Sundays at Tiffany's inspires reviewer
By LISA MALONE
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:59 AM CDT
Updated: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:59 AM CDT
The BookWorm - Lisa Malone
I just completed reading the newest novel by the No. 1 New York Time Bestselling Author James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet and knew I had to do something to get others to read this book.
I can admit to being a complete book worm who will pretty much absorb one book, move on to the next read, and not stop to think about what the author wanted to accomplish.
Sure, most authors just want to tell their tales and entertain the masses. But some want more. They want to reach inside the reader and pull out all those emotions, hopes and dreams that most of us never examine. James Patterson is one of those authors, and “Sundays at Tiffany's” is one of those books.
After finishing the book and admittedly wiping away a few tears I just had to sit and think. Not about the book, but how the book made me feel. It took me a while to realize that what I was feeling was the same thing I had felt as a child.
It was hope. A total belief that miracles do and will happen. I haven't really believed that for a long time. It's just one of those things that happens when we grow up. We bury it deep inside so that it can't hurt us.
Maybe if every once and a while more people believed in the unbelievable, the world would be a better place. Or maybe I'm just another sappy book worm.
The story is so cleverly written that you want to believe this can actually happen. It's a tale of self discovery, the lost innocence of childhood, and the ultimate love. It is not just another romance novel, not that that would have stopped me from reading it, it's a tale of the impossible becoming possible and lost friends returning when you need them most.
This book needs no plot summaries or character studies. All you need to know is that a little girl, Jane, who no one loved lost her best friend, Michael, on her ninth birthday and grows up to be a very lonely woman.
The impossible happens and she runs into the long lost friend and they, after Michael realizes that he's back to lead Jane to the next life, fall in love. Oh, one more thing, Michael was Jane's imaginary friend.
The BookWorm has given her official stamp of approval to “Sundays at Tiffany's,” but who am I to tell you that this is a great novel? You must read this book and experience the magic and discover for yourself.
I can admit to being a complete book worm who will pretty much absorb one book, move on to the next read, and not stop to think about what the author wanted to accomplish.
Sure, most authors just want to tell their tales and entertain the masses. But some want more. They want to reach inside the reader and pull out all those emotions, hopes and dreams that most of us never examine. James Patterson is one of those authors, and “Sundays at Tiffany's” is one of those books.
After finishing the book and admittedly wiping away a few tears I just had to sit and think. Not about the book, but how the book made me feel. It took me a while to realize that what I was feeling was the same thing I had felt as a child.
It was hope. A total belief that miracles do and will happen. I haven't really believed that for a long time. It's just one of those things that happens when we grow up. We bury it deep inside so that it can't hurt us.
Maybe if every once and a while more people believed in the unbelievable, the world would be a better place. Or maybe I'm just another sappy book worm.
The story is so cleverly written that you want to believe this can actually happen. It's a tale of self discovery, the lost innocence of childhood, and the ultimate love. It is not just another romance novel, not that that would have stopped me from reading it, it's a tale of the impossible becoming possible and lost friends returning when you need them most.
This book needs no plot summaries or character studies. All you need to know is that a little girl, Jane, who no one loved lost her best friend, Michael, on her ninth birthday and grows up to be a very lonely woman.
The impossible happens and she runs into the long lost friend and they, after Michael realizes that he's back to lead Jane to the next life, fall in love. Oh, one more thing, Michael was Jane's imaginary friend.
The BookWorm has given her official stamp of approval to “Sundays at Tiffany's,” but who am I to tell you that this is a great novel? You must read this book and experience the magic and discover for yourself.
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