I love this novel! It was the book the movie "Just Like Heaven" was based on.
The concept for this book was intriguing, but the writing was just terrible. The dialogue seems forced, the characters are very one-dimensional, and the decision the characters make to lead to the "plot twists" just make no sense. The author tries to add a lot of random details - including suddenly fanciful character development for someone who is only around for a few pages - that don't actually add depth but just more words. In the middle of it was a glimmer of what the book should have really been about - the relationship between a boy and his mother - but it was lost amid a shticky ghost story.
This was an awesome book! It was one of those books I read until I was too tired to stayt awake any longer. Very sweet romance story telling of one man's courage to do what his heart was telling him to do.
I first read this book in 2004 (I think) and I remember telling my husband that it would make a great movie. I was so excited when I found out it was being made into a movie, until I watched it. Too bad the movie it was missing that special something that the book had.
If you have seen the movie "Just Like Heaven" and enjoyed it, this is the book for you. Set in San Francisco, it is a book of faith in what is unbelievable. Is it the afterlife, or the inbetween life? What happens to a soul when the body is caught in a limbotic state?
Find out in a book about a woman comatose, and a man who found himself assisting her, devoid of the knowledge that he needed to.
This is an entirely different book then I have ever read. An interesting twist to a love story. I enjoyed it very much.
Marc Levy is a great story-teller. This is the 3rd or 4th book of his that I've read, and his first fiction novel. This is a delightful story, made me laugh out loud. I couldn't put it down. I carried it everywhere I went in hopes I could snatch a little more reading. It's a love story, but full of adventure and great dialogue. I want to read all of his books.
A fast paced book about a woman who is comatose who also is a "ghost" and the only person who can see and feel her is Arthur. Arthur is now living in Laurens old apartment when it was sold after she went into a coma. There was a movie made from this book with Reese Witherspoon "Seems Like Heaven". Arthur and Lauren are trying to figure out why this has happened. When Laurens mom is going to "pull the plug" Arthur makes plans to kidnap Laurens body. Enjoyable book but a little disappointed with the ending.
Really fun read. Sexy guy.
Unexpectedly weird but a good story once you realize the direction it is going.
Good book and well-thought out story line. The author weaves his tale around the eternal question of what really happens when a person is in a coma, and subject to death by disconnection of life support.
It is not a humorous story but the characters are great with one-liners and keep a very serious subject lighthearted. Also the descriptions of scenery where they are is incredible and made this reader feel as though I had been on a vacation!
This book is for those needing an escape, those who want a little romance and especially those who want an answer to that eternal question. It sure convinced me.
This has an interesting premise and is a different book: It magical where a gal is in two places at the same time. There is humor and the author examines life, love and grabbing what you can each day.
