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A review by wheninapril
Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern
4.0
I started this book quite a few months ago when I was living alone for a while and was missing my son terribly. The first couple of pages triggered something within me, so I decided to keep it aside for a couple of days till I feel emotionally stable again (aka, get my son back with me). From then it was sitting in my bedside table. 2 days ago, while cleaning the mess (that is my bedside table with unfinished books and coffee cups) I decided to give it another try and this time I finished it within 24 hours (It’s a BIG book!! 489 Pages!)!!!
Where is he now, Dad? How can you even die when you haven’t even been born yet?
– Joyce (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
These 3 pages made me cry.. I have literary cried when Joyce’s Dad told her how her mother is taking care of her baby, in heaven…
And when I started again, just after a page from there, I was made laughing like a fool!!!
‘I want a haircut,’ I added angrily, blowing my fringe off my forehead.
– Joyce (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
I adore this father daughter duo. I loved their inside jokes. Its hard to find people with sense of humor now a days. even harder to find one in your own family :/ While reading this, I wished… IDK what I wished for!! My father is always serious, and we sisters get scolded when we make fun of anything or make jokes as he takes it seriously!! GO FIGURE!!! :/
‘You don’t believe in star signs,’ I nudge him.
‘I do too. I’m Libra. Weighing scales.’ He rocks from side to side. ‘Perfectly balanced.’
– Joyce & Her Father (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
I loved the story Ahern created. I loved the character buildings. I loved how there was no good or bad person, just real person, with different pains and desires. Though I got mad at Justine a couple of times, and I really wanted to call him a “worthless silly sod” and “up-to-no-good-fool”!!
Despite of being based on some unrealistic magical event, this book feels unbelievably realistic to me, and I know for a fact that, whenever I will feel low again, I will come back to it and will re-read these lines…
“Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim”
(Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)
Where is he now, Dad? How can you even die when you haven’t even been born yet?
– Joyce (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
These 3 pages made me cry.. I have literary cried when Joyce’s Dad told her how her mother is taking care of her baby, in heaven…
And when I started again, just after a page from there, I was made laughing like a fool!!!
‘I want a haircut,’ I added angrily, blowing my fringe off my forehead.
– Joyce (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
I adore this father daughter duo. I loved their inside jokes. Its hard to find people with sense of humor now a days. even harder to find one in your own family :/ While reading this, I wished… IDK what I wished for!! My father is always serious, and we sisters get scolded when we make fun of anything or make jokes as he takes it seriously!! GO FIGURE!!! :/
‘You don’t believe in star signs,’ I nudge him.
‘I do too. I’m Libra. Weighing scales.’ He rocks from side to side. ‘Perfectly balanced.’
– Joyce & Her Father (Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories)
I loved the story Ahern created. I loved the character buildings. I loved how there was no good or bad person, just real person, with different pains and desires. Though I got mad at Justine a couple of times, and I really wanted to call him a “worthless silly sod” and “up-to-no-good-fool”!!
Despite of being based on some unrealistic magical event, this book feels unbelievably realistic to me, and I know for a fact that, whenever I will feel low again, I will come back to it and will re-read these lines…
“Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim”
(Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.)