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“well...ok...”
badhriya wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“learne dhow to play the theme on piano a year ago=^.^=”
Lexy L wrote this review 6 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“not so interesting but a pure and devoted love story”
rozy g wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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sandy wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Let me start by saying that I read this book as a teenager. The book was released when I was about 12 but I didn't read the book untill after the movie came out, if I ever read it at all. I don't remember for sure if I read it but it was very familular as I was reading. I had bought this book a few months ago because I wanted to read it as an adult to understand the concept better. Since the fifth day is marriage I thought it a good time to read it. Its short, only 130 pages. I am not sure if it was well written, I think it could have been better. I don't know if anyone is interested in reading this book but for all intents, there will be spoilers in the review below.
The book starts with the lines: "What can you say about a twenty-five year old girl who died? That she was beautiful. And brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. And the Beatles and me." This story is of love. Oliver and Jenny. They met when He, a Harvard pre law student (21 years old) went to the Radcliffe Library where she worked. She (also 21), a Radcliffe music major. They always had sarcastic conversations from day one. He was from a extremly wealthy family who had donated to Harvard, many expensive items including, a building named for his great grandfater. The Barrett men were all athelets, Oliver played hockey. Jennifer came from a close italian family. Her mother died when she was little and she was raised, as an only child, by her father. His family did not approve of the marriage and fhis fatfher told him he would disown him if he married her before finishing law school. This did not stop them. Oliver, A straight A student, got scolarships and Jenny worked and put him through Law school. He became a top lawyer in a prestiegous law firm with out his fathers help. They wanted children but after many attempts they went to a doctor to find out why they weren't pregnant. Through testing they found Jenny had Luekemia. She would not live.
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“I loved this book, but it had a painful ending...”
Sarika S wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“An emotional touch of the delicate moments expressed beautifully.”
Sunil v wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i hope it will be good”
Ally B wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i cried!!”
aparnaacharya wrote this review Tuesday, November 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“romantic, tear-jerker”
tongurl wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
