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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
15 years ago, I rated this book 5 stars. 4 years ago I bought the sequel and was surprised I couldn’t remember reading the first one.
Fast forward to today when I [allegedly] re-read PS I Love You and…I think I outgrew it.
The dialogue is so terrible. Every person has to say the name of the person they’re talking to every other sentence. Like, no one does that.
Holly is a pretty terrible person. Even outside of her grief. She’s a brat to her friends. She lies to her family on the regular. And she started out by weaponizing her widowhood to get people to do things (or not do them, as it so pleases her).
I skimmed most of this to get the highlights. And I am not looking forward to reading the sequel now that I remember what happened here. Predicting that both books will wind up in the donate box.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
I loved the style the book was written. I didn’t think I would like it at first, but It grows on you.
Old thoughts from 2006 as written on bookcrossing: What can I say? I do seem to have a hard time with chick lit. Maybe I am too cynical...
This is the tale of Holly, blonde Irish girl who likes a drink or two or three and whose husband has died. It's about her first year without him. She is joined by the usual line up of best friends, and between the three of them there's a lot of squealing, gulping and gasping (but little speaking) and so many exclamation marks. Really tiring. Holly also has butterflies in her tummy. A lot. You get tired of reading that line.
Women other than best friends and family are all treated as the enemy and put down - their one defect is the essential description of them. I suppose to make Holly look better. The sun tanned women have skin like leather, the women with expensive dresses are overdressed, the blondes with breast implants are bimbos.... didn't endear Holly to me. I know you don't have to like a character in a book, but in these kinds of books, I thought you were supposed to want to root for the heroine.
Well, it's a light read, and even I got through to the end!! It's not a book I'd ever want to bother reading again though. To be honest, as far as 'chick lit' goes, there are a lot better books out there. Read Bridget Jones or Marian Keyes.
This is the tale of Holly, blonde Irish girl who likes a drink or two or three and whose husband has died. It's about her first year without him. She is joined by the usual line up of best friends, and between the three of them there's a lot of squealing, gulping and gasping (but little speaking) and so many exclamation marks. Really tiring. Holly also has butterflies in her tummy. A lot. You get tired of reading that line.
Women other than best friends and family are all treated as the enemy and put down - their one defect is the essential description of them. I suppose to make Holly look better. The sun tanned women have skin like leather, the women with expensive dresses are overdressed, the blondes with breast implants are bimbos.... didn't endear Holly to me. I know you don't have to like a character in a book, but in these kinds of books, I thought you were supposed to want to root for the heroine.
Well, it's a light read, and even I got through to the end!! It's not a book I'd ever want to bother reading again though. To be honest, as far as 'chick lit' goes, there are a lot better books out there. Read Bridget Jones or Marian Keyes.
Very much a chick-lit novel, although not as shallow as many others. I found this book both entertaining and poignant at times. The premise is interesting: after her husband's death, a young woman receives a packet of letters from him. Each letter is to be opened at a particular time and has something for her to do. All of these tasks are to prepare her to let go and move on. Cecilia Ahern nailed the poignancy of losing a husband and trying to come to terms with living life again.
I found the scenes with Holly and her girlfriends entertaining, for the most part. Not being a party or drinking person, I don't relate to that life, but the obvious love and close friendship between these women was refreshing.
I found the scenes with Holly and her girlfriends entertaining, for the most part. Not being a party or drinking person, I don't relate to that life, but the obvious love and close friendship between these women was refreshing.
This one made me cry so bad! Every time she opens a letter from her dead husband, I started crying again!
enjoyable, but i wasn't reading through meals to finish it...
Il mio fregno dagli occhi verdi dov'è? Direi che me lo merito come premio per aver finito questa roba.
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I love the book, but I think I love the movie more. The movie made me feel more emotion, more connected to the characters. It's pretty close to the movie, but then again it's not. Her family was COMPLETELY different, and so was her potential love interest. Denise was one of my favorite characters in the movie, but in the book she's portrayed as really annoying, and Holly and Sharon seem perpetually irritated by her. That was really disappointing...so I think the movie gave more depth to the characters. The book is very well-written, and I was never disinterested. It's a beautiful story about loss, life, love, friendship, and regaining hope. It's an amazing romance story, but not in an obvious way...its subtlety makes you re-examine your own life and relationships. I have to agree with another reader: Holly's one-on-one with her mom was really heartfelt and an amazing part of the movie. So I think people would better off reading the book first, then seeing the movie. However, I didn't realize it was based on a book until I saw the movie. Both the movie and the book have a surprising amount of comic relief, but the movie made me sob...the book did not. I did read it entirely at work, but my eyes didn't even get teared-up. Don't get me wrong...the book is great, but I guess I expected it to be more moving.