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Summary: LOVE
Review: If you remember "The Love Story" with fondness this is the book for you. Nicholas Sparks proves that there are still some publishers that will take a chance on newcomers. "The Notebook" is a love story that exemplifies what that word means. Every one who picks up this book is bound to envy the forever kind of love portrayed by the author. Set the box of tissue by your chair as you read.
Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
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Summary: Which book to read by Nicholas Sparks? THIS ONE!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. Very sweet! This is a very quick and easy read. I actually cried during parts of this book. How often do you find a book that actually makes you cry or laugh out loud? It is very rare for me to experience that kind of emotion while reading a book. I highly recommend reading this book. In my opinion this is the best book by Nicholas Sparks. If you are trying to decide which one of his books to read - choose this one.
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Summary: Touched my heart!
Review: This was so much more than a love story. It gave the reader a glimpse of the miracle that is so often attached to true love, transcending all obstacles. The richness in the relationship of two people overcoming infirmity sends a message that there is more to life than what meets the eye.I work in a dementia unit and recommend this book to everyone!
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Summary: Beautiful Real Love Story
Review: I couldn't wait to get home and finish this delightful, wonderful book. It's a beautiful book. Nicholas Sparks writes with great emotion, yet not too gooey. This book is a reflection of "perfect love" meant to be! Every couple should share a piece of this kind of love sometime in their lives'. The world would be a much better place if they did.
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Summary: A Wonderful Love Story
Review: The Notebook was a very good book and I really enjoyed it. The book kept me interested, I couldn't put it down, and it was very moving. The Notebook is the kind of book that touches many people. I know almost every girl dreams about finding the perfect man and falling in love. This book makes it seem possible.
At the beginning the book was kind of slow. It just tells about the life of Noah and the back round information. The information in necessary though. You need to know because it tells about the wonderful love story of two teenagers one summer. Once I heard about the main part of the book and heard about the summer Noah and Allie fell in love, I got hooked. That is what made the book appealing. I am a teenager and love stories are the kind of thing that most teenage girls like to read about. It is what teenagers dream about.
I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone. Just remember that the beginning came get boring at times but it becomes better, much better.
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Summary: Loved it.
Review: Another of Nicholas Sparks' wonderful tales. Plus it's such a quick read. A real tug at your heartstrings. Loved it!
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Summary: The end is better then the beginning
Review: Even though "The Notebook" is Nicholas Sparks first book, I read it after "A Walk to Remember" and "Message in a Bottle". This is a nice creative love story taking place in the late 1940's (post WWII). Noah has never forgotten his first love, Allie, and can't seem to get over her, and then she suddenly comes back into his life again. The problem? She is engaged to another man. About halfway through the book we skip forward to the 1990's. Allie is now confined to a nursing home and suffering from Alzheimer's. Her husband reads her love story from a notebook everyday in the hopes of helping her remember who she is and who she loves. The identity of who her husband has been all these years is kept a secret until the very near the end of the book, and while it is quite obvious who he is, it really could have gone either way and still been a good book. It's a story about true and long lasting love, apparently based on the author's own grandparents story. However, I found the sex scene grossly inappropriate for a story even loosly about his loved ones (really, do we need that many details? It's mainly gratuitous sex in a book...badly done). I found the rest of the story pretty good and mostly believable, although the end kind of lays in on a bit thick. For the most part, the second half of the story is far superior to the beginning, although the beginning is more romantic...or is it? You can decide that yourself. This book is better then "Message in a Bottle" but I prefered "A Walk to Remember". However, I am still in search of good romance minus the smut that Sparks and many other authors find necessary. I'll just have to keep looking.
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Summary: It'll Bring You To Tears
Review: This is one of my all time favorite books. If you want to curl up and read a sweet romance story and maybe shed a few tears, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Speechless......
Review: I have to admit when I first began to read this book I thought it would be one of those books that you could never get into. I could have not been more wrong. Although the introduction is not the best, the rest of the book makes up for it. The love described in this book and the idea of Soul Mates was so unbelievablely well put together. I rooted for Noah the whole way and at times felt myself choking back some tears. The love described in this book is too great for words. I would highly recommend this book to anyone needing a soul-deep love story.
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Summary: My "The Notebook" review
Review: I had to wait a while after reading this book to write this review. Just enough time to get my composure, you understand. "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks was chosen by my library book review group to read and review for the month of April. This is my third book written by Sparks to read. The other two being "Message In A Bottle" and "A Walk To Remember". Both were very good books and both were made into motion pictures. I don't know if "The Notebook" has been made into a motion picture, but if not, I think it should be. I can just picture Paul Newman as the senior Noah, talking about his love for Allie. I might add that I've donated four boxes of Kleen-X to Sparks' books, two boxes on "The Notebook".
I'm a romantic. I love to read romance. And anyone who thinks romance is just for the young will have a change of heart after reading this novel. Although "Message In A Bottle" and "A Walk To Remember" were both sweet reads, this book by far was much sweeter. Why? Very simple. Because it lasted through a lifetime. In the beginning, I thought the book started slowely. Too much detail for me. And it was almost obvious Sparks was still a little "green". However, I almost knew he wouldn't let me down. So I read on. The more I read, the better the writting and the story. Sparks writes from the heart, and therefore, he manages to touch the heart of the reader. Something any really good writer should thrive to learn. His loves scenes describing the physical act of two people coming together as one is as well written and heart warming as any I've ever read. I hate a love scene written in SMUT, and Sparks knows how to evade that all together. This makes him special with his ability to let the reader know what the characters are feeling and still keep it beautiful. That, my friend, takes talent.
My hat is off to Sparks on this novel. A wonderful read for anyone of any age.
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