PS, I Love You

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Summary: Funny, warm, and entertaining!
Review: I loved this novel. I've recommended it to all my friends and my mother and mother-in-law, knowing that no matter what age they are and what their taste is, that they will love this book. The heroine is so much like me or any of my friends, and I could so relate to what she was going through. It's sweet, sad, romantic, and funny. Really the perfect novel. I haven't been so completely satisfied by a book in a really, really long time. Usually there's some part that doesn't quite ring true, or maybe you don't like the ending, or something else, but I loved this from beginning to end. And I was sorry it was over!

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Summary: Oh look, MORE Chick Lit....
Review: This book is written by Cecelia Ahern, for those of you that don't know who that is, she is the daughter of Irelands Taioseach [President/Prime Minister/ruler of the country].

Now, Ms. Ahern *claims* that her fathers position had no influence whatsoever over her getting accepted for publication and that it's such a burden to have a recognisable name.

*RIGHT*

Obviously, this poor girl hasn't heard of writing under a pen name in order to hide her identity if she's THAT ashamed of who she is.

Personally, I have no time for people who use "mummy and daddy" to progress in the world - do you know that this book has grossed her $5 million from translation rights to film deals? There's going to be a film of this people!

And the book is so SO bad! Can we say Bridget Jones' Diary knock off? Even the main character in PS, I Love You has a best friend called Sharon. Unbelieveable.

Buy this book if you want to support a spoiled brat who only got published because of who her dad is. Avoid if you have a brain between your ears.

Nasty stuff.
- A.

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Summary: Couldn't stop laughing and crying
Review: I read this book straight through in one giant sitting and alternated between laughing out loud and sobbing. It's sweet and funny, and the ending was a real surprise and yet so perfect. I've recently discovered Marian Keyes and have been racing through her books. I think anyone who loves Marian Keyes will also love PS I LOVE YOU.

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Summary: awful just awful !
Review: Dear oh dear

this makes the "devil Wore Prada " look like Ann Tyler !
it's that badly written .
AVOID !

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Summary: Ho-hum
Review: When I heard about this book, I thought it was a really interesting premise. Chick lit as a genre suffers from a lack of originality (the formulaic three-women's-lives-intertwine-as-they-overcome-various-crises plot, anyone?) and is generally given bad press - unfairly as there are some chick lit gems out there. This isn't one of them, however.

After a couple chapters I started wishing that Marian Keyes or someone had written the darned thing - at least she'd have injected some life into an admittedly great plot idea. It was repetitive (check out the clumsy chapter in which Holly goes through her husband's stuff) and the humour was horribly flat. I didn't laugh (or indeed cry), though I may have smirked once or twice.

As for the characters, I rather liked Holly and her odd mix of strong and fragile. Her friends were stereotypes and the banter between them was painful at times. There seemed to be too many siblings - Jack in particular had no real purpose, his supposedly close friendship with Gerry introduced suddenly out of nowhere. Ah yes, Gerry. Holly's dead husband is extremely dull. How is buying a lamp supposed to be life-affirming?

All that said, there are some deft touches, especially towards the end of the novel; for example, the scene in the travel agent's and the part where Holly's boss tells her about visiting the botanical gardens in remembrance of his late wife.

I don't think it made any difference that Cecelia's father is the Taoiseach (that's TEA-shock for any non-Irish people; I suppose it's alright to call him PM, but I almost wept with happiness when an American referred to Bertie as his Irish title on TV recently). She admitted in an interview that it meant she "jumped the queue" at the publisher's, but it hardly accounts for the phenomenal sales worldwide. Bertie Ahern's not THAT much of a power-player; if Chelsea Clinton wrote a book, it'd be different.

Overall? Pretty disappointing.

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Summary: WOW!
Review: What a terrific story! It will touch you in every sense of the words love and loss, respectively and together. I was touched and reminded of the true meaning behind important relationships...read it!

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Summary: I felt as if I was reading my own journal...
Review: My husband was killed in an accident when I was 32 years old, and reading this book was like reading my own journal...the thoughts and emotions that the character has, and the things that she goes through are amazingly true-to-life. I could not believe that the author had not gone through a similiar experience herself.

I highly recommend this book, if not only for the things-can-work-out-in-the-end-feel-good entertainment value alone, but for a glimpse into what it is truely like to lose your husband at such a young age - something I hope you will never have to go through first hand.

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Summary: My new Favorite Book!
Review: I really liked chick lit when it first came out...then everyone jumped on the ban wagon and before I knew it book stores were full of books with the same plot and differently named characters. So I moved on to try and find a new genre that was light and fun to read. This book fits the bill. It is a nice girlie read considering the female bonding throughout the book but it is much more than that. I cried, I laughed and my heart ached while reading. The characters were easy to identify with and although the situation was foreign to me I was able to relate to feelings of the characters and even relate it to my own life. The best part of the book was that the ending was not predictable although it did leave me with a happy, hopeful heart. I'd definitely recommend this book and plan on reading her newest.

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Summary: Couldnt put it down...
Review: This was a wonderful book. I enjoyed reading it very much. I was at a bookstore with my husband complaining how I never find any books that seem interesting. I saw this book on the shelf...and picked it up to read the back cover. And I couldnt help but buy it and read it. It made me remember what brought my husband and I together...I couldnt stop crying...I bought it on a Sunday evening and finished reading it by Thursday. The author did a wonderful job...I would definiatley recommend it for others to read...

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Summary: I fell in love with this book!
Review: I love this book sooo much. I could hardly put it down. Very touching and funny a found myself rereading parts over again because it was so wonderful. I rooted for Holly they whole time!