ELSEWHERE One of the many books that have captured a piece of my mind. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. Just reading the book captures an image that will stay with you- the afterlife. What happens when we die? Where do our souls go? Are we able to come back- from the death? Apparently for Elizabeth who was killed in a hit and run Can’t accept the fact that she is dead. I mean, she doesn’t feel like she’s dead, she sees everything as if its Normal, except when she learns the truth. Heading to elsewhere where she will spend the rest of her afterlife Liz can’t seem to get used to it. How is she supposed to live when she ages backwards? Not being able to turn sixteen and get her license, drive, go to parties, do what sixteen year olds do. Her life is just going back to where it started. There’s no point of trying to enjoy elsewhere because soon she’ll be gone and she’ll become a baby again. In the book Liz gets pretty close to her grandma, a person she couldn’t get to know because she passed away to cancer before she even was born. Being in elsewhere connects them both to a better understanding on life- the afterlife. Liz goes through so much, like trying to go back to earth, falling in love, to becoming a child again. So what does the afterlife will bring? Who knows! There’s not really someone who comes back from the death to guide us. We’ll just have to see and find out.
-Sophia Bracho*
-Sophia Bracho*