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Summary: A Warm and Moving Book..Review by a 13 year old..
Review: Alright..I admit it. I would have never stumbled over the THOUGHT of buying this book if I hadn't seen the previews to the movie on TV. This morning, my mother and I went to Marshall Fields and I ran into the bookstore. I was trying to find a good book, but I couldn't think of one. Running my fingers through endless Stephen King novels, I thought of Message in a Bottle. I thought to myself, if this was taken from a book, the author must be very gifted. I automatically thought of the "A Walk to Remember" preview I saw on TV and remembered it was also adapted from a book. I asked the sales clerk to help me find it and within 2 minutes I was at the counter, about to pay for the book. Alright..the book wasn't short and down to the point. But that's what I LOVED about it! It went right down to the little details and you truly felt like you were inside the book, watching everything happen. I just finished the book about 5 minutes ago, realizing that I needed 2 tissues to drag myself to the end. Now I really can't wait for the movie! "A Walk to Remember" has now become my favorite book. I am not saying that everyone will like this book. Maybe I liked it because I myself am young and maybe one day I can relate to it..everyone has their opinion. You just heard mine. If you think you might not like it, borrow it from the library. Coincedentally, I found out that Nicholas Sparks (the author) wrote "Message in a Bottle." What a small world..
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Summary: A Real Tearjerker that tugs at your heartstrings.
Review: A Walk To Remember is my favorite romance book that I've ever read. I read the book this summer for something to read because I hadn't read much books and all the teen books that I looked at didn't catch my interest. I hadn't heard about Nicholas Sparks until actually last year when my PE class was watching Message In The Bottle and I usually liked books over movie. So I decided to give this guy a shot. The minute I began reading it I was hooked.Landon Carter is a senior about to hit adulthood and is still unsure what he wants out of life. He believes that he's been in love with a girl or two. He and his friends shun the minister's daughter, Jamie because she does good things and loves to read her Bible daily. Jamie is a shy girl, who only wants to do good and be there for her father since her mother died when she was little. She also always is involved in something, whether it be the orphange or the annual Christmas play that she always in. Over the course of the senior year, Landon and Jamie end up going to a dance together because he needed a date. She later on asks him to be in the play with her. From there on, Landon sees Jamie as the person she is and how beautiful she on the inside as well as the outside. Love sparks between the two of them and everything seems to be falling into place until Jamie reveals something to Landon. I won't tell you what, so you will just have to read it to find out. This story is beautifully written and it will definetely affect you in some way. Be prepared for tears though. So cuddle up, and have a tissue box near by and you will be all set.
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Summary: Unoriginal and manipulative
Review: I kept seeing Sparks' stuff on the bestseller lists, so I thought I would check one out. I found it to be sentimental, manipulative, cliched, poorly written, predictable, and unoriginal. It's hard to imagine that stuff like this is so successful.
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Summary: This book isn't that bad . . .
Review: . . . if you like schmaltzy love stories. It's so predictable, I had the whole thing figured out by page forty. While predictable isn't necessarily bad by itself, add it to cardboard, cliched characters and bad writing, and you've got a disaster waiting to happen.
This is supposed to be adult fiction?! I've read more mature young adult fiction than this. And did anyone else find it irritating how the author kept writing "It wasn't until later that I would learn the reason why." He put that in the book like four times. I get the point already. Also, at the end of the book, when Landon told how Jamie had brought he and his father together again, but they never show it happening in the book. One moment they hate each other, the next they're a happy family.
I think it is presumptuous to tell the audience at the beginning of the book, "First you will smile and then you will cry," because I did neither, even though I am usually a pretty sentimental person. I didn't give this book one star, because it isn't the worst book I've ever read, and also the writing seemed to get slightly better by the end of the book (perhaps because he stopped trying to make humorous similes). Bottom line: I would't recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: A remarkable experience of reading!
Review: I read this book in one day. I could not put it down. I thought the story was amazing. It made me want to be more like Jamie. She was such a generous person. Nicholas Sparks can make you have so many different emotions if you read this book. I reconmend this book to anyone who wants to hear a heart-touching story. You will not forget it. I can't wait for the movie!
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Summary: Simple and Sweet
Review: Don't listen to those who say the the simplicity of the novel is a negative. They just don't get it. The beauty of the story lies in its simplicity. Sure, Nicholas Sparks could have added another 20,000 words of meaningless prose. Perhaps then it could be called "literary." Give me a break. Just because a novel is not littered with 50-cent words that the author had to look up himself does not mean it is without value. AWTR is a quick read, yes. But it is also a sweet story that makes you think. Oh yeah, to all of the reviewers who say they/their 3-year old/their dog could have written this:
Ummm, how many times have you been pulished. Exactly.
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Summary: A Book to Remember
Review: I am not someone who can say that I read a lot. I enjoy reading but rarely find a book that truly speaks to me. But I can honestly say that this book did just that. This is the best book I have ever read, and I have read several. I couldn't put it down. I read the entire book the day I bought it. It is well written, touching, riveting... I could go on and on. I recommend this book to all.. young and old. It speaks to the heart and you hear every word loud and clear. I love this book so much that I think I will read it again tomorrow!
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Summary: Best book I ever read
Review: I thought this book was incredible. It was such a moving experience, and it really made the small-town life seem real. You begin to feel the feelings of the characters, and think the thoughts, and understand what they were going through. It was amazing. Really. I'm not just saying that. I hope the movie will be as heart-touching.
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Summary: A book to reaffirm your belief in people
Review: This was such a refreshing and uplifting read! I came away from this book thinking of all the things I could do for others. Jamie is such a memorable character and someone that all of us should strive to be more like! The love story is believable and endearingly innocent.
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Summary: A book that explores the depth of love
Review: In the year 1998, a fifty-seven year old man reflects briefly on the spring that changed his life four decades ago. When he was seventeen, Landon Carter spent most of his time escaping impending adulthood by hanging out with his irresponsible friends and hanging around with them at the local graveyard. By today's standards, according to him, this was rather tame behavior. But back then, he was considered something of a rebel considering his family's wealthy background, his sweet mother, and his more-often-than-not absent father. He is simply a boy with no idea what direction his life will take when he unexpectedly finds himself becoming a man with the help of a minister's daughter. Jamie Sullivan is the quintessential good girl. She helps out at the local orphanage, heals wounded animals, and is kind to everyone she meets. She is also something of a plain Jane and is seemingly comfortable with the fact that she is different from others. Landon Carter asking her to the homecoming dance starts a relationship that is slow to blossom but is heartwrenchingly beautiful by the time it is in full bloom. As the two slowly, and even more reluctantly, fall in love, they find their happiness threatened and their faith tested. This is the first book I've ever read by Nicholas Sparks and I doubt that it will be the last. I was incredibly moved by the love that was shared between Landon and Jamie. Their relationship forced me to look at love from a more spiritual perspective. Despite the fact that I am not a fan of first person narrative, I came to realize that the story coming from Landon's point of view simply made it all the more powerful because it is he who develops and improves. And too, through him, we are better able to understand, empathize, and relate to other characters especially Jamie whose religious fervor might be initially off-putting for those to whom faith is not the cornerstone of their existence. How Jamie compels Landon to tap his potential will move you to tears as you watch him become a better person, the person she knows he is capable of being and he never dreamt of becoming.
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