There was so much I liked about this. And so much I didn't. But over all I enjoyed it. I men I finished it didn't I?

I loved the fact that the ending wasn't expected but realistic and I loved the development of Richard, Declan felt like a waste of a story line but that's just my humble opinion. I did like that it was an honest portrayal of loss. I have to date only lost grandparents but I could identify with the way they were feeling and that part when Denise said she was proud that he was her friend and she wished every one knew him or knew about it. That made me tear up. Because there are people I've known and simply lost contact with.

I also enjoyed (trying out a different word for liked) how she understood that the break up of a relationship was also tough and took time to heal. Loss is loss.

The movie was the saddest thing I have ever watched, so I felt I had to read the book and see if it was the same. Not the same. This book is somewhat more focused on dealing with the loss of a husband and trying to move on over the course of 9 months. Which was tricky since she had a letter from her dead husband to read every month. It was cute. I felt the ending was waaaay rushed and lame though.

Trash.

All I can say is that I should not have watched the mov*e before reading this, because for the first time in history the mov*e was 1000x better than the book. The book was dull, failed to maintain focus, and did not leave you sobbing crocodile tears like the mov*e. The characters were overall unlovable as well, something opposite of the witty, compassionate mov*e characters.

So badly written that it detracted from the touching and interesting premise.

I read this solely because I saw that a film was being made of it with Gerard Butler (of 300 fame) and wanted to have read the film prior to seeing the film which I am bound to do because it has Gerard Butler (of 300 fame) in it. The book is written by the daughter of the Irish Prime Minister which is the most interesting thing I can think to say about it. I like myself some chick-lit-lite but this is ridiculous. The writing was obvious, unsubtle, clichéd and dull. I did not connect with the characters and felt no emotional connection whatsoever with the story or the protagonist. I did not care what happened in the end. Having said this, I can see why this will be made into a film. The premise is actually not that bad: Widow receives a letter from her dead husband which he wrote before he died along with 11 other instalments to be read monthly to help her bereavement. It actually sounds really naff now I write it… But I honestly think the film will be far superior to the book. I hope so anyway. This does really annoy me though. It seems that to have your novel made into a film, you don’t have to be a good writer. You just have to have a good idea. Seems a bit unfair to me.

What is this bullshit ending.
The rest of the book was cute/sweet, the story of a woman putting her life back together after her husband passes, but the ending was hackneyed to the point of Breaking-Dawn-bad. Maybe the author wanted to give our poor protagonist a break, but the lengths she went to so that everything worked out neatly stretched my willing suspension of disbelief to the point that I had to chuck my book across the room. Just an awful ending.

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