I can't tell you how much I loved this book. I was completely shocked when I found out that James Patterson wrote it! ( )

An interesting premise that quickly develops into pure schmaltz - waiting for the made-for-tv movie to come out. ( )

From the name of the book I thought this was a love story when I saw my husband reading it … he told me it was a must read. I picked it up in the morning one day and had it finished by that afternoon. And I am a slow reader.
This story is one about a love and life of a woman, a great grandmother, and a lover all in one. They are what are left from a grandmother to her granddaughter, the story of a great love.
The granddaughter Jennifer has lost the love of her life in a tragic accident that she blames her self for, shortly after she gets a call that Sam her grandmother has slipped in to a coma. On her way to the hospital she stops at the beautiful house of Sam and finds a stack of numbered letters that Sam has left for her. ( )

This book was a part of Readers Digest Selected Editions, along with 3 other books that came as a set. I am thankful I read the abridged version, because I don't think I would have really finished the full version. No, don't get me wrong, I didn't completely hate the book but then...

This is the story of Jennifer who recently lost the love of her life because of an accident, for which she blames herself. She is shocked when she gets a call telling her that her great-grandmother had fallen and was in a coma. Jennifer is shattered at the very thought of losing Sam, her great grand mom. She leaves everything aside and rushes to Sam's beautiful house, where a bunch of numbered letters are awaiting her. As she meets up with Sam and lives in her house and waits for her recovery... she reads Sam's letters a few at a time. Through the letters, unfolds a story, she would have never known or thought about, about her grandmom. Through those letters she finds the courage to open herself to love and to life.

Somewhere I found it was similar to PS. I love You [ I have seen the movie]. Of course the story is different, but I couldn't help but compare.

Actually it is a very nice story. There are some questions that you really want answers too, and you just move through, to find the answers. Light, emotional read. But at times, I found it boring. And most of the times, I thought many of it was predictable.

So, you know I am kind of not sure, if i want to give it 3 or 2 star :)!

For being a quick read and nice story... I give it a 3 star :) ( )

I should preface this review by saying that I am not generally a huge fan of James Patterson. I think his mysteries have decent plots, but his writing is just so poor that I can’t really get in to his books. I feel like I am reading something by a fourth-grader, and I want him to throw in a slightly more complex sentence every once in a while! This was even more evident in this book, where he constantly felt the need to write about details that have absolutely no bearing on the plot (i.e., numerous passages that would sound something like this: "and then I ate a chicken sandwich" or "then we listened to Ella Fitzgerald" - who cares?). A better writer would be able to use minor details such as these to add to the tone or atmosphere of the story, but here is just comes off as a listing of unnecessary items to fill up some space quota. The storyline of this particular book was saccharine, mostly predictable (despite trying to hold an aura of mystery), and quite frankly, ridiculously unbelievable. Patterson also apparently has no concept of what a 35-year-old woman thinks or feels, so trying to first-person narrated this one was not the best choice. My take-away: if you are looking for something light and breezy to read, this page-turner is okay, but if you want something that doesn't make you feel dumber for having read it, pick up a different book. ( )