Since November 2009Chick Lit Classics: PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
July 1st, 2010 by Leah
Chick Lit Classics is a regular feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!
I can’t believe it’s taken us so long to pick this book for our Chick Lit Classic, I’m actually stunned as it’s one of my favourite ever and should definitely be read by all Chick Lit fans. I am, of course, talking about Cecelia Ahern’s stunning debut novel PS, I Love You. I’ve read it quite a few times now and it gets me every single time. If you haven’t read it, then I implore you to seek it out, you will not regret it. I’d also love to mention the film; I’m not a fan of books-turned-films and I usually find they’re not as good but PS, I Love You the film was just as stunning as the book and I cried my eyes out watching it. Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler were perfect as Holly and Gerry and I just loved it. So what I suggest you do is, buy and read the book and then go and see the film! You’re totally welcome!
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le wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other’s sentences. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Gerry’s death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He’s left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed ‘PS, I Love You’. As the notes are opened, the man who knows Holly better than anyone teaches her that life goes on. With some help from her friends and her family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying — and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises — but it always helps if there’s an angel watching over you.
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Great choice, this is an amzing book that will make you laugh and cry, probably the best debut novel i’ve ever read.I’ve recommended it to loads of people and they all oved it too, even my Nan enjoyed it.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book, great choice!
Words cannot convey how over-hyped I think this book is. I couldn’t get into it at all and put it down about 1/4 of the way through. Awful.
Chloe, our little weirdo!LOL
I loved this book, it was the first i read by this author and after i just had to buy the two more she had released. I laughed and CRIED so much, my bf at the time thought i was hormonal.LOL
i so get what you mean this is totally a great book…awesome choice
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I hate to admit it but I didn’t love this book. I actually barely liked it.
The movie, however? BEAUTIFUL. I would never have guessed that Hilary Swank could have pulled that off. She was a wonderful Holly.
Agree with Chloe. I too thought this book was over hyped and overrated nor particularly well written.
It was a little too sickly and sentimental for me and to be honest a subject that Cecelia had obviously no experience with.