"'Remember our wonderful memories, but don't be afraid to make some more..." Holly and Gerry had the perfect life. Happily married, living in Dublin close to their friends and family, and with a brilliant social life, they had the world at their feet. Or so they thought. When Gerry dies, Holly is devastated. On the eve of her 30th birthday, the man who was her lover, her best friend, her rock, has left her. But Gerry promised he'd always be there for Holly. And he is: his last bequest to her is The List, a bundle of ...
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"'Remember our wonderful memories, but don't be afraid to make some more..." Holly and Gerry had the perfect life. Happily married, living in Dublin close to their friends and family, and with a brilliant social life, they had the world at their feet. Or so they thought. When Gerry dies, Holly is devastated. On the eve of her 30th birthday, the man who was her lover, her best friend, her rock, has left her. But Gerry promised he'd always be there for Holly. And he is: his last bequest to her is The List, a bundle of notes which form a monthly mission for Holly to get her life back on track. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man who knows Holly better than anyone sets out to teach her that life goes on. With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there's an angel watching over you. Charming, heartfelt and funny, this debut novel celebrates life, love and friendship and proves that true love never dies.
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A touching, heart-warming story of grief, its many stages and how the one you love the most can prepare you for life after they?re gone.
Holly and Gerry were high school sweethearts, newly married and very much in love when tragedy strikes and Gerry is diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Holly is devastated and doesn?t think she can go on until she discovers that Gerry left her a series of 10 envelopes to be opened monthly with instructions on how to go on with her life. Holly is not only faced with finding a life without her beloved husband, but also faces problems dealing with her friends, whose lives also must go on.
I really enjoyed the characters and the steady way that the plot builds. It was so endearing to see the ways in which Gerry?s notes helped Holly to be brave and encouraged her to have fun, and to even go shopping!
I appreciated the ?voice? that Ahern gives to Gerry ? you realize just how much he loved his wife and although he knew their time together was going to be short, he wanted to infuse her with his total devotion and leave that remembrance even after he was gone.
This book reminded me of Anybody Out There? By Marian Keyes, but although they are both Irish-born, their writing styles are different and they tell a very different story based on a similar theme.
I?m looking forward to renting the movie, although I hear it?s different than the book, I always find it interesting to see the way ?Hollywood? represents a book on film. Cecelia Ahern is truly talented, and I will be reading more from this author.
andipandapenguin
Oct 18, 2008
Saw the movie first...
Liked the movie better, but maybe that's because I saw the movie first? Several things were different between the two- I won't detail those. The book was somewhat slow at times, but still laugh out loud funny and tears roll down your cheeks sad. Would recommend!
Chotskies
Aug 25, 2008
P.S. I Love You
I believe I and the person who loaned me the book are the only people on the planet who didn't love this book.
I finished P.S. I Love You By Cecelia Ahern about 3 days and have been putting this post together since. In 4 words, I didn't like it.
I was loaned this book by a dear friend who also didn't like it, however, like me wanted to see how it ended.
For me, the concept was great but the story was about 300 pages longer than it needed to be.
Writing was wordy, too many characters without story lines, and the main character lack depth.
The book was an International best seller, that was made into a movie with Hillary Swank, and I am still not sure why, other than the book was written so detailed (and not in a good way) it could be a movie script.
The premise of the book was very mature. Holly's husband passes away from a brain tumor and leaves her envelopes to open every month to help her cope with his passing. The writing though was wordy, dialogue was unnecessary and juvenile.
Never did I feel compassion for Holly, I couldn't stand her or her friends. Also, the million members of her family were completely unnecessary and I truly hated the anti climatic ending.
I would love to see this concept done by another author and I am interested in seeing the movie which I hear is quite different than the book. I should hope so.
Agardeninthepocket
Jun 2, 2008
A good read
Holly is the almost thirty main character in this story, who lives in Dublin, Ireland and loves her life. She was head over heels with Gerry and loved him with all her heart. When Gerry suddenly dies her whole world is thrown into chaos. Gerry knowing Holly would stop her whole life, planned out before his death, to help her over come her grief through a year worth of love notes. One for each month and to be opened only by her. Even though at times this book was slow it was very touching and is a great read and still deserves the fours stars. Ps I love you is Cecelia Ahern's debut novel. Granted it was a good first book but it still came off amateurish at times, and sometimes Holly complained a little to much for my taste. I preferred the movie to the book but I was glad that I had read the book before seeing the movie since it filled in some gaps. The book was slow in some parts, where she dealt with her family, to the point where she nearly drowned them in her own sorrow.
pattybake
Mar 1, 2008
I loved this book!!!! I wanted to read it because the movie was out. I had seen a review of the movie on tv and heard that the director had read the book and couldn't put it down. Neither could I!
