The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern

The Book of Tomorrow

by Cecelia Ahern

The magical and mesmerising story of how tomorrow can change what happens today.

Tamara Goodwin has always got everything she’s ever wanted. Born into a family of wealth, she grew up in a mansion with its own private beach, a wardrobe full of designer clothes and all that a girl could ever wish for. She’s always lived in the here and now, never giving a second thought to tomorrow.

But then suddenly her dad is gone and life for Tamara and her mother changes forever.

Left with a mountain of debt, they have no choice but to sell everything they own and move to the country. Nestled next to Kilsaney Castle, their gatehouse is a world away from Tamara’s childhood. With her mother shut away with grief, and her aunt busy tending to her, Tamara is lonely and bored and longs to return to Dublin.

When a travelling library passes through Kilsaney Demesne, Tamara is intrigued. Her eyes rest on a mysterious large leather bound tome locked with a gold clasp and padlock. What she discovers within the pages takes her breath away and shakes her world to its’ core.

Reviewed by boghunden on

3 of 5 stars

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Usually, there's a lot to learn from a book by [a:Cecelia Ahern|7116|Cecelia Ahern|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1404703770p2/7116.jpg]. Normally, it's about loving people, making time for what's important etc. From that perspective, this book was a disappointment. It felt like she was trying to tell me that every family has a secret, whether we like it or not.

This book was slow and it wasn't until I reached page 100 that the story really started, and it still wasn't the most fast paced book. I felt like the book had too many pages and not enough words to fill them out. It could've easily been a book of 250 pages! I don't like 100 pages of introduction! This just isn't good enough, was whe busy when she wrote this one?

Okay, okay, it wasn't all bad. It's just that I'm pretty excited about her other books. I loved [b:Where Rainbows End|714985|Where Rainbows End|Cecelia Ahern|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1356455784s/714985.jpg|3423015], [b:The Gift|4279056|The Gift|Cecelia Ahern|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1286019892s/4279056.jpg|4326592] and especially [b:P.S. I Love You|366522|P.S. I Love You|Cecelia Ahern|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392344536s/366522.jpg|2742631]. I think the main problem for me was that it was a book by Ahern. If I hadn't known that when I started reading it, I might have liked it better.

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