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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This book has been the best gift to myself and I need to thank Cecelia Ahern for that! The best gift you can give your family, friends even work ones is the luxury of time. This book makes you realize just how short your time on this planet is and that the only thing that matters is the here and the now!
Left me in tears at the end of this book, this book will forever remain close to my heart!
Left me in tears at the end of this book, this book will forever remain close to my heart!
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“People, like houses, hold their secrets. Sometimes the secrets inhabit them, and sometimes people inhabit their secrets.”
I love reading Christmas stories during the holidays. It helps put me in the spirit. Bring me your sappy, your morals, your life lessons, your happy endings. I normally have my little pile that I return to over and over every year. To branch out a little, this year I thought I would break with tradition and read completely different books. So, no Nutcracker, no Scrooge, no Little Match Girl, or Gift of the Magi for me. Gotta admit, there is something missing. I feel my little loss of the magic. Some traditions become so for a reason.
The movie, PS, I Love You, is one of my faves. I have yet to read the book so when I saw The Gift by the same author, I had high hopes. It is the story of very successful, very ambitious, workaholic Lou who is too busy for his family and always needs to be in two places at once. One day Lou meets homeless guy Gabe and what follows is the story of how Gabe helps Lou re-evaluate the priorities in his life.
I know Christmas is a busy season and everything but this book took me for-EVER to read and it really shouldn't have. Definitely not my cup of Christmas tea and not the great start to my Christmas cheer.
I love reading Christmas stories during the holidays. It helps put me in the spirit. Bring me your sappy, your morals, your life lessons, your happy endings. I normally have my little pile that I return to over and over every year. To branch out a little, this year I thought I would break with tradition and read completely different books. So, no Nutcracker, no Scrooge, no Little Match Girl, or Gift of the Magi for me. Gotta admit, there is something missing. I feel my little loss of the magic. Some traditions become so for a reason.
The movie, PS, I Love You, is one of my faves. I have yet to read the book so when I saw The Gift by the same author, I had high hopes. It is the story of very successful, very ambitious, workaholic Lou who is too busy for his family and always needs to be in two places at once. One day Lou meets homeless guy Gabe and what follows is the story of how Gabe helps Lou re-evaluate the priorities in his life.
I know Christmas is a busy season and everything but this book took me for-EVER to read and it really shouldn't have. Definitely not my cup of Christmas tea and not the great start to my Christmas cheer.
Lekker boekje met een beetje fantasy erin. Heerlijk voor tussendoor, met nog een nadenkmomentje gratis erbij.
This edition has hopefully been revised since printing to include all the missing words from sentences etc.
Also I was really disappointed by the anti-fat bias and number of references to people being fat or needing to lose weight (in context: this happened when the characters were being 'good' or during their positive moments, rather than the times of making selfish decisions, effectively aligning judgement of people based on their weight with good behaviour).
Lastly, it was just ridiculous. What did this story have to do with the turkey kid? How would the cops have worked all that out in one day? And how on earth would they be able to tell from 1st person perspective all the internal thoughts of all those characters? I'm all for fantasy and suspension of disbelief, but the fantastical elements really need to make sense in the world created by the author; and this does NOT do that.
Also I was really disappointed by the anti-fat bias and number of references to people being fat or needing to lose weight (in context: this happened when the characters were being 'good' or during their positive moments, rather than the times of making selfish decisions, effectively aligning judgement of people based on their weight with good behaviour).
Lastly, it was just ridiculous. What did this story have to do with the turkey kid? How would the cops have worked all that out in one day? And how on earth would they be able to tell from 1st person perspective all the internal thoughts of all those characters? I'm all for fantasy and suspension of disbelief, but the fantastical elements really need to make sense in the world created by the author; and this does NOT do that.
Not as good as her other books. I didn't really like how she ended it. I guess it's a "big picture" book, but sometimes I just want a good old fashioned happy ending.
I enjoyed this holiday read. It would make a great movie.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced