If you need a good cry, I mean a gut-wrenching
sob, then this is the book for you. I have never felt more heartbroken than
when I read P.S. I Love You. The first couple of chapters will devastate you.
The second couple of chapters will lead you on with a dull ache inside. The
third couple of chapters you’ll cry again and again sporadically. By the end of
the book you don’t know where you are or how long you have been reading, but
you just know that it was worth it.
Now that we have somewhat of a framework out of
the way, I will tell you the book and the movie could not be more different in
setting, characters, and general feeling.
The book is set in Ireland
and the overall feeling of loneliness that Holly Kennedy, the main character has
is more apparent and suffocating. There are moments in the book when you just
have to put it down because if not you will surely die of a broken heart. I
have never in all my years of reading cried, okay more like sobbed
uncontrollably, than I have with P.S. I Love You.
The movie is set in
New York City and Holly Kennedy doesn’t seem as lonely. She has more of a
support system that checks in on her and makes her go out of her apartment. The
gut wrenching despair is still there. Believe me, my mom and I were a total
wreck ten minutes in to watching it. I might have let out a really embarrassing
gasp for air because I was crying so hard. Everyone in the theatre really
enjoyed my uncontrollable crying…. not!
The only thing I
wonder is, what does an author have to go through to be able to convey such a
raw emotion completely unhindered? This book will have you experiencing
emotions you never thought possible. I definitely recommend both the book and
the movie. Enjoy! Make sure you have a giant SAM’s club size box of tissues
next to you! You are going to need it.
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