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Where Rainbows End = Rosie Dunne = Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern
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Where Rainbows End = Rosie Dunne = Love, Rosie

by Cecelia Ahern

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I heard an interview with Cecelia Ahern on Radio 4 and thought I would try one of her books. This is the first one I came across in the charity shop. Chic Lit isn't my usual thing but I found this a bit more than that. I loved the idea that the story was told through letters, emails, texts and instant messaging and that most of it was reviewing visits, events and conversations. It flowed really well and at well over 500 words wasn't onerous to read. It made me laugh and cry.

I would thoroughly recommend this and I am looking forward to reading my next Cecelia Ahern book. ( )
  curlycurrie | Oct 27, 2009 |
I love and hate me some 488 pages of pure love life drama. I love Cecilia Ahern ever since I've read her P.S I Love You book, it has moved me to tears and had the most bizarre symphaty for Holly. But reading Love, Rosie; I'm beginning to think Ahern is a sadist, why? because she makes her characters suffers so much, in this book Alex and Rosie had been best friends since they were 5 years old. it was so heartbreaking to read yet I got all glued to it, I cling to the book for the whole Saturday afternoon and night. It wasn't enough for her that the two characters that I have learned to care for so much is living in a different continent but had the most years of suffering not knowing they are both inlove with each other since the "Boston kiss" happened. This book is pure e-mails, chat room conversation and some texts between Rosie and Alex, along with the other important people surrounding their lives. By page 300, I was exhausted, I mean after Rosie had finally divorced his chauvinist pig husband Greg because he was a cheating bastard, it was clearly and should be the perfect time/opportunity for Alex and Rosie to be together, but no... Brian the Whine has to show up and Alex has to be a jerk by getting back with Bethany the Slut, seriously something was really really wrong about that. But it all worked out for the best. This review had gone too far giving out spoilers and I am stopping right now.Love, Rosie is a romantic-comedy: hilarious, witty and a page turner. Cecelia Ahern is still one of my favorite authors up to date. She is brilliant and wicked by making me cry, get pissed off and hold the book, refusing to let it go until I finish. I love the ending but I hate the the middle part but I love it anyways because it totally make sense. I regret not reading this as soon as it hit the bookstores 3 or 4 years ago. You'll all understand once you read it. ( )
  peaceloveandpat | Sep 25, 2009 |
Not bad of a novel. It makes you realize how fast life passes by. ( )
  Bookwormliss | Sep 16, 2009 |
I have found that I really love Cecelia Aherns writing style. I have read several books of hers recently and I keep looking for more. This novel was a bit different, it is written in the form of letters between all of the characters. Although it was not in a style that I had ever read a book in, I enjoyed it. ( )
  WillowOne | Sep 1, 2009 |
Although i liked the story i found it hard to engange fully with it, reading it in bursts. I think this could have been because of the fragmented format of letters from the characters. It was her usual feel good style which although may have a few teary moments, had much hope in the end. ( )
  pinkmouse | Jun 3, 2009 |
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Canonical titleWhere Rainbows End = Rosie Dunne = Love, Rosie
Original publication date2004-02
People/CharactersRosie Dunne, Alex Stewart
Important placesDublin, Ireland
Awards and honorsPost Award (Literature, 2005), Corine Award (2005)
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Amazon.com (ISBN 140130091X, Hardcover)

Cecelia Ahearn's Rosie Dunne is the amusing story of Alex and Rosie, best friends who grow up together in Ireland and stay close throughout cross-continental moves, marriages, parenthood, family dramas. and professional triumphs. Friends for close to 50 years, the potential for romance between the pair is always under the surface, yet never seems to find the right time or place to become a reality.

Twenty-three year old Ahern, whose debut novel, PS, I Love You, was a modest hit with critics and readers alike, does not deviate much from the witty yet sentimental style she seems to naturally posses. Rosie Dunne is written through a series of notes, letters, IMs, e-mails, and text messages between the two protagonists and their various friends and family members. While this style is engaging at first, readers may eventually long for more substantial dialogue and fewer choppy exchanges. In fact, about halfway into the story, some may even feel the urge to skip ahead to what is almost an inevitable conclusion. However, the addition of entertaining secondary characters (such as Rosie's best friend Ruby and her overweight, yet oddly talented, salsa-dancing son) help keep the momentum going through one-to-many near misses between Rosie and Alex.

Overall, Rosie Dunne is a touching look at what happens when "the one" always seems to be just a tad bit out of reach. Still, one can't help wondering if this novel may have been better suited to a short but sweet episode of a half-hour sitcom. --Gisele Toueg

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