The Gift

Assalamualaikum wbt and hye~~

Just finished this new book by Cecelia Ahern. Her previous books are sweet, I read em all, haha.

• PS/ I Love You : is a sweet chicklit. Its something I might think about doing pun. But i dont think the motion picture did justice to it. The opening ruins the sweetness of the story. Too much eye-sore.

• Rosie Dunne aka Where Rainbow Ends aka Love, Rosie : My fav so far coz the theme about childhood love. Haha... but I was really tortured waiting for the ending. Sakit jiwa...why it is soo hard for them to get together!!!! When i bought it the title was Rosie Dunne...so Im one of the earliest kot. I really like it coz its in form of letters and sms and chatlog.

• If You Could See Me Now aka A Silver Lining: Its about loosening up...Would make a nice Disney movie. Wanna see it filmed. Predictable but I like the flow, so ok. Imaginary frens, cute kn? Why anak2 org putih je ade imaginary frens ek?

• A Place Called Here: Nice premise about place where all the lost things end up. Ok la... I like the "find me" theme.

• Thanks for The Memories: Its really funny that I know all the placed mentioned in this book sbb Dublin, hehe. TCD, Viking Splash Bus Tour, haha Really2 predictable, but yeah, thats how Cecelia's books work, you know what will happen, how it will happen yg nice. I like how blood become romantic, tp flawed sbb if u get ur blood transfused from someone, the blood will eventually die off pun, n turnover of blood suppose to make the magic goes away. But if i put down my medic student cap n try to accept the cheezyness, kinda sweet gak aaa.

So, now... The Gift. i dont know how (not) long it has been on the shelf, but i bought the Hardcover straightaway in Eason. Ngahaha...didnt even wait for the paperback. But it looks too enticing, the giftwrapper theme and the red ribbon...

So, the review...
Basicly I think this book feels a little bit mature, perhaps because its less of sweet2ness kot. So, for me, this book is for everyone, not just for girls who crave for sugar-coated stories. It still retain Cecelia Ahern's signature magic. And the best part for me is its less predictable than her usual book.

This book is about a guy who needs to be at 2 places at the same time, all the time. He things he's a good juggler, but the fact is that the always flew over things and have relationships on the surface, because he have soo many things to do. He's just living life on the fast lane, and forgetting that you should pause and enjoy life, and there are ppl who matters in ur life.

But one day, he choose to help a homelessman, a gift he said... so the man returned his favour, by giving the thing he needs the most. Time.

I dont really like the brief parallel narration about the "turkey-boy", but the main story and this one was tied neatly in the end, so ill forgive it, hehe.

What else to say?Just hear some words from the author herself-lah...



...oh, ill give it 3.5/5.

p/s- Just read "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend... geeky and kelaka.Will read the rest of the series. Reading other people diary is fun!
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