Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern .

Book review: Where Rainbows End by Cecelia Ahern

If you haven’t read this book yet, but still want to, please stop reading! This review contains spoilers you, believe me, don’t want to know. But, before you go, I have to say: please do read this wonderful and somewhat tragic but also funny story. Synopsis: Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. 
She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She’s pregnant by a boy she’d gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. 
Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn’t done with them yet. [as written on goodreads.com]

What I think of the book: It took me 5 days to finish and many, many times I’ve wondered why Cecelia was torturing me. What did I ever do to her?

If there’s a person who deserves happiness, it’s Rosie Dunne. That woman has had so much to deal with, I would’ve gone mentally insane. There’re a lot of things that keep Alex and her from being with each other: moving to the US, college, pregnancy’s, marriages, spouses (who hide very important love letters! *cough* *cough* Greg) and old flames (or just one nightstands).  

I spend 5 days of my life reading about Rosie and Alex from age 5 to 50, it felt like I knew them their whole life’s – which actually is kind of true. The same applies for Katie. It was a little weird reading about her 31 year old self. I, as an old romantic soul, loved the ending Cecelia wrote for Katie.

I had expect Alex and Rosie to finally have their happily ever after at the age of 40, but no. They had to spend another 10 years without each other. Personally I don’t understand why Cecelia added the extra 10 years (more and more torture?)

I couldn’t stop smiling after reading the epilogue. In the last two books I’ve read the main characters both died, so I needed this. It was a long ride, but a good one with an ending both character very well deserved.

Would I recommend it? Do I still need to answer this question? I have to say it was a bit different reading this book because it’s all letters, postcards and e-mails, but it has something special.