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Title: If Only It Were True by Marc Levy, Michael McGlone ISBN: 074350545X Publisher: S&S audio Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.34
Rating: 3
Summary: If you like daytime soaps, this is the book for you!
Comment: After reading a fabulous review of "If Only It Were True", I rushed out to buy myself a copy. Unfortunately, after reading it, I was a bit disappointed. It's the story of Lauren, a young beautiful doctor (I couldn't get Julia Roberts out of my mind)who gets in a terrible car accident in the first chapter of the book which puts her in an irreversible coma. In the second chapter, Arthur, a young, relatively unhappy architect (who is renting Lauren's apartment) finds Lauren hiding in his closet one night. Lauren is suprised he can see and hear her, Arthur is suprised there is a strange, but beautiful, woman in his house. Lauren proceeds to tell Arthur that she is actually in a coma on the other side of town. Arthur has a real life human ghost on his hands! Should Arthur believe her? Will Lauren ever wake up from her coma? Will Laren's mom take her off life support, and if she does, what will happen to the human ghost that Arthur has fallen madly in love with? Doesn't this sounds like the plot of a day time soap opera? The book does have a romantic feel, and it touches on the theme of living every moment to the fullest, but I found it to be a bit on the cheesy side, and the realtionship between Lauen and Arthur to be unrealistic and trite. If you're looking for a summer "no-brainer" and if you love daytime soaps, I'd say give this book a whirl!
Rating: 5
Summary: Light reading for light days.
Comment: Arthur is a young architect who just moved into a new apartment. One evening he discovers a woman hiding in his bathroom closet. The woman - Lauren - is surprised Arthur can see and hear her. She tells Arthur that her physical body is in a coma and has been for six months. Her "spirit" was somehow separated from her body. Arthur doesn't believe her at first, but pays a visit to the hospital and finds her body. They get to know each other better and soon fall in love, but it doesn't last long. Lauren learns that her body is to be disconnected from the feeding tube and she will die. Arthur promises to help save her and that's when the fun begins...
This book is very well-written. It reminded me of "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks. The writing style and the story are both very similar, although "If Only It Were True" is not as tragic as "Message." It's a very quick read - just over 200 pages long. I devoured it in an evening. Even if you're not a fan of romances, you should still try this one. It's sweet and guaranteed to leave a smile on your face, but it's not so full of sap that you will feel ill afterwards. There is a very interesting sub-plot concerning Arthur's mother; I would have almost liked to read more about it, but there was just enough to explain things and not so much that it overshadowed the actual story. The only problem with the book is that the character of Lauren wasn't nearly as well-developed as the character of Arthur. This is a minor point and you don't notice it much while reading it. "If Only It Were True" is a perfect summer read, so run to your local library and find a copy!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Most Captivating Story By A First-Time Author
Comment: This is such a captivating book that you'll not want to put it down. The story draws you in from the very beginning and holds you till the very last page. It's unlike any romance story you have read before. It's a refreshing, new kind of story... there is none other like it. Marc Levy spins a wonderful tale of a women named Lauren who lives in California who gets in a very bad car accident and is clincly dead, but suddenly she comes back to life... but stays in a coma. A man named Author moves into her old apartment and oneday he sees Lauren. She is not exactly a ghost since she is still alive. She figured out how to transport her spirt outside of her body that is lying across town in a coma. Now I know this is far fetched, but you just HAVE to read this story! It's wonderful! I didn't want to put it down! This is a book for anyone who is willing to belive in the unbeliveable!!!
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