Nice idea, boring book

Alice Sebold writes about a girl who is brutally raped and murdered and watches over her family from Heaven. In
itself a nice idea, but the story just moves along without creating any suspence. I got irritated with the writer,
Because the book was just written to create effect, to play on emotions from readers, Because the young girl
tells her story about being raped and murdered. Of course That gets our sympathy, but in too many instances it gets pathetic. Pity though, I liked the idea. I read it what turned into a movie by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings)
but that got bad reviews as well.