A Walk to Remember

Rating:
Summary: Cry...for a walk to remember
Review: This is a truly uplifting and hopeful story. I loved it just as much as "The Notebook" and "The Wedding". This is a different Nicholas Sparks, not one who is focused on the romantic love in his other works. Truly Beautiful. I highly recommend it to people of all ages.


Rating:
Summary: A Sweet and Spiritual "Walk"
Review: This was a pleasant book to read, though the entire story was quite predictable. From the moment the Landon begins describing Jamie....well, most readers will know that this "bad boy" will soon lose his heart to the "good girl." I don't want to say anything about the ending, so as not to spoil it, but most readers will see it coming. This novel lacks any tension or mystery. We know what will happen -- the pleasure lies in watching it unfold.


The story is spiritual with a Christian message. This is the first Nicholas Sparks book that I've read, so I don't know if all his novels are oriented towards religion. I was expecting a love story, but the emphasis on church and religion surprised me. I think the book will probably be most meaningful to Christians. As a Jewish person, I found it somewhat unreal. The "bad" characters were revealed to be quite harmless and good at heart. The "good" characters were beyond human good - Jamie is described as angelic, and so she is.


It is a sweet book, though. And I read it quickly, in one day. It is not at all suggestive or sexual, and is appropriate reading for all ages.