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A review by bethpeninger
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
2.0
Ahern's books have been hit or miss with me. This one was definitely not a hit. The idea of the story holds promise but I felt like she took too long to get to that pivotal moment where the reader understands the main character's conflict.
Elizabeth is a fuddy-duddy 34 year old who has taken ownership of too much...unnecessarily. It has caused her to be friendless, without humor, and a drain to be around. She's a control freak who drinks way too much coffee in her little Irish town that she grew up in. She's adopted Mum to her nephew, Paul and one day Paul introduces his friend Ivan. But Elizabeth can't see Ivan at first, mostly because he isn't of flesh and blood. What happens then is HER friendship with Ivan begins to change her life in all good ways. Healing comes with the friendship of Ivan.
It was a mostly boring read. It had a hard time holding my attention and I almost abandoned it a few times. In the end I stuck it out and feel indifferent about it overall. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. :)
Elizabeth is a fuddy-duddy 34 year old who has taken ownership of too much...unnecessarily. It has caused her to be friendless, without humor, and a drain to be around. She's a control freak who drinks way too much coffee in her little Irish town that she grew up in. She's adopted Mum to her nephew, Paul and one day Paul introduces his friend Ivan. But Elizabeth can't see Ivan at first, mostly because he isn't of flesh and blood. What happens then is HER friendship with Ivan begins to change her life in all good ways. Healing comes with the friendship of Ivan.
It was a mostly boring read. It had a hard time holding my attention and I almost abandoned it a few times. In the end I stuck it out and feel indifferent about it overall. Oh well, you win some and you lose some. :)