Book info

• Title Where Rainbows End
• Author Cecelia Ahern
• Year 2004
• Genre Romance

Best friends since forever, Rosie and Alex have shared their hopes, dreams, awkward moments – and firsts. But their bond is threatened when Alex’s family move to America. They stay in touch, but misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck seem to be conspiring to keep them apart. Can they gamble everything – even their friendship – on true love?

Thoughts

Loved this. A story told in the form of communications between Rosie and her friends and extended family, this chronicles almost fifty years of love, loss, drama, tears and tantrums. It draws you in from the very beginning, and even though some of the letters or emails are a bit clunky (they have to be to get the story across in a less than natural form), it’s all very believable and readable.

I loved the two characters, as well. Rosie with her strong will amongst a lifetime of setbacks, and Alex with his clearly talented career but bad choices in his love life. And those around them as well, all very lifelike and relatable.

Really good, and now I’m curious about the film that sprung out of it as well.

Rating: 5 / 5