P.S. I Read It !

Have you read "PS I Love You"?

The BOOK?

Yeah...

No, I have seen the movie.

Movie is good but book is very very good..

Having got back to back recommendations from two female colleagues , I could not resist but ask for it .

" Can you give me the book to read ?

Surprisingly, the book was delivered to my desk 2 days later and I was coerced into reading what was already touted as a tearjerker of sorts by both the ladies.

Well, having seen the movie quite a while ago, I had faint recollection of the two central characters of the story , Holly and Gerry and the plot in its entirety. I had loved the emotional perturbation portrayed by Hilary Swank (Holly) after losing her dearest hubby, Gerry (Gerad Butler). Twenty minutes into the movie, and I was lost deep into the sublime plot of how a bereaved wife comes to terms with the death of her husband by reading letters left for her by him, each guiding her and ecouraging her to live life afresh....and of-course, a gentle reminder at the end of each letter ...P.S. I love you . 

I still remember that as I finished watching the movie, I was smiling with a heavy heart and sighed 'wow...good one'!

Now as I read the book, I could almost feel going back in time to that emotional frame of mind. I did not anticipate any twists and turns to the plot , nor any deviation from the grief and sorrow of Holly , albeit it was a deliberate attempt to absorb myself into her grim life and 'feel' the loss and desperation through the words of the author. ofcourse, those visuals from the film never left me , for me Hillary was Holly and Gerad was Gerry. 

Well, now having gone through both the mediums that told the same story, I would say the film took much liberty in restructuring the plot in quite a few ways but still it did justice to the book just because of the sheer fact that it touched and moved every little way the book intended to be.

But the book, as a debut work by author Cecelia Ahern, remains an original and quite a remarkable attempt on this subject , which I would say, is a naive and honest depiction of an enamored love.

Just the very thought of how much somebody loved you that he left you with a 'list' of things-to-do that would help you overcome the grief and make way for a better life for you..., this very thought calls for an applause for all those die-hard romantics (including those two ladies who recommended me :)  ...the 'love' is still so alive!!!!

In today's times where love is merely an easy adjective or an overused verb , the feeling is restricted to mushy romance of the movies or that song which gives you goosebumps ....am so enthralled that somebody recommended me this book ....a testimony to the pleasant fact that there are suckers of such love stories... living , thriving and 'feeling' the vagaries and veracity of an imperceptible thing called 'True Love'!

"...she was a woman with a million happy memories, who knew what it was like to experience true love and who was ready to experience more life, more love and make new memories. Whether it happened in ten months or ten years, Holly would obey Gerry's final message. Whatever lay ahead, she knew she would open her heart and follow where it led her.In the meantime, she would just live."

Thats the author's expression and summarization of an undying need for love and the mystery of what life holds.

As for me , it was not exactly a tearjerker, nor did I got much convinced with all that never-ending 'drink and dine'  ceremonies of Holly's friends and families that almost became a ritual for grief-stricken ladies...call it a 'cultural-backdrop' or ignore it for the debutant writer's brave attempt to rope in a pastiche' of characters to give some light and flight to the tale.

So lets just raise a toast, in the ritualistic fashion of this tale, for those who are in love and will always be....and celebrate the 'passion-in-a-relationship'  as aptly confessed by Daniel , towards the end...

“I am happy, Holly, I guess I just can't live without the drama.”

P.S. I Love It !