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. ( )

The beginning half of this book was just so-so, but I kept reading it because there were so many questions to be answered. What happened to Jennifer's baby and husband? Who was Doc? Was Sam going to live? What was Brendan's secret and once it was revealed, would he make it through this ordeal? Though I did think it was just okay at the beginning, I had to keep reading to find the answers to these questions.

This book overlaps two love stories, as told by Jennifer and her grandmother, Sam (Samantha). Jennifer tells her own story intermittently between reading a series of letters from Sam, in which she reveals her story to her granddaughter.

I literally cried when I read the last couple of chapters. When Jennifer gave her speech about her grandmother being her best friend, that was all it took. I was also very close with my grandmother and often described her as my best friend when she was living. I felt like I could relate with Jennifer's speech about her love and friendship with Sam. There are also other reasons that I cried at the end of the book, but I can't write them here because they will spoil it for future readers! If love stories make you cry, get out the tissues as you near the end of this one! ( )

I found this book to be a really great, quick read. I like Patterson's writing style and short chapters. I thought this was a touching story. ( )