Since the movie was coming out, I decided I had to finally get my butt in gear and read Cecelia Ahern's PS, I Love You, about an Irish woman named Holly who at a very young age loses the husband that she's been in love with half her life, who she's lived for, half her life. Now that Gerry is gone, Holly doesn't know what she'll do with herself, and then she gets an envelope from her husband, full of ten little envelopes to open at marked times, and each one helps her to live her life once again.
This was the third time I'd attempted to read this book. The reason for that is because, as you may have expected, it starts out rather SAD. The style took some getting used to, as quite often instead of meeting a new character with Holly, you were plopped into the new character's thoughts without warning, and instead met Holly through them. That was a bit disconcerting, but not enough to distract from the fact that the characters are very energetic and life-like.
Holly has a large group of friends and family and she has to almost reacquaint herself with each one of them after her husband's death, and ends up having a heart-to-heart with nearly every side character in the book. This gets to be a little formulaic feeling by the end, but it's so heartwarming you don't really mind much. All in all, I'd give it four out of five stars. I've already picked up Ahern's second book, Love, Rosie, and am really looking forward to reading that one.
2 comments:
Hmmm... sounds okay. Maybe not my cup of tea, though. And the movie looks a bit cheesy too. Glad you finally got through it though! I read a book called "P.S. I Love You" in middle school, but it was about a girl who goes to Palm Springs and falls in love with a guy named Paul Strobe, and that's why the PS has so much significance. Wow, can't believe I remember that at all.
Anywho...!
That's some memory you've got there, Alex! haha From what I've heard of the movie it's completely different from the book... so now I'm curious about it. ;)
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