She was effectively a carer to her mother and younger brother, Ollie, which was really too much to expect of a young girl. Im discovering I have a love for damaged female protagonists, whether it's down to nature or nurture I love these girls. Alice moves to London, she finds herself a little flat, becomes friendly with her neighbour Naomi and she struggles to find a job. I also thought that having spent much time on Alice’s early life and her adulthood until perhaps her thirties, the last couple of chapters seemed to cover all the rest of her life in a rush.

The central character is Alice, who sees colours around people from the time she is eight years old. Rather than having empathy for the neighbour who was driven batty by the wind chimes (she never considered that this might be one of the contributing factors to his irritated mood), she seemed to mock him and wanted to keep/add more wind chimes in what seemed like a spiteful way. I think the thing that got me was there was no real answer to why she saw colours she never went to the doctor when she left her mums house.That is the one thing I really didn’t like about this book the jumping about with no warning it was very hard to keep up with.

An interesting fictional recount of how someone with synesthesia may see life and the world around them. I’ve read the majority of Cecelia Ahern’s books; she has a way of making the impossible seem like reality, she blends the two together beautifully, I always find myself completely absorbed when reading her work. The first 60 or so pages start off reasonably promising with Eleanor Oliphant vibes and some nice writing.Towards the end of the book it was very rushed had kids the first one then a miscarriage then the next paragraph was her talking about all her 3 kids. You know that feeling when you’re in a reading slump, and then you pick up a book which reminds you of everything you love about storytelling? This book is the life of Alice Kelly who has the rare condition of Synesthesia (dubbed Aura Migraine) whereby she can see the colour of people's aura and lives in a dysfunctional family. The romantic element I wasn’t expecting didn’t come until well on in the book and wasn’t as much of a focus as in Ahern’s previous books.

One single Narrator managed to effectively not do every single character’s distinctive voice but their tone, accent, country of origin and even dialects! You could hear a word and it has a colour to it, you may read a word such as “street” and smell oranges. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Overall a lovely read, uneven and sometimes getting bogged down in the middle, but ultimately a very enjoyable journey. Vielleicht stehen auch im Buch an diesen Stellen keine Jahreszahl zur Orientierung, aber bestimmt fängt immerhin ein neues Kapitel oder so etwas an.Writing Holly’s journey helped me find my own path, writing PS I Love You brought both Holly and I to a more positive place in our lives and that is what I continue to do with my novels. I received a copy of In a Thousand Different Ways by Cecelia Ahern from NetGalley and HarperCollins UK in exchange for an honest review.

Divided chapters by colors, and you'll immediately feel sorry when you come across the last chapter because you know the thing associated with it. Die meiste Zeit allerdings ist diese permanente Reizüberflutung eine große Bürde für sie, gegen die sie sich schützen muss. Portobello Book Blog is not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without its permission. She has a difficult relationship with her mother Lily, which could have been explored much more, instead of skipping years at a time. It is different to any other book I have read and was very thought provoking around how our moods can rub off of those around us.Ahern's books tend to have some small fantasy element to it, but the premise of this one completely fascinates me. I was fortunate to get an advance copy of this book via NetGalley (I chose it because of the cover) and I am glad that I did because it did not disappoint in subject or characters. The protagonist experiences auras and the author considers how this affects her life in this enjoyable story.