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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ack. The premise is ridiculous, but for some reason, I read the book anyway. Its only redemption is the ending, which I'm shocked that I made it to.
Normally I love Cecelia Ahern's writing, but this one was just okay for me. The story was cute but didn't really capture or hold my attention.
I´ve had a hard time to get into this book. I started it years ago but it didn´t get my attention to it. So I started again this year and it surprised me how I actually really liked it.
I thought this was such a cute book, it might be the 2nd best one from Cecelia yet. I love cute little love stories like these. And I loved the middle parts of the book the best. I can´t wait to see this in a movie. Hugh Jackman as Ivan, I mean hello... He can be my imaginary friend anytime lol.
No, really. It is a great book. But the ending was kinda lame. I didn´t expect anything like it. And I was pretty much dissapointed. This book could have gotten a better rating if the ending would have been better.
But it´s a pretty good book, and worth reading.
I thought this was such a cute book, it might be the 2nd best one from Cecelia yet. I love cute little love stories like these. And I loved the middle parts of the book the best. I can´t wait to see this in a movie. Hugh Jackman as Ivan, I mean hello... He can be my imaginary friend anytime lol.
No, really. It is a great book. But the ending was kinda lame. I didn´t expect anything like it. And I was pretty much dissapointed. This book could have gotten a better rating if the ending would have been better.
But it´s a pretty good book, and worth reading.
ENG Cecelia Ahern writes romance, but her characters seems more real to me than those in other books of the same genre... even when they find themselves in unreal situations, with some magic elements or something similar. Like in this book: we have a world of imaginary friends, but it's not only a happy place because those friends are like the real ones, they came in all shape anc colours and they have feelings, disappointments, they are afraid.
This book is like a modern fairy tale (starting from the name of the fictional town of Baile na gCroíthe, Heaertstown), it's really and easy and funny read – and if you love the green emerald island, this book will make you happy for its setting in County Kerry
ITA Cecelia Ahern è una scrittrice di romanzi rosa, ma rispetto ad altre scrittrici, le sue protagoniste sembrano più vere... anche se poi, a volte, si trovano in situazioni surreali, situazioni che coinvolgono anche qualche elemento magico o soprannaturale o che si chiami come volete. Come in questo caso. Il mondo degli amici immaginari è appena accennato – quando Ivan rientra per le riunioni con gli altri amici invisibili – ma rende perfettamente come elemento magico nel libro. Non è un mondo solo di allegria però, anche gli amici immaginari, come quelli reali, vengono in tutte le forme e colori e anche loro hanno sentimenti, timori e delusioni.
Questo libro è una specie di favola moderna (a partire dal nome del paesino, Baile na gCroíthe, Città dei Cuori), molto carino e scorrevole – la lettura fila liscia come l'olio – e con lo sfondo di un paesino immaginario nel Kerry che è un concentrato di tutte le meraviglie che l'isola verde ha da offrire.
This book is like a modern fairy tale (starting from the name of the fictional town of Baile na gCroíthe, Heaertstown), it's really and easy and funny read – and if you love the green emerald island, this book will make you happy for its setting in County Kerry
ITA Cecelia Ahern è una scrittrice di romanzi rosa, ma rispetto ad altre scrittrici, le sue protagoniste sembrano più vere... anche se poi, a volte, si trovano in situazioni surreali, situazioni che coinvolgono anche qualche elemento magico o soprannaturale o che si chiami come volete. Come in questo caso. Il mondo degli amici immaginari è appena accennato – quando Ivan rientra per le riunioni con gli altri amici invisibili – ma rende perfettamente come elemento magico nel libro. Non è un mondo solo di allegria però, anche gli amici immaginari, come quelli reali, vengono in tutte le forme e colori e anche loro hanno sentimenti, timori e delusioni.
Questo libro è una specie di favola moderna (a partire dal nome del paesino, Baile na gCroíthe, Città dei Cuori), molto carino e scorrevole – la lettura fila liscia come l'olio – e con lo sfondo di un paesino immaginario nel Kerry che è un concentrato di tutte le meraviglie che l'isola verde ha da offrire.
This was such a new concept and such an amazing execution.
Loved it.
Loved it.
It took me a long time to finish reading this book. Basically I was forcing myself to finish it so that I am able to read new books and I want to see maybe I would like it at last, but I didn't. The ending of the story is just unsatisfactory as the former part.
The author wanted to write an imaginary love story. However,she didn't explain it well. There are so many unreasonable plots. For example, in one chapter Ivan was invisible to Elizabeth,and in the next chapter,without any explanation,Elizabeth saw him. And they fell in love strangely and out of blue.
I wonder if Ivan was able to eat pizza,then why his boss Opal could not use pen and paper to communicate with her lover?
Moreover,the ending was disappointing. Ivan was invisible to Elizabeth forever and he expressed his love for her (but she didn't know it,he just said it to himself). So it's a bad ending I think. Are they just the same as Opal and Geoffrey? Until Elizabeth die? I don't think this ending has meaning.
Well, maybe I'm too realistic and not imaginative at all, but at least a story should be logical and reasonable, or it will just be nonsense to me.
I'm so regretful for buying this book, it really waste my money and time.
The author wanted to write an imaginary love story. However,she didn't explain it well. There are so many unreasonable plots. For example, in one chapter Ivan was invisible to Elizabeth,and in the next chapter,without any explanation,Elizabeth saw him. And they fell in love strangely and out of blue.
I wonder if Ivan was able to eat pizza,then why his boss Opal could not use pen and paper to communicate with her lover?
Moreover,the ending was disappointing. Ivan was invisible to Elizabeth forever and he expressed his love for her (but she didn't know it,he just said it to himself). So it's a bad ending I think. Are they just the same as Opal and Geoffrey? Until Elizabeth die? I don't think this ending has meaning.
Well, maybe I'm too realistic and not imaginative at all, but at least a story should be logical and reasonable, or it will just be nonsense to me.
I'm so regretful for buying this book, it really waste my money and time.
A touch of whimsical, daring fun. Wish on Dandelions, dance beneath the stars, serenade in sun showers...
Lie back in blissful abandon, leap into fantasy and the magic of love...
Elizabeth befriends her nephew’s imaginary friend, Evan. He brings change to her neat and quiet life.
A good story. Not what I would expect from Ahern: an invisible character. But not a wasted book.
Lie back in blissful abandon, leap into fantasy and the magic of love...
Elizabeth befriends her nephew’s imaginary friend, Evan. He brings change to her neat and quiet life.
A good story. Not what I would expect from Ahern: an invisible character. But not a wasted book.
lighthearted
fast-paced