The Gift - Cecelia Ahern

As you can probably tell by the amount of book reviews that I post, I am an avid reader, and I do like to try a wide range of books and authors. I tend to stick to the chick-lit genre, although I do stray occasionally, but there is plenty of books in my preferred genre to keep me busy! I'm terrible in that if I don't like a book, I don't usually go back to that author. One such book was PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern - I hated it. But when I saw her new Christmassy looking book in the library, I thought it was worth one last try with her material. Lou lives in Dublin, is happily married to Ruth with 2 children and has a highly paid architects job. But the one ...  Read the complete review

By now, I would have thought I had a good measure on Ms Ahern's books. They are often bundled in to the "chick lit" genre, usually have some kind of romantic story and have some kind of magical theme that, although not realistic, makes them a fairytale-type read. Well this time, I was taken by surprise. Instead of the usual female protagonist, this time the story focuses on a man called Lou. Lou is a hard working businessman, successful and rich and always rushing to and from business meetings, always needing to be two places at once and always giving his wife and children barely a second glance. Once day, Lou meets Gabe. Gabe is a ...  Read the complete review

I have just finished reading this book (a Christmas gift!) and I must say I was a little bit disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I love Cecelia Ahern and have read most of her books, and I was captivated by this story, but the end just left me feeling a little bit deflated. It starts off with a young lad throwing a frozen turkey through someone's window on Christmas morning (that window belongs to his Dad and his 'new family' but this really doesn't have anything to do with the main bulk of the book). The actual story begins while the 'turkey boy' is at the police station, and the sergeant feels it necessary to teach this boy a lesson by telling ...  Read the complete review

I expect each one of you knows a man who has a loving family, a nice devoted wife and a kid or two. But he doesn't care about them and all he can focus on is his job and being the best he possibly can be. He forgets about the good things he has in life and becomes very single minded. Well this book is about that man. Lou Suffern has it all, a great job, a wife of ten years and two great children. But he wants more. He wants the promotion with more money and the bigger desk and he will do anything it takes to get it. Then one morning he stops to talk to a homeless man who is sat outside his office and offer him a coffee. It is completely out of ...  Read the complete review

The Gift By Cecelia Ahern (author of PS I love you, Where Rainbows end, a Place called Here, If you could see me now, Thanks for the Memories.) I have loved Cecelia Ahern books since I read PS I love you a few years back, and since then I have looked out for every book she brings out. This is the newest of her books called The Gift. If you have read Aherns books (everything after Where Rainbows end), her books have a kind of sci-fi notion to them, but still remain as chick lit books. I.e. in If you Could see me now, there is the imaginary friend Ivan playing one of the protagonist roles. In A Place Called Here, all the lost items go to a town of ...  Read the complete review