The Time of my Life by Cecelia Ahern.

Harper, 2012.

Sometimes we need to make time for our life. 

Lucy Silchester is taking her life for granted. She’s busied herself with other stuff – friends, work and her car (which is on it’s last legs.) 

It’s time for a wake up call. 

Only Lucy knows the truth and she’s deluding everyone else. 

It’s time for a meeting with her life. It turns out that Lucy’s life is a kind but rather rundown man in an old suit who is determined to bring about change and not to let Lucy off the hook. 

I’m a fan of Cecelia Ahern. I like the mix of reality and fantasy; how Cecelia takes the ordinary and adds a little magic. 

This book had me hooked from beginning to end. It was funny, charming and the plot was paced well. I found the dynamic between Lucy and her life interesting. A man and a woman having a relationship (with it’s ups and downs) but there is no romantic attachment. 

I like the idea that you could actually meet your life. It had me wondering what my life would have to say about me if I were to meet it in person. What would my life look like? 

Lucy was a likeable, believable character to me. Not wanting to face up to things is relatable, to me anyway. 

There is a good supporting cast of characters and I wanted to hug Lucy’s next door neighbour. I even began to like her family by the end of the story. 

A great book to read in the garden on a lovely (cough) summer day. 

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