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Summary: Spiritual Journey
Review: The Notebook was my first Nicholas Sparks experience. I immediately bought his other works. Spectacular reader involvement into the storyline occurs at the onset of The Notebook. He weaves a tale of true love. This is not a typical "romance novel." Seduction is a fleeting moment; Sparks, however, spins a magic tapestry in the strength of true love and lasting devotion. I have purchased numerous copies of this novel for my friends' enjoyment. Each recipient has raved at Sparks' soulful writing and ability to hold one spellbound. As a voracious reader I can unequivocally state that this is my favorite book of all.
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Summary: The Notebook
Review: I am a writer and when I don't write I read. The Notebook is one of the best books I have ever read. It is heart wrenching yet tells a tale that could be in our very own journal entry. All I really want to say is, if you haven't read it...read it!
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Summary: Too much perfection
Review: A truly great love story should be about real people with real faults and real warts. Sparks writes his story about handsome Noah who reads poetry, works incredibly hard, communes with natures, and loves intensely and steadfastly. Allie is incredibly beautiful and soulful (or so we are told, although we are shown no evidence of it) and a tremedously talented artist. The first half of the book is told with all the depth of a fairy tale. What isn't fairy tale is cliche. There's even a scene where they are caught in the rain and he can't help but notice her erect nipples protruding against her wet dress. The second half becomes slighter better, but is marred by the same lack of reality. Allie is still perfect, even in her old age and disease. Her memory is her only deficit. There is no real substance here, just lovely fluffy cotton candy.
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Summary: Save Time - You won't want to put it down!
Review: This book was my first Nicholas Sparks experience and remains my favorite. The story is very touching and is written from an angle that most "love stories" forget about. It is the best story about a lifetime of love I have ever read. I have purchased this book for many people and recommend it to everyone. Buy it, read it, cry a little and feel your heart swell. It's definately worth it!!!
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Summary: Good Story...
Review: This was my first Nicolas Sparks novel. I'll start out by saying that the novel is definately one that somehow intrigued me to go one reading, and it definately made me cry throughout the last half of it. I felt that this was a really good concept and the story line was also pretty good. However, this book was really lacking in a lot of areas. I felt that there were so many places where Sparks could have really delved in and captured a great moment, but instead of embelishing on these parts, he was very brief. There was never a chance to really enjoy something going on in the book because as soon as you got into the moment, he would hurry and switch to the next subject. I felt like his descriptions were vague and cliche...I don't like a writer to tell me what something looks like...I want to be able to see it for myself and also I want to be able to hear whats going on and smell the scents around me...his descriptions needed more depth. I thought the dialouge was very unrealistic...there were many places where I had to really try hard to laugh because the dialouge was so corny. I did enjoy the characters of Noah and Allie, but I didn't think either character was very well developed throughout the tale. This was a really easy read...it took me about 2-3 hours, and I enjoyed the reading, but I did feel that there was so much more than Sparks could have done with this story, and it just didn't live up to my expectations.
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Summary: Some things are true!
Review: Being an avid reader, I was looking for a book to fill in the time I had and being a small little paperback, I picked The Notebook up. 'It won't take me long, a nice easy read' I thought. I'm not usually a romance reader but I may be a convert after reading this! I agree that the book doesn't go into too much detail about the character's backgrounds but to me I don't need all that. Nicholas hit the spot by telling a short, sweet story about something we all yearn for. Just reading about these two people and the beautiful love they had for eachother was all I needed to enjoy the book. I spent the whole time, like many others, sniffling and wondering whether I'd ever find anyone as special as Noah and who would love me as much as he did Allie or she did him...a few days later, and much to my surprise, I found my own Noah and I now feel as lucky as Allie must have felt to have found that one special person you just know you are meant to be with forever. All you cynics out there - read this, weep and believe!
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Summary: Some fluff, but a genuine message inside
Review: I am not a romantic at all. I don't know what made me want to read this book, but I'm so glad I did. When I recommend it to people, all I say is, "I read this one book that made me bawl-" and they instantly say "was it The Notebook?" I read this book in one day. I cried and cried at the end. I think if you can get passed all the sugar sweet stuff, you will see the real message of the story. Come on now, you know everyone tends to get cheesy at times when they are in love! But I think the letter Allie wrote Noah will stay with me forever, because it moved me so much. I have never in my life cried over a book, but I was so touched by their love. Maybe it was because I was about to get married when I read it. I don't think so though. I think it was an amazing love story that encompassed what love SHOULD be. Deep, enduring, and only grew in time. I can only hope that my husband will still love me as much, when I can't recognize his face, and he's left alone in our love affair. I think Nicholas Sparks' wife is a very lucky woman to have a husband like him.
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Summary: The notebook
Review: This book was one that I started reading and could not put down. The story of Noah and Allie was one of a love missed, but not forgotten. I cried with this book it was definitely a tear jerker and a thought provoker. The only thing I didn't like was the last page of this book, after reading it I thought did that really just end this way. My advice would be to read the book stop at the last page and then make up your own ending. Before I read the last page of this book I would have rated it a 5!
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Summary: The Notebook
Review: Even big burly lineman like the Oakland Raider's Lincoln Kennedy have delved into Nicholas Sparks' books. This one in particular is a very touching story. It is well written and very descriptive of not only the landscape in which it is set but also of the feelings and thoughts that one has when they are either in love or have been in love. This is such a great story about love lost only to be found years later.
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Summary: A love story
Review: THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks is the love story of a man and a woman destined to be together. The novel starts with an old man reading out of a notebook, and the story he reads is his story. We meet Noah, a simple young man who falls in love with a girl who is visiting town for the summer, Allie Nelson. They have a brief yet intense romance. Their love was not meant to be, however. Allie's family comes from upper class southern roots, and they do not approve of her dating a man of Noah's background. The two are forced to separate and over the years they live out their lives, not knowing that they still loved each other. But as Noah had predicted, destiny brought them back together, and we meet the two again years later, with Allie engaged and about to be married to a highly successful lawyer (Lon), and Noah living alone in a house he had told Allie years ago he would fix up and restore. He lives alone, and still dreams of Allie. When Allie sees this house in the newspaper, she goes to find him on a whim. What happens between them after being reunited is what dreams are made of. The story in the notebook ends before the reader can know what really happened between Lon, Noah, and Allie. Did Allie stay true to her promise and marry Lon? Or did she choose Noah? The reader does not find this out til the last chapter. I found this book a very fast read. This is my second Nicholas Sparks book, and as with MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, I enjoyed THE NOTEBOOK very much. Both were tear jerkers. I really can't say which book I enjoyed better, but I will certainly read his other books. This book is a definite MUST READ for all those who love a good romance. I would not be surprised to see this book turned into a movie in the near future.
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