| If You Could See Me Now | 
 enlarge | Author: Cecelia Ahern
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 78201
Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0007198892
EAN: 9780007198894
ASIN: 0007198892
Publication Date: July 3, 2006
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Condition: In stock in England. Dispatch next working day. PAPERBACK - Better than acceptable, really. Usual rubbing and well read, but still intact and readable. Overall, still very acceptable as a used book. Tight, solid binding.
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 My favourite so far August 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was introduced to Cecelia Ahern through my friends and have previously read `A place called here' and `Thanks for the memories', while I enjoyed them both neither stood out for me as particularly touching or memorable.
`If you could see me now' is the story of an adoptive mother (of her sister's child), Elizabeth, and an `imaginary' friend, Ivan. He originally believed he was there to help her son (Luke) but soon realizes it's stressed out Elizabeth who needs his friendship far more.
The writing's not perfect, there were sentences, especially at the beginning, that were unnecessarily long, or even just unnecessarily, however as the story went on I found the writing improved (or I got so wrapped up in the relationship I stopped noticing it) and although I found the character Ivan annoying at first he soon grew on me, and I loved most of them.
Ahern has a way of making the unbelievable perfectly reasonable and I think in `If you could see me now' this is not only what gives the book it's magic but characters I cared about and memorably touching moments.
While I couldn't count it in my favourites books it has driven me to continue reading Cecelia Ahern, a must for fans of her, if new, a good book to start with.
 Absolutely Perfect. July 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've just finished this book and was not expecting it to be anything breath-taking or spectacular, just something to get me through the summer. But wow, what a book this is. If anything can make you go back to your childhood days, laugh and cry at the same time and bring that little bit of creativeness out of you that you never realised you had, this is definitely it. The people not enjoying this book are the narrow minded, which is ironic as this is exactly what the book is trying to change. If you have an imagination, and want to let it run wild, go ahead and read If you could see me now.
A book that reminds us how beautiful life can be! July 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A highly recommended book for those who simply want to escape from 'real life'.
Beautifully written.
Fabulous! June 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book on holiday - it's not exactly 'true life' but it allows to to escape into a completely different world. There are some very touching underlying messages to the book too which only add to it's charm. As usual, Celia Ahern's writing style is very readable and allows you to become embroiled within the story easily.
Very poetical and touching tale of the importance of friendship! May 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the third book I have read by Cecila Ahern, the other two being "P.S I Love You" which I didn't enjoy much and "A Place called Here" which I did rather enjoy. I definately think that Cecilia Ahern has found her niche in this fairytale style of writing.
Elizabeth Egan is uptight in everything she does. She has many burdens such as that of her troublesome sister and her adoptive nephew whom she can't quite seem to show love to, as well as being unable to relate to her father. Along comes "Ivan", who is invisible to everyone except Elizabeths nephew Luke and eventually Elizabeth herself. The story unfolds and so does Elizabeths uptight personality.
I really did enjoy this book. In places it was very poetical and descriptive and therefore quite emotive. There was some beautiful images conjured up and any raw emotions described and felt were balanced by uplifting or inspiring moments.
To me it was like a fairytale for adults, as it had all the magic and wonder of a fairytale but at the same time, dealt with human emotion and relationships.
The only two problems I have with this book, are that was so much of a focus on the main charachter Elizabeth, that some of the other charachters, namely her sister, seemed flat and I felt I still didn't really have all the questions answered I would have wanted. On the other hand, I think if there had been too much focus on other charachters, this would detract from the flow of the story.
The other problem was that in the first part of the book, the emotional endings to chapters and the touching moments were actually bringing a tear to my eye! However, I felt as the book went on there were "too" many of these which made it much of a muchness and actually took away some of the impact.
I would reccommend this book to those that enjoy a bit of a fairytale. I think its one I would read again and its just a nice sweet story, not for cynics!
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