Rating: Summary: the one time the movie was better than the book.. Review: it was alrite but it got very boring as you got into it. it was too schmalzy and too focused on her sickness and the depressingness of the book.. towards the end all they do is read the bible together.. it gets just sooo stupid. the movie, however, was sweet. it moves faster and is just a nicer version of the story much less focused on religion and does not attempt constantly to make you cry to the point you want to rip it up..
Rating: Summary: A beautiful story Review: I must admit, I usually hate loves stoies and romance novels. But A walk to remember is one of my favorite books. It's one of the most beautiful stories I have ever read. It had me laughing and crying the whole way through. You will instantly fall in love with Jamie Sullivan's charitor. I was so excited when it was made into a movie. I even went to see it with a friend the day after it was released. I was very disapointed, to say the leaste. A wonderful book was turned into a shallow teen movie. So much is changed that it barley seemd like it was still A walk to remember i was watching. So my advice: Read the book. Skip the movie
Rating: Summary: I Loved Your Book "A Walk to Remeber" Review: This was the first book I read by Nicholas Sparks. I liked how he made two very different teenagers fall in love. I think every teen should read this book because they can relate to the events that take place, while learning lessons about life. From reading this book I learned that you shouldn't judge someone by how they look, but by how they treat you and others. I also learned that I should give everyone a chance to be who they are and see the real them and to listen to my heart, not other people around me, because your heart never lies.
Rating: Summary: A Walk to Remember Review: A Walk to Remember A Walk to Remember is a very romantic book with many real life experiences to be learned from it. This touching story takes place in a small town called Beaufort, located in North Carolina. The main characters in the book are Jaime Sullivan and Landon Carter. Jamie went to school but was never part of the "in" crowd. However, her life took a major twist when she decided to help Landon (the popular boy). Their lives change completely as they fall in love and progress on their road to maturity. This book stirred many emotions both positive and negative. What touched me the most was that Jamie, a simple sweet girl and Landon, one striving for reputation and popularity, fell for each other although they were two completely different people. Jamie teaches Landon many life lessons, seeing as her father was the pastor at her church and is around him a lot, since she said that she would help him in any way as long as he promised to not fall in love with her. He agreed to the promise thinking that it would never happen in his life time, but he soon found out he was wrong. I thought it was amazing that she made him promise such an improbable thing when it eventually did truly happen. This book is one of the best books I have ever read, it's very entertaining and believable because you can relate to your own life or past experiences. It has happy times, sad times and times where you are just anticipating what will happen next. This book had me flipping through the pages continuously and had my attention throughout. On a scale of 1-10, this book definitely deserves a 10 and I would recommend it to the young female audience (teenagers), or anyone who enjoys reading romance books.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful Story Review: Landon needs a date for the dance. Everyone is taken except the Baptist Minister's daughter, Jamie. Jamie was always kind of the "loner" type of girl. Landon swallows his pride and asks her to the dance. Soon him and Jamie start dating. Then the find out Jamie has leukemia. Slowly she gets weaker and weaker. Landon knows time is running out for Jamie. Then he discovers there is something he must do before her time it up. Wonderful book, a great classic love story.
Rating: Summary: A book to remember! Review: This is a nice story about a teenager who is at school and thinks he is too cool to date one of the girls in his class. Things turn up very differently from what both of them expected. A funny, sad, and touching story. I loved it.
Rating: Summary: REALLY REALLY GOOD Review: this book was exquisit! If you haven't read it READ IT. Read the book before you see the movie even though it follows quite well it will ruin the fantastic story. A Walk to Remember is by far my favorite book.
Rating: Summary: A Walk to Remember Review: A Walk to Remember is a wonderful book about a teenager who has been living this life being "perfect" in people's eyes. Jamie was a high school student whose father was a pastor and her mother died when she was born. Jamie went to school but was never part of the "in" crowd. It wasn't until one day when Jamie helped Landon (the popular guy), and their lives were changed forever. It was an extremely touching story about falling in love and overcoming one of the biggest fears people have!
Rating: Summary: Maybe I'm Just a Cynic... Review: Sorry, I'm not going to give you a plot summary here. There are already about a jillion of those for this book. On to the analysis... Actually, I really don't know why I bothered to read this book. I guess I'd heard a lot about how Sparks was a skilled writer whose romance novels were great, and I got it in my head that somehow the book might be better than the movie that followed it. First of all, the writing is flatter than a pancake. The narrative goes on and on unremarkably, and Landon's tone seems devoid of extremely deep emotion at times when the page should be bursting with it.(Spoiler Warning) Once Jamie tells Landon that she has cancer, she declines extremely rapidly and the end of the book seems like an avalanche, as if it simply rushed toward a Hallmark-y conclusion. More importantly, character development and creation was awful. Although the fact that Landon isn't nearly as much of a troublemaker in the book as he was in the movie, and that should have made his relationship with Jamie a little more probable, other "relational faults" and weakness present in the book made it almost worse than the movie. If anything, Jamie is even more impossibly saintly (and therefore grating) in the book. Also, Jamie and Landon never really seem to have a ton of meaningful conversation. Oh, sure, they talk about their future, their goals, and everything along that vein, but it all seems so forced and predictable. Finally, there is just a lack of chemistry between Landon and Jamie. Of course, I realized that this book was hardly going to be a steamy Harlequin, but their relationship seemed so hopelessly...demure. And Landon dribbles on pathetically about how beautiful Jamie's hair looks when it's loose. GIVE ME A BREAK. Bad writing, worse characters!
Rating: Summary: A Walk to Remember Review: A Walk to Remember is a very romantic book and also has a lot of realistic experiences. This story takes place in a little town called Beaufort it is located in North Carolina. The main characters in this story are Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan. Other characters are Landon's parents Jamie's father and just other people like their friends. Jamie is the ministers daughter she is shy quiet but always very helpful to anyone and everyone. Landon on the other hand is a handful he is controlling and always wants his way. Landon's family is in the upper class and Jamie and her father don't have a lot of money. Landon and his family have been acquaintances with Jamie and her father for many years but Landon has never thought much of Jamie till recently at age seventeen. Jamie has been teaching Landon life lessons and just being around him a lot, since Jamie said she would help him in any way she made him promise that he wouldn't fall for her. He agreed with the promise thinking the only one who would fall for someone would be her falling for him, but he soon found out he was wrong. I don't always enjoy reading, unless I find a very interesting book. This book is the best book I have ever read and that is no lie! I honestly couldn't stop reading it, it only took me four days to read it. This book has no weaknesses only strengths. It has many different emotions/ and thoughts worked into it; happy times, sad times, suspense, and many parts where you just sit there and wonder what is going to happen next. I would rate this a ten if the scale was one through ten! You should read this book and hopefully if you have never heard of it or if you have and just decided not to read it you will now from just reading my book review
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