Reviews: Postscript (59)
“Worth the wait”
(Hardback)
by Hilary Anderson-Bell
I would like to thank netgalley and Harper Collins for letting me read this book. What can I say I read PS I love you when it came out (didn't everyone) I loved it and this book does not disappoint. It is warm funny sad and like wearing your favourite jumper it makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. If you liked PS I love you don't hesitate just read it. If you are a fan of cecelia ahern don't hesitate just read it. If you didn't read P S I love you buy a copy read it then read this they will make you laugh and cry but they will leave you feeling uplifted and wanting more.
“Amazing!”
(Paperback)
by Emma Hayley
I read P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern earlier this year and absolutely loved it, so i was very thrilled when I learnt that it was getting a sequel this year! After such an incredible first book, I had extremely high expectations for it and thankfully I was not disappointed . Postscript by Cecilia Ahern was just as good, if not better, than the first book. I read it so incredibly quickly because I just couldn’t put the book down. It's by far one of the best sequels i have ever read. The cover is absolutely beautiful as well! The colours are very beautiful as is the font. The cover is very eye catching and suits the book extremely well. I shall definitely be recommending this book to my family and friends and I am excited to read Cecelia Ahern’s other works!
“Beautiful”
(Paperback)
by Alyson Warren
Holly lost her husband to cancer, while still alive her wrote several letters to her from beyond the grave. Holly's sister, invited her to talk about the letters and how the impacted her. This catches the attention of a few people, who then form the 'P.S I Love You'. Which consists of a few terminally ill people. They reach out to Holly for her help to proceed with this idea. Holly helps them with different ideas to leave loved ones messages, including videos and poems as well as letters. What a journey!! I love the idea of the p,s I love you club, its a beautiful idea. This sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions. From just a few chapters in i had to get the tissues out. It truly is beautiful and painfully heartbreaking at the same time Highly recommend, it really is a must read!
“Breathtaking, emotional and hopeful”
(Paperback)
by Emma Alvey
"In one second, almost two and a half million emails are sent, the universe expands fifteen kilometres and thirty stars explode, a honey bee can flap its wings two hundred times, the fastest snail travels 1.3 centimetres, objects can fall sixteen feet, and 'Will you marry me?' can change a life. Four babies are born. Two people die. One second can be the difference between life and death." Poignant, emotive and uplifting, Postscript is a story of life, death, love and hope. Exquisitely written, it tackles the difficult topics of death and grief with sensitivity and candour and also gives hope in its message of the power of love and healing. The story picks up seven years after the death of Holly's husband, Gerry, and six years after she read the last of the ten letters he left for her to read after he passed. Holly is trying to move on with her life. She's working at a vintage clothing shop, Magpie, with her sister Cara and has been dating Gabriel for two years, who she worries she’s using as a stop-gap until she can be reunited with Gerry once more. But that isn't who she wants to be. So she finally agrees to move in with him and begin to move forward. "We all have something that unexpectedly derails us when we are motoring smoothly, blissfully, ardently. This encounter with the club is mine. And it hurts." Meanwhile Ciara has a podcast series called How To Talk About and has asked Holly to take part in the episode How To Talk About Death. Reluctantly, Holly agrees. The crowd are particularly interested in Gerry's letters and some people express that they wish their loved ones had left them letters like he did for Holly. One lady in particular is keen for Holly to keep sharing her story and maybe even write a book. She keeps coming into the shop and Holly tries to evade her thinking she's a bit of a stalker. When she learns the woman is part of something called the PS I Love You Club she's had enough. But in time she begins to connect with the small group and help them as they try to leave behind a small piece of themselves for their loved ones to cherish, changing not only their lives, but hers too as she begins to re-examine what Gerry’s letters meant and what they could continue to mean. What a book! I read PS I Love You when it was first released and was both thrilled and apprehensive when I learned that there was to be a sequel. Would it live up to the emotive power of the first book? It didn’t take long to realise that my concerns were unfounded. Postscript exceeded all my expectations and even surpassed the first book for me. I fell in love with the author’s writing style all over again. She knows just how to stir emotion, how to break your heart one moment and then make you laugh the next. The vivid imagery and metaphors were spectacular and I couldn’t put this book down. "We want to control our deaths, our goodbye to the world, and if we can't control it, we can at least control how we leave it behind." For me, the best parts of this book were Holly’s interactions with the members of the PS, I Love You Club. They are an eclectic group whose commonality is they’ve all been diagnosed with a terminal or life-long, degenerative illness. Joy has MS and is preparing for life in a wheelchair, losing her ability to communicate and needing a feeding tube, Bert has emphysema, Paul is in remission from a brain tumor for the second time but is preparing for it possibly returning, and teenager Ginka has cervical cancer. They all have their own reasons for wanting to leave parts of themselves behind and each teach Holly something different about life, love and grief. Amongst this group Holly slowly finds a safe harbour where she can talk about Gerry without worrying she’s making them uncomfortable or having to edit what she says. The story and character that touched me the most was Ginka. She’s just sixteen-years-old and is a single mother to baby Jewel. She has no family - they disowned her after she announced her pregnancy and cruelly told her that the cancer is God’s punishment for her sins - and lives with the heartbreak of knowing there’s no one who knows to care for Jewel and tell her about the mother who adored her. She’s practically a child herself yet is facing more pain and hardship than most of us can imagine. As a mother the idea of strangers raising my children would be terrifying. The relationship that develops between Ginka and Holly was my favourite and I loved their scenes together. Her story is just one example of this author’s magnificent talent for writing characters and stories that reach into your soul. This novel was a truly breathtaking read that reminded me why Cecelia Ahern is such a beloved author. She tackles a difficult subject in a beautiful and powerful way and reminds us to cherish every moment with those we love. I highly recommend this book and don’t think you need to have read the first one to enjoy it.
“I loved it”
(Paperback)
by Alex Gregory
I read P.S I love you a long time ago and absolutely loved it. I read it in one sitting it was that addictive. When I heard there was going to be a sequel I just had to read it. It did not disappoint. Soooo worth the wait! It was so nice to see how the characters had progressed since the first one as I enjoyed them so much both in the book and the film. I felt this was so beautifully written and really tugged at my heartstrings. I felt myself really getting immersed in the book and wanting the best for holly as I really loved Gerry as a character and they suited each other so well. (The mum in the first one wasn’t my favourite person though!) I would definitely say I enjoyed the first one more as you can’t go wrong with such a beautiful story however I still really rated this book. I loved the cover as well, thought it was absolutely beautiful. Would recommend.
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Postscript

Postscript

Fiction, General Fiction
Cecelia Ahern (author)
Paperback Published on: 01/10/2020
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