Review: Here Lies Bridget - Paige Harbinson
Ever wondered what might happen when you die ? Will you be judged and sent to Heaven or Hell ? How is it that your final destination is decided ?
Review: Here Lies Bridget - Paige Harbinson - January 2011
From the daughter of author Beth Harbinson- think Shoe Addicts Anonymous and Hope in a Jar comes a new teen/ YA Debut novel "Here Lies Bridget" by author Paige Harbinson. Bridget is your normal popular high school girl , the one everyone envies and wants to be , when her teacher Mr Enzho tells off her off for being late again and wanting to blame her stepmother Meredith for her reason of lateness and just because she can't stand Meredith. She makes up the story that her teacher and Meredith are having an affair and soon Mr Enzho's reputation and Meredith's are at large. Ontop of that with boyfriend troubles , frienship and family issues - Bridget decides to take the car for a spin and ends up dead , now in limbo. Bridget has one more thing to do , to decide where her new home will be in heaven or hell, she must return back to Earth and face evrybody who she has ever wronged -which we are about to find out is more than your average enemies and in order to be redeemed , Bridget must complete tasks for these people. Will Bridget recieve a wake-up call when she realises that the people she thought were her friends , didn;t actually like her thant much and is glad that she is gone ? What will happen when she discovers that the people she wronged are actually in fact the ones who gets to decides Bridget's final resting place.
Here Lies Bridget is a bit like The Ghost and the Goth and Beautiful Dead.
I think this sounds like such a fun read! I read a couple of reviews for it earlier this year, and they were all pretty positive. I love the idea of limbo and tasks to complete. I'll have to try it out. Thanks for the recommendation! :)
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