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Summary: A memorable walk to remember
Review: A walk to remember is an awesome book. Sparks describes certain scenes so in depth that vivid images appear in your mind. My favorite part in this book is where Landon goes to visit Jamie at the orphanage on Christmas Eve. I love the part where Jamie is holding one child while sitting next to Landon. I can picture the room with the christmas decorations and the perfectly adorned christmas tree. Almost immediately, you can imagine the sense of serenity and calmness in the room. If I had to change anything in this book, I will lengthen the ending by another chapter. The ending is sort of abrupt, leaving the reader sort of on the edge waiting for more to happen. This book is an easy read, but it is definitely worth every moment. I would recommend this book to any sentimental romantic.
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Summary: A Walk To Remember - A Story of Love and Tragedy
Review: I can honestly say that this book was amazing. Never in my life has a book made me cry, and at the end of the story, I had tears in my eyes. This wonderful tale is all about two teenagers at the age of seventeen in love and the strange turns that life presents them with. It was all told through the eyes of a man named Landon who was 40 years old. I think that Nicholas Spark has such a wonderful talent to be able to really get into a teenage girl's mind and describe it so vividly. Not very often today do we hear about a man writing such a wonderful love story. Also being a seventeen year old girl, I really felt as if I was Jamie, the main girl character in which Landon falls in love with. I could feel her pain when she shared her secret with Landon. I could not tear myself away from this book for 5 hours straight. It was full of such love and excitement and also a sad but happy ending. I have not gotten a chance to see the movie yet, but if it still has the same plot, I'm sure it is great. I would recommend this book to anyone, male or female, who just simply wants to enjoy a wonderful book.
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Summary: A Walk no one will forget.
Review: I recommend this book to any person, male or female. This book teaches the fact of life to everyone. As I was reading this book I cried and I laughed. I felt that I was walking next to Jamie and Landon through the entire book. Landon fell in love with the last person in the world he ever thought he would fall in love with, but his love was so strong for her he would have done anything for her. Jamie showed Landon a different side to everything, showing him not to take anything for granted anymore. Some people take the little things they have for granted, until they meet someone who is less fortunate and does not have the chance to take them for granted. No matter who you are, you cannot help who you fall in love with, but when you do make sure you keep that person and show them everyday how much you care. I would say this book is definatly one that every one should read, and then appreciate how much they have. Life is too short to take things for granted, so please enjoy life to the fullest, and remember to be like Landon, show your self and others how much you care about them. Jamie and Landon's love was so strong, no matter how short it was they will love each other forever.
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Summary: A Very Sweet Love Story
Review: This is a book that deals with love and loss. It tells a story of two teenagers falling in love and the experiences that they have. At the beginning, Jamie and Landon are two very different people who do not seem to have anything in common. However, after a few incidents that throw them together, they realize that they cannot be apart. Jamie and Landon fall in love and have to deal with her secret. Landon tries to make all of her dreams come true, which is shown in some very sweet and surprising situations. It also illustrates the obstacles of growing up. I recommend this book. Although it will make you cry, it will leave an unbelievable impact on you.
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Summary: Remember A Walk To Remember
Review: I really liked this book. I loved the way Jaime and Landon fell in love in the end. It was the perfect love story. You can't help but feel sorry for Jaime. The worst things happen to the best people. At first, I hated Landon for how horribly he treated her. In the end, I felt sorry for him though. He lost the love of his life. I really liked the way he never took his ring off. The only thing I didn't like was how they never really went in depth about Jaime's father's feelings. He lost his wife and now he is losing his daughter. She is the only thing he has left. All together it was a good book and I definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Lacy's Book to Never Forget
Review: When growing up people encounter all walks of life including the upper class, minority, preps, jocks, religious followers and others. Living in such a diverse population provides opportunity for prejudice against people considered outside the norm. In this "edge of your seat", joyous, yet sad book, Nicholas Sparks illustrates just how judgmental people can be and the repercussions of there actions. Not only does Landon and his friends ridicule shy, kind, and loving Jamie, but also they never allow themselves to know how wonderful she really is until it is too late. Little did Landon know how much his "blow off" drama class was going to change his life and the people in it. I recommend this book to every person who enjoys a tale of love and tragedy, with a life lesson on believing in the ways of God. I loved this book and have read it twice thus far and would not hesitate to read it again to get that feeling of what people will do for true love.
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Summary: You Will Remember
Review: Written with plenty of local color and slang, this book didn't seem like it would be that good to me at first. It's one of those too-innocent and unrealistic types, but that's probably why I like it. The book is about Landon, a high school senior who ends up in drama class because he doesn't want to take the "difficult" classes like chem, physics or advanced math. To say is taken aback by Jamie's beauty from the beginning is a lie, Jamie is regarded as weird because she does good deeds and reads the Bible during lunch. Jamie and Landon end up with starring roles in the senior play, Landon wants to be nice to Jamie because he owes her a favor, but is worried about preserving his reputation. Being seen with nice people is too unpopular. One begins to wonder about Jamie when she starts talking about her goals in life. She says all she wants is to get married. At the time, it seems like a silly goal, but she's with holding a secret that changes everything. It's easy reading, but does the job nicelt. It's a book you'll remember for a long time, inspirational, sad, and beautiful.
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Summary: Cornography
Review: I tend, in general, to be critical of tearjerker novels; the only ones I can read without groaning are Richard Paul Evans', because they are both better written and more heartfelt. This book is one of the rare instances where the movie is better than its source material; I watched the movie and was charmed, I read the book and was repulsed. The basic plotline is a sort of first-love, tearjerker "boy meets girl": in the 1950s, shallow Landon Carter is your average teen boy, hangs out with friends, and tries to handle impending adulthood and dismal grades. Except then he ends up having to spend time around the town goody-two-shoes, Jamie Sullivan, who wants to be a GOOD Christian and a GOOD daughter. (That would be enough to scare most teenage boys I know into bomb shelters) Unsurprisingly, Landon is won over by Jamie's sugary goodness in very little time, and sees past her dorky exterior to the incredible soul within. (Is my sarcasm too obvious?) But Sparks can't jerk our tear ducts into action without sorrow, so of course Jamie has a Sad Secret, that is the emotional hinge of the book. When reading certain bad genre books, you can sometimes feel like the author is ticking off items on a checklist -- in hack fantasy, it's "elves, check; dwarves, check; gray wizard, check; magic sword, check; Dark Lord, check..." and so on. This is one of those books, except instead of Tolkienian elements, we have diseases and angels and young love and utter goodness. Sparks seems to be cluttering up what COULD have been a competant storyline with every preachy cliche or tearjerker plot element that can be dredged from a thousand weepy novels. One thing you will rarely hear spoken about concerning Sparks' books is his writing. This is because it is terrible, simply terrible. It meanders along at a moderate pace, never speeding up or slowing down as the plot demands. The dialogue is hokey, and the overall tone of it is just, well, boring. Sparks has such a dull narrative style that I had trouble not putting the book down The characters are walking cliches. It's not enough that Jamie be sweet and kind -- she has to be angelic in her utter goodness, a minister's daughter, and determined to be the best daughter and Christian possible. So we can't possibly think she is in any way like the shallower, prettier girls who aren't as angelic as she, Sparks is careful to make her dowdy as well. (What, you can't be sweet and kind and look halfway good?) She's so good and sweet and angelic that it's impossible to like or sympathize with her. Landon himself is as boring as his narrative style; he has no pizzazz or individual elements. He essentially exists to tell the story and fall in love with Jamie. The supporting characters are just bland. This book is the worst example of "cornography." Watch the movie, if you want to know the story. If you want a tearjerker, read Richard Paul Evans; if you want a teen-first-love tearjerker, try Lurlene McDaniel's many books. This is a walk to forget.
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Summary: Martin's "Walk To Remember," View
Review: I had heard of this book, I rented the book on tape. Nicholas Sparks reads it. My view of this. I am not into sad,romance books but this book is sad. It's about Jamie who struggles meets Landon and teaches him new things. I would reccomend this great book and it will change you. I recently rented the DVD and Nicholas Sparks did a good job doing the commentary. I would suggest you read the book first!
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Summary: Losing a Loved One
Review: The book, A Walk to Remember, is probably one of the best books I have ever read. I heard great things about the book and the movie, so when I got a chance to read the book for my English class, I jumped at the chance. The book was so easy to follow and it seemed as though the reader was pulled into the storyline. I never once was confused on anything that was talked about and I emotionally felt the same as the characters did in some of their situations. The book was so real life and it was very easy to relate to. Also, I lost a loved one to Leukemia, so it was easy to understand what Landon and everyone else was going through. My mother died of Leukemia 2 years ago and it was the hardest time of my life. I absolutely understood how emotionally draining it can be and all the characters of this book showed what I felt also. Although Landon lost his girlfriend/wife and I lost my mother, the feelings are still mutual. It doesn't matter who you lose, it hurts all the same. This book is also good because everything the characters went through is so real. It is absolutely possible to go through everything the characters were put through. I without a doubt recommend this book to everyone, guys included. I especially think those who have lost a loved one should read this book because the storyline is so real and it makes absolute sense.
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