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Summary: Spectacular
Review: Could not put it down, a real page turner.
Another great read from Nicholas Sparks!
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Summary: Nights in Rodanthe
Review: I was hankering for another good summer read and chose Nights in Rodanthe. It is the second and last book by Nicholas Sparks that I will read. It felt simplistic, shallow, and disappointing. I did love the idea of setting and wished it could have been developed more.
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Summary: Loved this!
Review: I don't think he can write a bad book. This did not disappoint. I have read everything thus far and he remains one of my favorite authors. As the story begins, Adrienne Willis is 60, the divorced mother of three grown children. To help her troubled daughter cope with the untimely recent death of her husband, Adrienne tells her daughter an intimate story of her own love affair, which took place 15 years before. At the time, Adrienne was an uptight matron whose ex-husband had just left her for a younger woman. This rejection colors her entire life, and Sparks realistically portrays a vulnerable and isolated woman who throws herself into raising her children to escape her despair. She agrees to Inn-sit a weekend for a good friend who owns a bed and breakfast in Rodanthe, North Carolina, a small coastal town, where she can seek a bit of respite from her problems while she minds the Inn. The only guest scheduled to arrive this wintery weekend is Paul Flanner, a doctor who has sold his thriving medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own tortured past. Now, with a storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort and in one weekend, set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives. Despite their short courtship, the two find themselves falling passionately in love and vow to spend their lives together. Unfortunately, Paul needs to make amends with the son he has long neglected and so embarks on an ill-fated trip, which leads to heartbreak and untimely events that alter Adrienne's life permanently. A very moving tale of love and tragedy, in the all encompassing Sparks style. I highly recommend this book, it will keep you turning those pages as fast as you can.
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Summary: Takes you there ¿ and makes you want to stay.
Review: Each time I read Nicholas Sparks, a part of me is truly and forever amazed that a man can write with such depth, as though seeing into a woman's hidden places and tracing their outlines onto pages. No exceptions here. Adrienne Willis is divorced - a rather tragic figure -, yet her strength is in her very own tragedy, if only she could see that. Asked by a friend to house-sit an inn on the coast of North Carolina, Adrienne, Adrienne agrees. She is alone, her teenage children visiting with their father, and their will be only one guest. She is certain she will manage, even with a fierce coastal storm predicted. Paul Flanner has come to Rodanthe, North Carolina for different reasons. He is a skilled surgeon, specializing in reconstructive surgery. When one of his patients dies unexpectedly, and his wife leaves him - he realizes he has spent 25 years of his life being all of the things he should not have been. A letter from the dead patient's husband calls him to Rodanthe - and despite his attorney's advice - Paul goes. Adrienne and Paul are so different, so NOT for each other, yet each has a lesson to learn, and each as a lesson to teach. Paul must go to Ecuador, to see his son he never bothered to be a father to. Adrienne must reveal a secret long kept, to save her grieving newly-widowed daughter from falling forever into the black abyss of those who have no hope. The intricate weaving of this story is a story all by itself. But only Nicholas Sparks could have put this one together.
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Summary: Keeps Readers on the Edges of Their Seats
Review: Nights in Rodanthe was a sweet, interesting love story. It was well written and kept me glued to the pages the whole time. It is one of my favorite books now. Usually, Nicholas Spark's books are pretty easy to read and not very interesting, but this was probably his best book yet!
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I have been a BIG fan of Nicholas Sparks ever since I read the Notebook. I anxiously await all of his releases. He really disappointed me on this one. I found the story line to be lacking. I kept waiting for the story to "get better", it never did.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: Nicholas Sparks usually writes beautiful love stories. He blew it with this book. The plot is an inplausible knock-off of Bridges of Madison County. Change the names and occupations and you've got it covered. One weekend of romance transforms into the love of a lifetime that sustains her for the rest of her life? Yeah, right.
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Summary: Good but Predictable
Review: This was my second Nicholas Sparks novel and I must say that, unlke the first (The Guardian), it was somewhat predictable. To some extent, it was a little slow to read but it is worth reading. I'm a fan of B&Bs but I'm not sure that I've been to one such as this. There are a lot of personal touches that one doesn't find at a hotel; however, I've never had an experience such as the one Paul & Adrienne had. I suppose that's why we read--to experience things that we have not yet experienced! Enjoy!
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Summary: Fantasy, not True Love
Review: For me the best part was the setting: the Outer Banks of NC in a noreaster. The characters seemed too unreal ...esp Paul! I know people can change their ways but because his wife of 30(!!) years who he has IGNORED all that time walks out on him ; he loses a patient to an unexplainable death after surgery; and then *duh* realizes he has no relationship with his adult son he meets Adrienne, a lonely but beautiful divorcee and is SUDDENLY morphed into THE perfect guy when it comes to relationships: sensitive, understanding, sexy, helpful, not afraid to cry etc.(He also sells his lucrative medical practice to become a medical missionary in Equador.Now that part I could believe) BUT "LOVE"? GIVE ME A BREAK! When I was 16 I believed in true love in a weekend but sorry, as a happily married wife of 20 plus yrs I'd say it takes a *wee* bit more than a few nights of good talk, sex and wine while a ferocious storm is raging outside to call it a true LOVE relationship. I think what we had were some needy, lonely, lustful adults given a fantasy w/e to remake themselves.
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Summary: Love Story
Review: After reading a few books of Nicholas Sparks, you think this one is going to be the same kind of "love story".
This is an encouraging novel for grown-ups who have lost the hope of falling in love once again.
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