Gather The Time Of My Life Illustrated By Cecelia Ahern Issued As Textbook

it saddens me to rate a book written by Cecelia Ahern so low, but it just wasn't that great :

I used to be such a huge fan of hers, recommending her writing to many friends.
I absolutely loved "PS, I Love You", and thought that "Love, Rosie" aka, "Rosie Dunne" / "Where Rainbows End" was also really good, But her books have steadily gone downhill from there, and I think the common denominator is that only her first two books were sincere, realistic, and heartfelt, The rest of the books all seem to have some sort of 'magical' element to them first we had imaginary friends "If You Could See Me Now", then imaginary worlds "A Place Called Here" / "There's No Place Like Here", then we had imagined memories through a bloodtransfusion "Thanks for the Memories", then a magical book that writes the future "The Book of Tomorrow", a Scrooged/ChristmasCarollike encounter "The Gift" and now finally, someone's life, personified, in this book.
It's all just a bit weird, For me, it takes away some of the credibility when ther's too much 'magical', when the story focuses more on the fantastical element than the real interactions with real people in real situations.
The sincerity of the story diminishes a bit,

I didn't like Lucy one bit, nor did I like her family or her friends, I know that was the point, to not like Lucy and want her to improve, but the story just wasn't that compelling, The whole idea of your life being someone you could sit there and talk to and get help from was interesting, but not carried out well, Didn't anyone else in the story think it was strange that her life was sitting there at the table having a conversation with everyone And if it was so common that it didn't make anyone go "Hmmm", why hadn't more people experienced this before with their own life It just didn't work well for me.


Sadly, I won't be recommending this to anyone, and I'm actually pretty upset that I paid full price for this as a new release in Europe, and lugged it all the way back home to the US it's huge.
DNF, ik kan niet uitleggen waarom, maar het verhaal wil me maar niet pakken, Ik heb in dit geval echt te weinig ervan gelezen om uberhaupt een rating te geven, dus dat ga ik dan ook niet doen, The story follows Lucy, who got into turmoil with her own life, She was mildly successful and in a happy relationship with a lot of friends, But after her break up, she lost her job, moved flats and has some difficulties maintaining her relationships friends and familywise, So, to get her on the right track, her life steps in: a man who is not really attractive, not really dapper and definitely not friendly,

I enjoyed this piece of work, I got into the story really quickly compared to the last book I have read from her and I like the characters, Funnily the story comes in handy with my own life, I would love for it to appear in front of me and give me guidance, You can get lost so easily with everything and for people who quickly give up on life and just exist oh it would be great to have life appear in flesh before you.

The story really is for everyone who just wants his mind to get off of life, it's not too deep or too into details with the plot or the characters.
But you'll like it nonetheless :! Como amo a esta mujer, Como amé la historia. Tengo tantas emociones en mi, . . sólo diré que es maravilloso partir el año con una historia así de inspiradora lt
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON! ltltlt

Reseña cuerda, . . o casi: sitelink blogspot. com/ I don't really think Ahern's books are my style, they're too, . . glittery. some parts are quite depressing, not the 'agreeable' kind of depressing you get ok, not 'agreeable' technically so, but there are books like 'Sister of my heart' 'Thousand Splendid Suns' that are sad/ depressing yet good.
Aherntype depressing is a person who has most things people would be thankful for, yet who also creates drama out of situations they are in and whines about everything from the weather to their granolabars and how they cant climb out of bed because they're sad.

the morale or whatever is good and uplifting and there's a lesson in the end and all of that,about how you shouldnt ignore your life, but the story kinda drags on, and well, i just didnt like it much regardless of the raving reviews.

I regret buying 'If You Could See Me Now', which I'm yet to read though,

update: "If You Could See Me Now" was wonderfulllll : I have liked all of Cecelia Ahern's books that I have read and have a few more still on my shelves to read.
I love how Life was a person and how what Lucy does in her life, affects Life's life, Often they seemed like an old, married couple, I think we are all guilty of neglecting our lives now and then and the prospect of a physical person being there to steer us back on course was very welcome.
This book is really funny, but also has a message for us, A warm, easy read and one to lose yourself in, If you don't smile and laugh during this book, there is something wrong with you, I struggled through this book from the beginning, It's not your usual fun chicklit, which I'm disappointed about, I want a chicklit that makes me laugh, giggle, swoon, and giggle some more, With such a chicklity cover in swirly gold writing, what's to say it doesn't contain excitement and fun

But alas! I should have remembered the adage "Do not judge a book by its cover.
" I really shouldn't have. Despite its colourful front cover full of promises, this book makes me wonder when it will end because it's just so boring,

It's about a girl, Lucy, who is very messed up and in a deep rut in her life due to several littleturnedbig lies she told startingyearsmonths and somany days ago.
Now, I can see how that can happen, and the whole book reads like selfhelp for Lucy, courtesy of her Life yes, capital L, in the form of Cosmo who I imagine looks like a doortodoor salesman.


Unfortunately this is a long, dreary path to plough through and nothing exciting really happens, It is an original plot, if nothing else, and Life being a solid person who can kick you in the ass metaphorically is an interesting spin on things.
If this is your thing, you might like it, But it's not my cup of tea, And I don't like Lucy, I really wanted to give her a huge slap through most of the book, I bet her Life wanted to give her a huge slap too,

The ending saved it a little, I did warm up a little bit to a Lucy who has finally, FINALLY decided to grow up, but too little too late.
Dragging myself though boringof the book just for the last semidecentdoesn't do it for me, This book is so sweet, really cute story line which leaves your heart warm,

I don't know how Ahern comes up with these unique concepts but having an appointment with your life is something we could all do with,

Five. DNFing at about. This book just isn't holding my interest AT ALL, I'm having a tough time with it because:

Lucy is an incredibly unlikable character, She has virtually no redeeming qualities, in my opinion, She's a pathological liar even as she narrates, which is really irritating she'll go on about some aspect of her life, and then say "Okay, I lied," and that aspect of the story changes entirely.
What is the point Waste of word count,

a On the same note, I just can't relate to her, I don't sympathize with her for her problems or unhappiness in life, and she's just IRRITATING ME TO NO END with her incessant lies,

Who TF is "Life", and why is this such a creepy plot Why is there a "Life" hotline that someone can call to set up a meeting with "Life" and figure out why theirs is such a mess Why is Lucy's family unsurprised that "Life" has set up an appointment with her How does he know so much about her Why isn't this creepy AF to her

I fully realize that many of these answers might probably will be answered by the end of the story.
But I don't care enough to wait it out, The fact that this plot is so bizarre is enough to make me say "nothing you write now will make this better for me",

I'm just completely disinterested, I haven't read Cecilia Ahern in years, and I liked the two books of hers that I'd previously read, But this one is just odd, and I'mdisconnected, I'm finding that it's a chore to turn on my audiobook, so I'm done, Bummer I hate when that happens, But time to move on, Did I really rate itstar

Well, Ive never been a huge fan of Cecelias but this book certainly left me skeptical about pursuing any other of her novels.


P. S. I Love You, her first novel that Id read was comparatively better than this one, The Time Of My Life was so utterly annoying that with each page it just kept getting to me and it almost made me cry as I couldnt manage finishing it sooner.


Going back to the moment I first saw it in the bookstore, Im now wondering as to what made her start writing this book at the first place.
It is mere SHIT.
All through the book, the female protagonist wait a minute, what was her name Lucy or something, Oh! forget it! who cares! tries to get in peace with her life personally, professionally, socially and on every other ground while shes messing it all up at the same time with her neverending lies that she lives with.
Nicknaming, cursing everyone around when actually she is the real culprit dirtying the picture around others lives, To add to the misery, she keeps receiving appointment letters to have a meeting with her life, Now, it is actually her LIFE we are talking about, Doesnt it sound like utter madness! So yes, she makes an appointment with her life who happens to be a man by the name Cosmo Brown, Really, Cosmo, eh And through half the book he is trying to gear up her life, Bring it back on track types, Gosh!

I repeatedly kept putting the book down after certain instances where I just couldnt take it anymore, I wanted to cry, no yell, at her inane stupidity,

Ms. Ahern tries to put the hearts of her distressed readers to peace after aroundpages and starts to put pieces back together in the protagonists life for a socalledhappysappyending.
But, excuse me! It just didnt work for me after having literally pulled, tugged, dragged myself through thepages shit and then accept makeovers in the lastpages.


In short, I wouldnt recommend it to anyone as Ive already wasted The Time of my life and wouldnt want others to follow suit, Read it only if you have nothing, absolutely nothing better to do with your life,

Asha And the award for the most annoying and frustrating character I've read about this year

so far goes to, . . Lucy Silchester, the main character in this novel, I just absolutely couldn't stand her, The Time of My Life is basically just a book about Lucy lying to everyone in her life and completely ruining her life by continuously lying about everything even when people find out she's lied and confront her with it.
Furthermore, the fact that her life in human form begins following her everywhere at some point and exposes her whenever she tells another lie was extremely weird and didn't make this book any better.
It made me cringe so much and often made me just want to throw the novel at a wall, Due to this, I decided to switch to the audiobook after the first quarter of The Time of My Life which definitely made it a lot easier to finish the book.


So overall, I unfortunately just didn't enjoy The Time of My Life, The last couple of chapters were actually a lot better than the rest of the novel but that couldn't really save it anymore in my opinion, This is now the second book I've read by Cecelia Ahern the first one was a onestar read for me and I think it's also been the last one.
I just don't think her stories are for me and I would rather spend my time reading other authors' works,

sitelinkinstagram sitelinkmy blog sitelinktwitter Lucy Silchester has an appointment with her life and shes going to have to keep it,

Lying on Lucy Silchesters carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope, Inside is an invitation to a meeting with Life, Her life. It turns out she's been ignoring it and it needs to meet with her face to face,

It sounds peculiar, but Lucys read about this in a magazine, Anyway, she cant make the date: shes much too busy despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family,

But Lucys life isnt what it seems, Some of the choices shes made and stories shes told arent what they seem either, From the moment she meets the man who introduces himself as her life, her stubborn halftruths are going to be revealed in all their glory unless Lucy learns to tell the truth about what really matters to her.
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