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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Oh, I really loved this book! When I started it, I thought it'd be just another chicklit, but I was happily surprised!
Although I figured something was off with Rosaleen from the beginning, I didn't expect it to go to that extent and it really made me want to keep on reading.
I liked the diary as well, a bit crazy, but not too much for it to become a dealbreaker! Must read ;)
Although I figured something was off with Rosaleen from the beginning, I didn't expect it to go to that extent and it really made me want to keep on reading.
I liked the diary as well, a bit crazy, but not too much for it to become a dealbreaker! Must read ;)
I gave two stars only cause I realise I have moved on from chic flicks, as sad as that is for me.
I love that Cecelia Ahern wrote P.S. I Love You and was a screenwriter for Samantha Who?, but some of her novels have been hit or miss for me. I read a few reviews for this novel, and they weren't very kind. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Sure, it had a bratty, stuck up teenager as the main character (why I would imagine some readers got turned off), but the story was suspenseful enough and I wanted to know all of the secrets that the aunt and uncle were keeping. There were plenty of interesting characters and the setting was an important part of the story too. So glad I decided to read this novel, despite some of its negative reviews.
This book's over-privileged teenage heroine, beset by family woes, goes to live with odd relatives near a crumbling castle in Ireland. She finds a magical diary that writes itself, revealing her own future.
It's a great premise, but I found the character's radical transformation hard to believe, and the ending was pretty unsatisfying. I wound up wishing the story was told from the perspective of another character -- a mysterious nun who lives on the castle grounds -- rather than the protagonist. Meh.
It's a great premise, but I found the character's radical transformation hard to believe, and the ending was pretty unsatisfying. I wound up wishing the story was told from the perspective of another character -- a mysterious nun who lives on the castle grounds -- rather than the protagonist. Meh.
Tamara Goodwin is a girl who has always gotten and received what she wanted. When her Dad commits suicide, she and her Mother lose everything and must move in with her Aunt and Uncle. Tamara is bored and lonely until she find a diary on the traveling library bus. In that book, she discovers what will happen tomorrow.
I really enjoyed this book. It had Cecelia Ahern's usual touch of magic and whimsy to it. This is a book about a girl who has always lived for today never thinking about tomorrow. She started having to think about decisions she made and how they would affect her and the people around her tomorrow. I liked how the mystery of her life and the things that had happened around her slowly unfolded. I also liked how she thought about how she was going to handle the next day when she already knew what could happen.
I liked the ending and the acknowlegement that all decisions we make even one made as a young child will continue to affect us and the ones around us for the rest of our lives.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery with some life lessons involved. I received this book as a free giveaway in goodreads first reads.
I really enjoyed this book. It had Cecelia Ahern's usual touch of magic and whimsy to it. This is a book about a girl who has always lived for today never thinking about tomorrow. She started having to think about decisions she made and how they would affect her and the people around her tomorrow. I liked how the mystery of her life and the things that had happened around her slowly unfolded. I also liked how she thought about how she was going to handle the next day when she already knew what could happen.
I liked the ending and the acknowlegement that all decisions we make even one made as a young child will continue to affect us and the ones around us for the rest of our lives.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery with some life lessons involved. I received this book as a free giveaway in goodreads first reads.
I totally did not realize this is a YA book when I picked it up. However, it becomes more than apparent after a few pages, and it might be part of why I did not enjoy this as much as I have liked some other Ahern books. The main plot with the "book of tomorrow" is intriguing, but I feel like it was left a little under-used given how it was introduced quite late in the book. I appreciate Tamara learning to appreciate the things she has and what truly matters, but deep down it all felt a bit too much of a teaching a lesson to the kids. Some nice, if stereotypical and in their behavior rather predictable, side characters - would have especially loved to have more of the nuns in the book.
There is nothing I can say that tops what another reviewer said...see Joanie's review from September 2012! I will add that I finished the book in a little less than a day...so it certainly held my interest! Would I recommend it? Yes, as long as the reader understands they are getting a lovely little gem with a few flaws.
It's hard to review this book without spoiling it but it wasn't what I was expecting! I'm glad I went into it blind.
The main character/ narrator came off really bitchy in places but thankfully she became a lot more likeable as the story progressed. She didn't become a different person she was just a lot more appreciative of what she had.
The idea that a diary can change your actions was very clever. I enjoyed this novel. I love Cecelia Ahern and I definitely want to continue reading her novels!
The main character/ narrator came off really bitchy in places but thankfully she became a lot more likeable as the story progressed. She didn't become a different person she was just a lot more appreciative of what she had.
The idea that a diary can change your actions was very clever. I enjoyed this novel. I love Cecelia Ahern and I definitely want to continue reading her novels!
Meh. I had no beef with the premise of this story-- I love a good slightly fantastical/magical fiction, but try as I might, I just don't love Ahern's writing style. I've read a few of her books, and the same feelings ring true each time. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't love it. Glad I picked this one up from the library & not the bookstore.