Characters Changing

Main characters can change over the course of a novel and this book is a prime example of that.  

Pain and going through something traumatic changes people a lot. I am not a mother but I know there would be nothing more painful or traumatizing then knowing my child was abducted, raped and then murdered. Abigail Salmon was a great mother and a loving wife. Once everything happened with Susie, she left. She said herself that she couldn’t have ever left her family behind like that before but that she needed to heal.

Lindsey Salmon is another example. Losing an older sister would hurt more than imaginable. Lindsey was a runner and a straight a student. After the death of her sister she found herself breaking into houses, skipping class and run meetings.

The main character, and who’s point of view that the book is told from was Susie Salmon. For obvious reasons Susie changed the most. She was your normal 14-year-old. Crushing on a boy, trying to do well in school, etc. Then, she was murdered. As she continued to tell the story from her point of view, she was watching everyone from Heaven. She changed because she would never be the same again. Even if she did live she went through something traumatic that would change anyone.