Awesome. The characters were great, especially the dogs - I laughed out loud at the things that they said - so perfect! The main character was a very believable 15 year old girl, and the supporting characters had depth to the point that I felt I knew them.
There were a few things I didn't understand - some of the water scenes were a little hard to visualize: the river inside the ocean, the well, and the contact through the pipes was a little too odd. What happens to truly bad people? I didn't think the issue of the size of elsewhere was resolved - it seemed way too small, unorganized, and culture specific to be able to receive all the dead from around the world.
And lastly,the idea of perpetual reincarnation drives me crazy! So aside from those things, and because it's a fictional, fun, "what if" scenario, I loved it.
View 1 comment. Jul 14, Scott rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult-books , summer-reading , older-teens. What is there to say about Elsewhere? Give me a second and I'll come up with it. Oh, it has a promising premise.
It is at times heartbreaking and funny. Mostly it is disappointing. I'd heard good things about this book from another blog I read constantly, it was a YA book, and I couldn't wait to read it. The prologue is amazing, a funny, little dog running around trying to deal with her owners death.
Hilarious and strangely touching. And then it switches to Lizzy, the main character of the book, What is there to say about Elsewhere?
And then it switches to Lizzy, the main character of the book, a year-old girl who has recently died after a bicycle accident.
In Elsewhere, a form of Heaven, where the dead age backwards and everything is perfect. Of course, dying at 15 Lizzy missed everything, like turning She doesn't want to age backwards. This is an interesting concept and at times very insightful. Unfortunately, Lizzy whines a lot about never getting to grow up and the novel is more annoying than introspective.
It also delves into a snorefest of a love story. There is a lot to like about this book though. Mainly the supporting characters, especially the animals and Lizzy's grandmother, Betty. Dec 26, Mark Porton rated it liked it Shelves: young-adult. Fikry but more so because this book fits into the Young Adult genre.
Weird right? The fact it is a Young Adult Fiction book gave this story a degree of lightness. Even though the themes are quite serious and heavy it was an effortless read — but I did spend some considerable time thinking about the themes in this book after each sitting. As with A. I also loved the fact dogs played such a key role in this book. Overall, a pleasant story, well written and totally enjoyable. A re-read for me, just as good as the countless times before.
Will always be on of my faves. The synopsis on both Goodreads AND the back of the book itself just doesn't do it justice. I would very much recommend this to anyone, and suggest you give it a chance!!!!
What I liked: I've read it more times than I can count, and each time I get something new. It's so moving and bittersweet and wonderful - I sob through the whole book each time I reread. Literally sob, even when it's not sad. Each time I finish this book I think about it for the next couple of days, at least. Not so much: Nothing. There's nothing. It's wonderful. I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way.
Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you. Liz is dead. She was hit by a car and died. Now she's in elsewhere, a place where she grows younger not older, till she is young enough to be sent back to earth and reborn.
But Liz is only 15 years old, and it took her 'so long' to get there. She doesn't want to bac I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. She doesn't want to back. Her life is over, and she spirals into depression. What is the point in having a job, a family, falling in love, when everything ends and she must begin life on earth all over again?
Very interesting and kinda different. Fun and yet sad at the same time. I feel the best thing I can take from this is too make the best out of what you have instead of dwelling on things you can't change. To always look forward, even if you feel like you are going backwards. It's well worth the read. I recommend it. Aug 07, Jennie rated it really liked it Shelves: nonrequired-work-reading. But then she starts to remember being hit by a car as she rode her bike to the mall and eventually is brought up to the observation deck to watch her own funeral.
The boat eventually lands in Elsewhere, where dead people get a day younger every day until they are taken down the river back to Earth to be reborn. But she eventually finds her avocation counseling dogs who have just arrived to Elsewhere and starts to make friends. But death it seems, is just as complicated as life. Is there a way to go back? Search WorldCat Find items in libraries near you. Advanced Search Find a Library. Your list has reached the maximum number of items. Please create a new list with a new name; move some items to a new or existing list; or delete some items.
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Your rating has been recorded. Need to talk to someone about your problems? 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 graduate from high school and go to college. And it is not going well.
How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one?
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