Book Review on "Elsewhere" by Gabrielle Zevin

Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin, is about the afterlife and the life death of a teenaged girl.
Liz is only 15 when she tragically passes away in a hit and run accident. At first she cant quite believe what has happened and attempts to contact the living, but as she spends more time in Elsewhere she makes friends and accepts her death.
Elsewhere you see, is just like earth, but the complete opposite at the same time. As complicated as hat sounds it is actually fairly simple. Once people die they awake on a Cruise, which takes them to Elsewhere. Once they arrive they are greeted by deceased relatives or friends and continue life as normal, but now they age backwards, they get younger. Once people reach a week old they are sent back down the river to earth and are born again.

This story starts off a bit slow but as it goes on it becomes impossible to put down with a couple of tear jerking moments and other parts which make you go “awww” no matter how hard you try not to. By the end you’ll want to read it over and over again.
It is written with a fairly simple vocabulary but the plot in itself is a little complicated so I would recommend it for anyone over the age of twelve, it is a must read and even if you don’t like it you have to admit it is a well written, gripping book.
Personally I would rate it seven out of ten (you have to keep in mind I mark quite low) and the only reason for that is that the story starts off a bit slow and I got a it bored, but once I got in to it I found I couldn’t put it down.