You may remember that my review of Cecelia Ahern's P.S. I Love You was a little so-so... a little ambivalent. I liked the book, but it was really hard to read, as it was just so sad. Love, Rosie is definitely more upbeat in comparison, though I'll admit it can be just as frustrating at points, because things just go wrong again and again and again! But of course that's what the whole book is about, and quite honestly, how life often is.
Bits of this did feel a little contrived, in only that you could feel the epistolary genre being stretched to its absolute limits... and also as (this may be a bit of a spoiler) I've honestly never run into quite so many conveniently inconvenient pregnancies in one novel before, I don't think!
But man, do you want these two to be together by the end. Because this really is a book about two people who are too crazy to be happy with anyone else, and the ending is satisfying, if not (again) a little frustrating that it takes so long to get there!
Ahern continues to impress me with keeping me interested in her characters despite her frustrating storylines, though, so good on her! Her newest novel, If You Could See Me Now is not an epistolary novel, so I'm curious... though the plot sounds a bit odd, again. We'll see, though!
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