Love, Rosie by
Cecelia Ahern
My rating:
2 of 5 stars
I usually like the books better than the movies based on said books. In this case, I actually prefer the movie. The book wouldn't let me put it down; it's true. However, there are a few reasons why I can't rate it higher.
1) The narrative of the story told entirely in the form of letters/emails/written communication was well done but still left me feeling like I was "left out" of the key moments. We read about these key moments after the fact but don't get to experience them with "all" our senses.
2) The two besties, Alex and Rosie, took way too long to figure out that they should be together and to confess their love. From the first hint of "something more than friends" at age 16, it took them to age 50 and several marriages/kids/divorces later. That's just way too long. They wasted the golden years they could have spent together and it was anticlimactic when he finally showed up at her door. Ahern's theme of "mistakes are doors to discovery" is all fine and good, but it took them 30+ years to learn from mistakes that they kept making over and over again.
All that said, the characters were all extremely well-written, it was a well-told story, and I couldn't put it down until I finally knew they were going to be together at last.
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