Read it and Done it :P

 Imagine having to wait until you’re 50 years old to be united with your true love! What a long wait.

Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart have always been best friends. They first met when they were five years old and have always been together through thick and thin. They did things like all best friends did together. They roughed it out through school, making their teachers and parents go crazy over their silly antics.

One fine day, Alex and his family had to move to Boston as his father was being transferred in his job. Alex and Rosie are from Dublin. Naturally, they’re upset because they can’t spend time together that much any longer. So they kept in touch through letters and e-mails.

Alex was supposed to return to Dublin to accompany Rosie to her debs or prom night. However, he missed his flight and Rosie had to go with someone else, a guy named Brian. She got drunk and the unexpected happened. Rosie then ended up being a pregnant 18-year-old. She couldn’t go to college in Boston anymore and also couldn’t be with Alex.

It’s evident that Alex and Rosie have strong feelings for each other but numerous things always got in the way. Just when Rosie might have confessed her feelings to Alex, he and his girlfriend, Sally, announced that they’re to get married! Rosie, wanting to move on, met another guy, Greg and got married too. Both friends were at each other’s weddings but felt weird seeing each other walking away from the altar with someone else.

Both friends also showed obvious dislike for the other’s spouses or partners. Rosie strongly expressed her dislike for whoever Alex was dating or was married to. Alex would also find fault with Rosie’s husband, Greg. And they’ll go on and on criticizing but they never got around to confessing their true feelings because they had to think of others, especially their children. They still do ponder over the ‘silence’ which they experienced after Rosie kissed Alex.

Anyway, Rosie’s daughter, Katie seemed to be experiencing the same thing like her mom. She also has a guy best friend, Toby, and never gave a second thought of having feelings for him. Katie and Toby are like the younger versions of Rosie and Alex!

Where Rainbows End is written in the form of letters, e-mails, and instant messages so it’s a very engaging read. Reading it was very quick even though it’s a rather thick book. Some boring parts could have been taken out so as to make the book thinner. Rosie’s e-mails tend to be terribly long as she can drone on and on about her job, her kid, Alex, Alex’s wife/girlfriend and her husband, Greg.

I definitely enjoyed reading this, just like Ahern’s other novel, PS, I Love You. Some things didn’t make sense in this novel but they can be excused. Can’t wait to read more of her books! Ahern sure knows how to write funny, heart-and-soul, touching and moving kind of stories. 

Reference:http://www.booksloveme.com/2008/11/where-rainbows-end-by-cecelia-ahern/

Jaycee says:

I've been very busy lately coz i've been reading this Cecilia Ahern novels which is in titled “Where Rainbows End”. I really have no idea why it's in titled as this but I find itr very amusing coz it's quite different from other books that i've read. It's kind-a like showed in a letter form rather than a paragraph form, like the ones you send messages to or like chatting with someone. I enjoyed reading it coz it started like when they were kids and their Bff's.. So to keep you up, this story talks about two best friends and they were like 5 years old.. Katie Dunne and Alex Stewart.. They are so close to each other like they were like idk.. family for instance.. They laugh, have fun, drink, party, tell each others secrets and communicates in times of far away travels.. Well, they sure are happy though they have feelings for each other at the right age they are so blinded by their feeling coz for both of them they are JUST friends. But because of the silence that they both encounter which leaded them to different families and thus experience heartaches and “too late to tell” situations they manage to put it behind them and started over. At the age of 50's, Alex and Katie knew that they are still longing for each others love and found out that they both want the same happiness and they lived happily ever after. Now, who say's that bestfriend never turned out as lovers but for them, it was a dream come true. :) nice story ei? I really love the novels of Cecilia coz it's all about friendship, challenges, and love.. I can sometimes relate those with personal experiences but yet i'm still a teen which is still studying and focused by the law of studies and management. Blaaaah! Sometimes I like reading American novels, though I can't relate to their sides of story but it actually has sense of adventure and imaginative thinking.. it's fun actually. Travelling around the world with posh experiences. How nice it is to actually know those things and it wouldn't leave me ignorant for those kind-a stuffs. ;) Another story to tell.

PS, sometimes it's fun to read :)) I mean all the time.