PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of PS, I Love You
Book Review: Content had potential, writing style ruined it.
Summary: 1 Stars
I never finished this book. I gave it a hearty attempt more than once until I realized I felt like I was suffering throught it, and gave up. The storyline grabbed me. I wouldn't doubt that it would have been a wonderful book, had I been able to ignore the horrifying writing of this novel! After trying to ignore the writing, I realized I couldn't. Things didn't always flow correctly and I found myself rereading things to make sense of what was written.
If easily bothered by choppy writing and lack of style entirely, skip this book. You'll be happy you did.
Book Review: Crying and Laughing out loud
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is by far my favorite book ever! I have never cried and laughed out loud at the same book and in the same chapter!! The way Ms. Ahern tells this story is amazing! I recomend this book to every woman!Book Review: Decent, entertaining, but awful, unrealistic ending
Summary: 2 Stars
Overall, I enjoyed this book. But I definitely agree with other reviewers that the editor's brain was out to lunch, and that you can tell it's a first novel. I think Ahern produces some original touches, that she does present a believable heroine, and that we can mourn along with her and feel excited as she overcomes some of her fears -- everything from singing karoake to getting a new job to considering dating again -- and learns about the person she now is, post-husband, and how she relates to her family and friends. The idea of the list isn't the most inventive or absolutely groundbreaking, but I thought Gerry was the most real in his monthly notes.
That's one of my biggest complaints about this story -- there is so little character development on the important characters -- Holly, Gerry, and Daniel. Sharon and John got over their grief in a realistic, timely way, and I think the resolution to their story (which I won't reveal for those who haven't read it and are still tempted) was right. But there are certainly big holes in Holly's character. She does seem to have no life whatsoever apart from being married. She doesn't like any of her previous jobs, she doesn't seem to have any hobbies, she hated school, she really seems to do nothing other than Gerry from the time she's a teenager until the coming of the list, which forces her to get a life.
And how the author wrapped things up for Daniel was so disappointing. I was really looking forward to the knight in shining armor moment, and I really liked Daniel, so the fact that he totally let that premise down so threw me off. Also, the extended members of Holly's family in the end played no part, other than Richard and Ciara. Declan's part was introduced in a hurry in the beginning and then forgotten. Indeed, amateurish -- and again, where the heck was the editor?!
I also began to feel the story took too long to wrap itself up. Ahern ended up having too many subplots going -- subplots that were short-lived and sometimes didn't seem to serve any purpose. That started to put me off and make me feel bored. Where before I'd been honestly enjoying little, "irreverant" scenes, I began skimming through several pages at a time. The last 100 pages left me with strong doubts as to whether I really want to view the movie.
Oh, well, at least I bought this copy used and didn't spend the full amount.
Book Review: Didn't Like It....
Summary: 2 Stars
and I love Irish fiction. It just didn't grab me. I don't know, it felt like something I had read before but couldn't put my finger on what. I was bored.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
I had such high hopes for this book. The basic storyline - an ill husband who'd known he would not live past February and who left his young wife a series of notes for her to read in the months past his death - sounded so promising, especially for a romantic sap like me.
Oh, I liked the first few sentences enough. But from the second page on, reading P.S. I Love You began to get painful - and not because the story was so tender and heart wrenching, but because the writing was so choppy, weak, and poor. It read like my attempts to write weepy love stories in junior high, when I knew not much about love or how to develop a character (or a storyline, for that matter). And while I understand completely that this is, of course, chick lit, and not something from which one should expect too much depth, it is just so far beneath the funny work of talented queens of chick literature (like Sophie Kinsella and Emily Giffin) that it's a shame I can't find my receipt and return this disappointing read.
Here's hoping the movie will be a vast improvement.