PS: I Love You
by Cecelia Ahern
published
2005
(first published 2004)
by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
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Paperback, 632 pages
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9792215379
(isbn13: 9789792215373)
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Pembaca yang budiman,
Namaku Holly. Belum lama ini Gerry, suamiku, meninggal karena kanker. Sebelum penyakitnya mengganas, kami pasangan yang bahag...more
Namaku Holly. Belum lama ini Gerry, suamiku, meninggal karena kanker. Sebelum penyakitnya mengganas, kami pasangan yang bahag...more
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Read in November, 2007
How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.
The time just seemed to pass her by these days without her knowing what time or even what day it was. She seemed to be living outside of her body, numb to everything but the pain in her heart, in her bones, in her head. She was just so tired...Her stomach grumbled and she realized she couldn't remember the last time she had eaten. Had it...more
The time just seemed to pass her by these days without her knowing what time or even what day it was. She seemed to be living outside of her body, numb to everything but the pain in her heart, in her bones, in her head. She was just so tired...Her stomach grumbled and she realized she couldn't remember the last time she had eaten. Had it...more
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Read in August, 2007
P.S. I Love You is an unusual choice for me since it starts off with the protagonist dealing with the death of her husband. Those who have seen my book collection would note that I go for high drama and sweeping romances, stuff for romantics who are in love with love. I always get the ones that start with the heroine being taken by the hero not realizing that they have been falling in love in the process. I couldn't say what drew me to the book but I picked it up and brought it with me to the ca...more
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Read in March, 2008
I really enjoyed this book. There were points in the book where I found myself laughing and crying with the women of "Girls and the City". However, what I really loved about this book was that it didn't follow the typical chick lit formula; with many books of this type, one can easily predict the ending after having read about 1/3 of the book. But in PS, I Love You, things don't turn out as you might expect them to, and I appreciate that Ahern didn't tie up all the loosed ends and g...more
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Read in February, 2008
I made the mistake of seeing the movie before reading the book, thinking that the book is always better than the movie. And the movie changed so much of the book that it made it difficult to settle into the book as an independent, standalone work. I have mixed feelings about both the book and the movie (which is irrelevant, except that it influenced my experience of the book). I'm impressed that Cecilia Ahern was able to imagine the scenario, flush it out, and write an okay novel about it at onl...more
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Read in September, 2008
I really liked the movie even though it's not traditionally my style. When I saw that the movie was inspired by a book I decided to pick up the book. Wow are they different!! The movie shouldn't even have the same title, so don't expect the same stories at all if you decide to see the movie based on the book, or read the book because you saw the movie.
With that said, the book starts off for me rather weakly. the writing wasn't particularly mature, there was definitely some revisions ...more
With that said, the book starts off for me rather weakly. the writing wasn't particularly mature, there was definitely some revisions ...more
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Read in February, 2008
I happened across a book review for this book a few days ago.
I was intrigued by the concept and felt that I had to explore how someone who is dead can still communicate with the living. I also wanted to explore how one might possibly carry on after the death of a loved one. I was pleased to find that the connection between Holly Kennedy and her dead husband, Gerry, was not morbid or disturbingly depressing. Instead, it made me root for Holly more as she struggled to move on in her life, though...more
I was intrigued by the concept and felt that I had to explore how someone who is dead can still communicate with the living. I also wanted to explore how one might possibly carry on after the death of a loved one. I was pleased to find that the connection between Holly Kennedy and her dead husband, Gerry, was not morbid or disturbingly depressing. Instead, it made me root for Holly more as she struggled to move on in her life, though...more
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Read in September, 2008
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
women who lost their loving men
Cecelia Ahern's debut novel, PS, I Love You, follows the engaging, witty, and occasionally sappy reawakening of Holly, a young Irish widow who must put her life back together after she loses her husband Gerry to a brain tumor. Ahern, the twentysomething daughter of Ireland's prime minister, has discovered a clever and original twist to the Moving On After Death concept made famous by novelists and screenwriters alike--Gerry has left Holly a series of letters designed to help her face the year ah...more
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Ide ceritanya sederhana tapi unik : bagaimana seorang suami (Gerry) yang merasa hidupnya tak akan lama lagi akibat penyakit kanker yang dideritanya, mempersiapkan sang istri (Holly) yang sangat tergantung padanya dan sangat dicintainya untuk menjalani hidup setelah kepergiannya. Diapun meninggalkan surat-surat untuk dibuka Holly setiap bulan setahun kedepan setelah kematiannya. Surat yang berisi bermacam-macam permintaan berdasarkan apa yang selama ini biasa terjadi di kehidupan mereka.
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Read in December, 2007
With the movie coming out, I finally decided to read the book (however, I don't intend to see the movie as it looks really bad). I wasn't sure what to expect from the book. I didn't know a whole lot about the book before reading it, other than the basic premise.
In keeping in line with my love of all things Irish, I enjoyed that this book was set in Dublin. I'm surprised that that author was as young as she was when she wrote the book. I also can't help but like the fact that she's the daugh...more
In keeping in line with my love of all things Irish, I enjoyed that this book was set in Dublin. I'm surprised that that author was as young as she was when she wrote the book. I also can't help but like the fact that she's the daugh...more
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Read in April, 2008
I had bought P.S. I Love You with a collection of other chick lit novels on Ebay before the movie had come out yet. So I figured I would just read the book first for once and see what I thought of the movie after. Now that I've done that, I have to say I really enjoyed the book so much more. The two were vastly different and many things were left out of the movie, but I guess with 512 pages, there's a lot of story you have to cut. I just didn't expect them to change SO MUCH of it. Like Holly's s...more
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The novel is set in Ireland, when Holly Kennedy married the love of her life, Gerry. They had a wonderful time together. However, their relationship did not last. Gerry's life is taken by an illness and Holly became really depress and upset. Life has no meaning now after Gerry is gone. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead. Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of 10 letters that will g...more
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
someone who wasn't really interested in thinking too hard.
Okay, don't get me wrong. When I say that I didn't have to think too hard, I just mean that it wasn't hard to keep up with or understand, and a lot of people like that.
Me personally, I like a book that's going to keep me on my toes.
Now, just because I didn't need to think very hard to read P.S. I Love You, that doesn't mean that it didn't make me think. I did a lot of thinking with my heart while reading this.
Holly lost her husband before she was ready (as if she'd ever be ready). Bu...more
Me personally, I like a book that's going to keep me on my toes.
Now, just because I didn't need to think very hard to read P.S. I Love You, that doesn't mean that it didn't make me think. I did a lot of thinking with my heart while reading this.
Holly lost her husband before she was ready (as if she'd ever be ready). Bu...more
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Read in January, 2005
This was a book I bought completely new and for the full price. Something that doesn't happen too often. But the reviews were great and I was curious. And I wasn't disappointed.
Main character is Holly, a freshly widowed young woman who finds letters from her husband. They are his way of helping her through the most difficult months of her life. At the beginning of every month she is allowed to open another letter and she is forced to follow his instructions without questioning - even if she ...more
Main character is Holly, a freshly widowed young woman who finds letters from her husband. They are his way of helping her through the most difficult months of her life. At the beginning of every month she is allowed to open another letter and she is forced to follow his instructions without questioning - even if she ...more
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kereen banget ni buku chicklitnya...dalamm, romantis, top bangett, n yang jelas ga parno loohh.
yampun ini kisah yang mengherankan..adakah pria yang seperti itu di duniaa iniii :), hee lebay.
tapi suaminya romantis bangetth, sayang banget ma istrinya..begitu pula sang istri, cinta bangetth ma suaminya meski jasad telah terpisahh..
jadi ini kisah ttg sang istri yang ditinggal suami tercinta, lalu cerita ttg perjuangan sang istri untuk melupakan mendiang suaminya, ttg teman2+shabat2+keluarg...more
yampun ini kisah yang mengherankan..adakah pria yang seperti itu di duniaa iniii :), hee lebay.
tapi suaminya romantis bangetth, sayang banget ma istrinya..begitu pula sang istri, cinta bangetth ma suaminya meski jasad telah terpisahh..
jadi ini kisah ttg sang istri yang ditinggal suami tercinta, lalu cerita ttg perjuangan sang istri untuk melupakan mendiang suaminya, ttg teman2+shabat2+keluarg...more
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Read in January, 2008
I was really expecting a lot more from this book, being that it has been made into a movie but I was fairly disappointed. I understand that Ahern is a young writer but she really does have a LOT of work to do with her writing skills. And maybe she could pick up a thesaurus to find a substitute word for "sarcastically" as she uses it to death in this book - there's no need to state the obvious in my opinion.
I suppose that I'm drawn to strong, proactive, and independent main char...more
I suppose that I'm drawn to strong, proactive, and independent main char...more
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Read in March, 2004
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
people who love a sweet, heartfelt story
I picked this book up at a Barnes & Noble never having heard of it or Cecelia Ahern. I saw the cover, read the blurb and bought it. I almost immediately fell in love with this book. It is so heartfelt and sweet and at times tear-inducingly sad and at other times laugh-out-loud funny. It is a true-love story.
It's about Holly and Gerry, a couple who were meant to be together, a love shared between them that every person hopes to find. When Gerry passes away from a brain tumor, Holly f...more
It's about Holly and Gerry, a couple who were meant to be together, a love shared between them that every person hopes to find. When Gerry passes away from a brain tumor, Holly f...more
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Read in November, 2007
recommends it for:
everyone=)
actually,my friends've told me that this is a good book months ago,,but since i really hate sad-ending story,,i wasnt interested at all..dunno why i decided to read this,, now i regret it,i regret that i didnt read it before=)
the story is actually quite simple,about a woman left by her husband,bcuz his husband died from sum sickness.it tells bout how she manage to go through her live after his husband passed away.her sufferings for having to face another day alone.but then,she got letters that ...more
the story is actually quite simple,about a woman left by her husband,bcuz his husband died from sum sickness.it tells bout how she manage to go through her live after his husband passed away.her sufferings for having to face another day alone.but then,she got letters that ...more
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