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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
Una novela bien liviana y bonita. Cecelia Ahern escribió una historia navideña con los matices necesarios para que no sea tediosa ni tan colorida como tienden a ser este tipo de historias. Es casi un 3.5, pero sentí que le faltó más desarrollo o un final que no me rompiera el corazón.
I LOVE CECELIA! BUT I ALSO HATE HER! SHE MAKE ME CRY!!! ALL. THE. DAMN. TIME!
This might be the one I'll always cry every time I'd read it again and again.
But seriously, who wouldn't love little darling Cecelia?
BUT OH MY GOD YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART! (no pun intended.)
But moving on. Magic. Magic. Magic. One thing I love Ms. Ahern is because of her magical plots. It's very realistic at first, then comes a *puff* and you freaking entered Wonderland (and no, no queen of hearts. Just Alice).
And then comes a bend in the road.
This book will definitely put you in the edge, and just wanna stop everything that you wanted to do and instead read The Gift. Also, comes with a perfect lesson. Won't regret it!
This might be the one I'll always cry every time I'd read it again and again.
But seriously, who wouldn't love little darling Cecelia?
BUT OH MY GOD YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART! (no pun intended.)
But moving on. Magic. Magic. Magic. One thing I love Ms. Ahern is because of her magical plots. It's very realistic at first, then comes a *puff* and you freaking entered Wonderland (and no, no queen of hearts. Just Alice).
And then comes a bend in the road.
This book will definitely put you in the edge, and just wanna stop everything that you wanted to do and instead read The Gift. Also, comes with a perfect lesson. Won't regret it!
It was beautiful story and I wont ever sick of reading it multiples of time!
"Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for Christmas morning. Time can't be given. But it can be shared."
◆ Genre: Adult Fiction/Christmas themed
◆ The Gift is about a man, Lou, who always wishes he was two places at once. Always preferring work over family was how he lived.
◆ Cecelia doesn't deter from making you hate Lou. He really is a horrible man who keeps betraying his family time and again.
◆ Lou is a man who prefers his work over family all the damn time. He is so involved in his work that he hasn't even spent time alone with his own 2-year-old child.
◆ He meets Gabe, a begger, at the entrance of his office. Now, Gabe is a mysterious character. He helps Lou realize that family is important and gives him time to spend it with them. By giving him time, I literally mean that. Lou is suddenly two places at once. At one place, he is with his wife and at the other place, he's boating with his brother.
◆ What really worked for me was how Lou knows how awful he is and then, started appreciating his wife, his children and his parents. He accepted he was terrible and just worked to change that. That was a wonderful thing to see.
◆ All in all, Cecelia knows how to take a simple story and make a fairy tale out of it and that's why I love her.
◆ However, the ending was cruel. It was one of the saddest endings I have ever read. i cried.
◆ would I read it again? - I have already read it thrice. So maybe yes and no.
#ReadHarderChallenge2017 : Read a book you've read before. ✔
◆ Genre: Adult Fiction/Christmas themed
◆ The Gift is about a man, Lou, who always wishes he was two places at once. Always preferring work over family was how he lived.
◆ Cecelia doesn't deter from making you hate Lou. He really is a horrible man who keeps betraying his family time and again.
◆ Lou is a man who prefers his work over family all the damn time. He is so involved in his work that he hasn't even spent time alone with his own 2-year-old child.
◆ He meets Gabe, a begger, at the entrance of his office. Now, Gabe is a mysterious character. He helps Lou realize that family is important and gives him time to spend it with them. By giving him time, I literally mean that. Lou is suddenly two places at once. At one place, he is with his wife and at the other place, he's boating with his brother.
◆ What really worked for me was how Lou knows how awful he is and then, started appreciating his wife, his children and his parents. He accepted he was terrible and just worked to change that. That was a wonderful thing to see.
◆ All in all, Cecelia knows how to take a simple story and make a fairy tale out of it and that's why I love her.
◆ However, the ending was cruel. It was one of the saddest endings I have ever read. i cried.
◆ would I read it again? - I have already read it thrice. So maybe yes and no.
#ReadHarderChallenge2017 : Read a book you've read before. ✔
In the future, if (when) my ambition and drive for money makes me lose focus on life and love and all the beautiful things around me, I'll remember this book, I'll reread this book, to help remember that it's not money or status or power that matters but love. The love of your family and friends, just being around them, doing silly things that people do, talking crazy things that people do, just hanging out, having fun. That's what's important. In a simple model Cecelia Ahern has managed to incorporate a powerful message and I'm so glad I read this!
And this book is a testament, an epitome against those people who say that reading fiction books is useless as you don't really learn anything through it!
This book doesn't really teach us anything, it only reminds us to remember how great life, something that escapes our eyes daily, is. Thank you Miss Ahern, for this amazing book!
And this book is a testament, an epitome against those people who say that reading fiction books is useless as you don't really learn anything through it!
This book doesn't really teach us anything, it only reminds us to remember how great life, something that escapes our eyes daily, is. Thank you Miss Ahern, for this amazing book!
dark
emotional
medium-paced
This teaches me quite a lesson on time management. Also included on it one of my best quotes :)
This is a cute book. Maybe some will find it's trying to teach you a lesson (ie. value those around you), but I didn't find that (perhaps I'm getting soft in my old age). I was kept guessing be the ending, but I wonder why there are always deaths in books by this author (cf P.S. I Love You)? There is also a little bit of suspension of reality in order for the main character, Lou, to learn his lesson.
Please don't read this as a happy Christmas book, because although you may be more inclined to listen to your great aunt's trips down memory lane, it may not put you in the happiest festive spirit..
Please don't read this as a happy Christmas book, because although you may be more inclined to listen to your great aunt's trips down memory lane, it may not put you in the happiest festive spirit..
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Cecelia Ahern is an amazing author who just knows exactly how to pull at your heartstrings. She is a wonder and I will always love her books. So, when I picked this one up, I knew it was going to be good for sure, because how can it not be, if she wrote it?
Look at that summary guys, how can you not want to read that? You just have to, yeah? That's how I felt, too. Lou, our lead character, has the tendency to rush through life, focusing on work, work, work. This book brings back the focus to what is truly important in life. The people in it. This is something a lot of us take for granted, assuming that the people we love are going to be in our life forever. By being assured of their presence, we forget to be grateful for it. It's a shame and The Gift is truly a gift to all us readers, because it makes us realise what is truly important.
The people who care for you on a daily basis - take a second to think about them. Don't you think they are wonderful? Don't you think you should let them know that? Your mother, father, siblings, lovers, friends, soulmates -- they're all there with you, in person or in sentiment. Give them a hug, call them up, buy them cupcakes, have a slumber party -- do it just because.
Do it before you run out of time.
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Cecelia Ahern is an amazing author who just knows exactly how to pull at your heartstrings. She is a wonder and I will always love her books. So, when I picked this one up, I knew it was going to be good for sure, because how can it not be, if she wrote it?
Look at that summary guys, how can you not want to read that? You just have to, yeah? That's how I felt, too. Lou, our lead character, has the tendency to rush through life, focusing on work, work, work. This book brings back the focus to what is truly important in life. The people in it. This is something a lot of us take for granted, assuming that the people we love are going to be in our life forever. By being assured of their presence, we forget to be grateful for it. It's a shame and The Gift is truly a gift to all us readers, because it makes us realise what is truly important.
The people who care for you on a daily basis - take a second to think about them. Don't you think they are wonderful? Don't you think you should let them know that? Your mother, father, siblings, lovers, friends, soulmates -- they're all there with you, in person or in sentiment. Give them a hug, call them up, buy them cupcakes, have a slumber party -- do it just because.
Do it before you run out of time.
Check out for more!