It is so Buffy to be still helping people, even if not in her usual capacity. Not looking for reward or recognition, or even justice, but maybe closure. Lovely.

I don't know why I never reviewed this. Apologies.

Short and sweet, and not a little heart-wrenching. Suffice to say you hit the nail on the head when matching the tone of the book and capturing Len's dry yet compassionate nature. And a wholly plausible situation that Buffy and Susie might have met during her short stint in heaven, which leaves me wondering if - following Sebold's version of Heaven - what Buffy's might have been like.

Enough ramble. I enjoyed this very much, in a bittersweet kind of way.

Haunting and beautiful. :)

Very, very nice. Good job on both Buffy and the detective. But very bitter-sweet, just like the book.

My initial impulse was to show both Susie and Buffy in heaven, perhaps with Susie as Buffy's "case worker". That felt wrong on some level.

A quick read of the Wikipedia entry on the book reminded me of Len. I think he works as a viewpoint character.

Well written piece. Very poignant.

Thanks. Somewhat informed by a disappearance and later revelation of murder of a cousin. Similarities were enough that I don't read Lovely Bones any more.

Very sweet and pretty.