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"Very original and touching" -- Joanne Harris
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"Very original and touching" -- Joanne Harris
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A very different way of writing a book, but a very clear message underneath the surface. (For Women) Hope you don't have mascara on because you will definetly have tiny tears. A quick read but in a good way, Enjoy!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Excellent book - useful to me professionally and personally. Made me weep in places!It arrived speedily and in good condition.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Claire and her mum don't have the best of relationships and the only way in which they actually appear to communicate with each other is via the medium of the refrigerator door in the form of notes. The fact is Claire is far too busy being a teenager - out with friends, having a boyfriend and generally just having a life - whereas her mother is far too busy working to provide for herself and her daughter. Which means that their only method of communication is indeed on their refrigerator door. But one day, one note is going to turn Claire and her mums world completely upside down...
I must admit that I do feel a little cheated by the book. It's 226 pages long but it's absolutely not 226 pages full of writing. Because the book is told in notes there's only one note per page and some of the notes are only a few lines long so I managed to finish the book in under an hour. It is a unique way of trying to tell a story but to be honest, after finishing it, I'm still not totally convinced it worked. I mean the quotes from the magazines say it's "heartbreaking" and "guaranteed to make me cry" but I never felt either of those emotions whilst reading the book.
The idea of a mother and daughter being so far apart that they only communicate via notes is actually pretty sad. What mother or daughter cannot find the time to talk to each other for at least an hour a day? And, to be honest, the notes don't even really have a ring of truth to them. They seem forced - despite the fact Claire doodles all over her drawings which is obviously an attempt from the author to get us to be able to know Claire a bit better and to make her more real to us. But for me it didn't really work. I mean I've seen all the reviews everywhere saying the book is fab but I just didn't get what was supposed to be so good about the book apart from the fact I managed to read it in an hour.
I have to say that even the life-changing note wasn't really enough to make the book as good as I'd have liked. It again seemed rather forced and it was as if it was thrown in there to make the book more dramatic than it actually was. Also the lack of talking between Claire and her mum about the life-changing thing was shocking. They barely mentioned it and when it did come up, they avoided the subject like the plague. It really just seemed so unreal and there was no depth to the plot or to the characters. It could have been so much better had the author decided to put in some actual pages of words along with the notes rather than just a book full of notes. Unique it may have been but enjoyable it certainly wasn't.
I must admit that I do feel a little cheated by the book. It's 226 pages long but it's absolutely not 226 pages full of writing. Because the book is told in notes there's only one note per page and some of the notes are only a few lines long so I managed to finish the book in under an hour. It is a unique way of trying to tell a story but to be honest, after finishing it, I'm still not totally convinced it worked. I mean the quotes from the magazines say it's "heartbreaking" and "guaranteed to make me cry" but I never felt either of those emotions whilst reading the book.
The idea of a mother and daughter being so far apart that they only communicate via notes is actually pretty sad. What mother or daughter cannot find the time to talk to each other for at least an hour a day? And, to be honest, the notes don't even really have a ring of truth to them. They seem forced - despite the fact Claire doodles all over her drawings which is obviously an attempt from the author to get us to be able to know Claire a bit better and to make her more real to us. But for me it didn't really work. I mean I've seen all the reviews everywhere saying the book is fab but I just didn't get what was supposed to be so good about the book apart from the fact I managed to read it in an hour.
I have to say that even the life-changing note wasn't really enough to make the book as good as I'd have liked. It again seemed rather forced and it was as if it was thrown in there to make the book more dramatic than it actually was. Also the lack of talking between Claire and her mum about the life-changing thing was shocking. They barely mentioned it and when it did come up, they avoided the subject like the plague. It really just seemed so unreal and there was no depth to the plot or to the characters. It could have been so much better had the author decided to put in some actual pages of words along with the notes rather than just a book full of notes. Unique it may have been but enjoyable it certainly wasn't.
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Generic
I bought it a few years back and I read it in 10 minutes, really generic book story that many people write about. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Kimi
Book Review
I originally borrowed this book off my daughter and bought some for presents. Fantastic short read!! Sad too! Books arrived very quickly and well packaged.
Published 5 months ago by Jayne
Good idea, slightly unbelievable
This was a really quick read as the format of the book is conversation through post-it notes and eventually, a letter. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Stepping Out of the Page
Great Book
Good book love the format its really good and shocking i love how its about how a mother talks to her mom it soo good i would buy i soon!
Published 11 months ago by FMW
Very moving
I read this book in less than half an hour, it is a very short read with some pages only having a few words on. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jo-Anne
Simple, quick and to the point. But very effective.
I read this for the first time a couple of years ago and I can still pick it up, open it at random notes and be still reading it several minutes later. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Keely Rankin
Different, and simply special
Is a quick read, written in the most interesting way.
Makes you realise that you must love, what you've got, while you have it.
Love until time runs out. Read more
Makes you realise that you must love, what you've got, while you have it.
Love until time runs out. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Stuff buyer
A family favourite
I received this book as a present and it was passed round all the females in my family within days (because the note style makes it a very quick read). Read more
Published 24 months ago by C F
Wow, really touching
Life on the Refrigerator Door
I first came across this book on amazon and i didn't really pay much attention to it. Read more
I first came across this book on amazon and i didn't really pay much attention to it. Read more
Published on 9 July 2009 by Elizabeth Omotayo
Unusual, honest and deeply moving
What an interesting little book this turned out to be. It caught my eye because it's a bright pink little hardback with a ribbon page marker in it, and flicking through it I could... Read more
Published on 7 July 2009 by Miss E. Potten
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