A review by redhickory
The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

1.0

I didn’t like this. I know I am in the minorty but I found the unravelling of the story annoying and the slowness of the pace grating. I also found the way the author has one character tell another the meaning of the story patronising, and if that isn’t bad enough, she then tells us through another character what the real meaning is, in case we missed it the first time. If it was a ground breaking, new message maybe – just maybe - that would be OK, but the message here is not to waste time on things that don’t matter and to invest your time in the people you love, with a bit of it’s never too late to change for good measure.

That the story is farfetched, I can go with, but it is predictable too. I also found it annoying the way the author tries to pull the reader's heart strings by going for an unhappy, “happy” ending. I found it heavy handed and moralistic.

I can see why it appeals to some but it was not for me.

– Here ends this rant –