Message in Bottle/ Unabridged

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Summary: Love for the sea, love for a sea-man...
Review: No words fort this excellent book... reading this I have seen a part of my life, the place were I would like to live, the sea I would lite to sail! Thank you Nicholas for this sweet moments!

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Summary: Danger Will Robinson - Avoid this and read something decent
Review: I liked the Notebook. I made my husband read it. I hated Message in a Bottle, I could barely get myself to finish it. Obviously, this book was written for the money. Boring, oh so predictable and a waste of time.

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Summary: A Wonderful Author
Review: I just want to say for everyone out there who doesn't appreciate Nicholas Sparks: Read Again. This man has a truly gifted way with words. He doesn't get all tied up and flowery the way some writers do. He tells it as it is and lets the readers wander through his stories. When I read The Notebook, I cried and proceeded to recommend it to all my friends and family. When I read Message in a Bottle, I felt the same way. The only time I felt truly let down was when I watched the movie. The only tears there were tears of frustration at seeing a beautiful story fall to pieces before my eyes. I felt the same way at The Horse Whisperer. My recommendation is to read this book on a rainy afternoon with a cup of coffee and enjoy.

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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT ONE
Review: I totally gobbled up "The Notebook" and was worried that Nicholas Sparks second book couldn't possibly live up to the first. I shouldn't have been worried. I loved "Message"--it made me realize that I should take more time in my life for the people that I love, because I am so lucky to have found them and to still have them. I can't wait for his next book, "A Walk to Remember"!

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Summary: The romance novel of a life time!
Review: This book definetely had you quickly turning the pages waiting in supspense as to what the next message in a bottle says. You become captivated and taken in by the emense love and dedication Garret portrays for his late wife, Catherine. It's then Theresa's determination to find out who the "man in behind these mysterious love letters" is. This book has you smiling yet crying at the same time as this romantic love story unfolds. I've never been so effected by a story like this before in hope that there really is such thing as love.

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Summary: Moderately entertaining- but barely worth your time
Review: Perhaps I was so disappointed with "Message in a Bottle" because I had just read "Angela's Ashes" - a truly heart-wrenching story. I found Nicholas Sparks' writing poor and the story line trite - lonely divorcee finds a message in a bottle from a lonely widower, who she then hunts down? Okay, maybe, but the plot goes WAY downhill from there. As for the ending, anyone who didn't see it coming obviously was too caught up in the romance to see this book for what it truly is - a daytime soap opera during sweeps week. That may be fine for someone looking to kill a few hours, but if you're interested in literature, look elsewhere.

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Summary: Excellent, Excellent, Excellent
Review: Nicholas Sparks makes the reader feel as if they are right there with his descriptive words. This book brings out many emotions then when you think the worst is over, more tragedy strikes. This book makes the reader appreciate their own life and not to take things for granted. Excellent book!!!

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Summary: Promising love story that fizzled to a ridiculous ending.
Review: A pointless,sappy,love story with a twisted ending that made me want to stuff the book in a bottle and throw it out to sea!

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Summary: Very courageous plot.
Review: The book had a courageous plot because of all the emotions that Sparks sent through the characters. At time it made you doubtful of the storyline. Wheter or not the book could "go out with a bang." It hada a somewhat disappointing and amotional ending, but because of that it really went out with a bang. I will probably remember this book far into the future, and I would probably reccomend it to my friends.

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Summary: No Reason for Tears
Review: There appears to be a trend in writing today to do exactly what the reader least expects and least wants that is becoming increasingly frustrating. While a good cry is often just the ticket, tears for no good reason are only annoying. It's difficult to explain precisely why I found the ending of Message in a Bottle unsatisfying without spoiling the book for anyone who hasn't read it, but I will say I was similarly dissatisfied with The Horse Whisperer and Cold Mountain. I fail to see any redeeming reason for ending the book the way Mr. Sparks did. Let me give you an example of a sad ending that works: Casablanca. When Humphrey Bogart puts Ingrid Bergman on that plane he does it because he's willingly sacrificing his love for a greater good. Although he's lost his love, he's gained a purpose. Gorgeous. Now, what did Theresa gain in the end of Message in a Bottle? Insight? A new outlook on life and love? Maybe, but those are pretty weak and not sufficient to hold up the end of a book. Sappy romances should have sappy endings. It's rude to jerk the rug out from under the reader without a very good reason for doing so. I'm left feeling as if a stranger snuck up behind my beach chair and dumped a bucket of cold water over my head and then ran away before I could ask why.