Thoughts on Sebold's The Lovely Bones

I recently finished reading Alice Sebold's novel The Lovely Bones. While I think it was incredibly well-written and engaging, I did have some problems with it. Primarily, I took issue with Susie (the protagonist)  briefly inhabiting the body of one of her classmates in order to have sexual intercourse repeatedly with her old crush. I understand conceptually why Ms. Sebold elected to not have Susie go running to her family to tell them where here murderer was or where to find her grave. I understand that the author wanted the family to find closure and healing on their own. I understand that Susie no longer needed closure through capturing Mr. Harvey (the murderer). What did not ring true was her overpowering need to have sex with Ray Singh (former crush). There was nothing during the course of the novel that made me feel that this was a deep longing of Susie's. Certainly, she longed to have grown up and longed to have been able to have a relationship with Ray, but so much of the novel…