“People who say it’s a long story mean it’s a stupid short one that they’re too embarrassed and couldn’t be bothered to tell.”
Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart have been friends since they were 5 years
old. Years later Alex and his family move to Boston. Rosie plans to follow him
there but something happens which forces Rosie to abandon her plans. As the
years go by, the pair keep in regular contact but their friendship is put under
tremendous strain through a variety of things. Are the pair destined to ever be
together or will they always be just best friends?
There is something about this book; I hated it, but at the same time I
loved it so deeply. I was determined to leave it be, but every time I looked at
it I had to pick it up again. The story of Alex and Rosie frustrated me to the
core, I wanted to yell JUST GET TOGETHER ALREADY! But the love story was
somewhat realistic, life will always get in the way. Sometimes It would make my
heart well up and sometimes it would make me cry. This book isn't your typical
soppy romantic trashy novel, it has substance. The unusual style of writing
also made it an interesting reading experience.
The book was organised and made up completely of letters, emails, instant messages etc. I must admit it took a while to get used to but when you do it works so well and makes the story so much more interesting. You really get to dig deep into the main character's emotions and feelings this way and I really enjoyed it. However, at times it did become annoying because it kind of skipped main events and you didn't get to find out much about them (which I would have really liked).
Basically, this book was an absolute roller coaster ride filled with
extreme frustration and a severe case of toying with my emotions, but I am very
much pleased with the ending of this book.
I'd watched the film before reading this and now I can say that despite
the differences between the book and the film, I loved them both.
