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Summary: Predictable - not up to Sparks' usual standards
Review: Although this novel is very tenderly written and Nicholas sparks makes a very good effort at writing from the perspective of 1950s 17 year old teenagers, the plot is just too lame and weighs the whole thing down. The signposting is too obvious - anyone but an idiot would not guess what was wrong with Jamie and how it would end with her final wish...I can't believe they are making a movie of this given that it will be pretty much exactly like the movie "Here on Earth". Oh well good luck to them - but it's a real shame that the quality of writing is wasted on a substandard plot. There are some touching moments, but as I say, the signposting ruins it all. Elle.
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Summary: Review of A Walk to Remember
Review: A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks was intriguing and inspirational. This book gave the reader a true insight to each character, especially the protagonist, a teenage boy who is trying to find himself. Sparks is a talented writer who displays many literary techniques. The author used first person narrative, in which the story was told from a teenage boy's perspective. As a reader, you grew through the experiences and commentary of the narrator. Spark's writing style is very detailed and it delivers a very direct message. His writing is not very complex or challenging, however, he has the ability to completely capture the attention of a reader. Spark's is a very deep individual. It is as if he has captured the meaning of falling in love and loving those people for who they truly are. He uses a great deal of narrative commentary, allowing the reader to gain and to grow from the characters' thoughts. He also uses allusions to the bible towards the end of the novel. There are many passages in the book from Psalms and Proverbs. These allusions challenge the reader to focus on what the character is thinking and experiencing. Sparks delivered many inspirational themes throughout the novel. There was a definite theme of love, and also a theme of the ability to learn to look beyond what society has stereotyped a person to be. A young teenage couple falls in love and the boy overcomes the fact that he is falling for a reverend's daughter who has been stereotyped as a "goody goody nerd." This book is a definite page-turner, which will bring a tear to the reader's eye and give him or her a whole new perspective of what it means to fall in love.
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Summary: A Walk to Remember
Review: Nicholas Sparks successfully wrote this novel to inspire and acquire a large audience that would recommend it to others. This novel incorporates its title throughout, to make it an interesting reading. By continually using walks with main characters (Landon and Jamie) you are left in suspense to discover the "Walk to Remember". The main theme is finding love. However, many twists are added that make finding love and falling in love the most difficult thing in the main character Landons seventeenth year. One twist being that Landon and Jamie are contrasting characters, and neither of them nor the reader expects the outcome. Another twist is the contrast in both Landon and Jamie's families. The author also uses religion to separate Landon and Jamie. But ironically uses a bible of Jamies late mother to bring them closer. However, by far the best part and writing of the novel is the ending chapters. The end of the novel is the most inspiring part of the novel, leaving you in hopes that you will have the miracle of falling in love at least once in your life. The ending is written to bring tears to almost anyone's eyes. After finishing the last line I found myself rereading the final chapters. I would recommend this novel to anyone who has fallen in love, or to those who find themselves still searching for love.
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Summary: My thoughts and emotions of "A Walk to Remember"...7
Review: All throughout the book my emotions were changing. At some points I was laughing, some crying, and I was even angry at some points. Having these different feelings are what led me to fall in love with the book. The different backgrounds of Landon and Jaime made me wonder how the two ever fell in love. My question was answered when I learned to realize that Landon fell in love with Jaime after finding out who she really was inside. While reading the book, two themes ran through my mind. Hegbert, Jaime's father, and his unconditional love for his daughter was the first one. He wanted her to be safe and not fall in love only to get hurt. Just reading about his love for Jaime made me think about how lucky I am to have a father that loves me that way. Jamie's persistant and consistant faith was the second one. Her faith taught me that you don't have to be ashamed to follow what you believe. This book was exciting, but also sad. It taught me lessons that I can carry with me. I enjoyed this book, and was amazed at how good it was.
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Summary: A Touching Remembrance
Review: A very touching remembrance of life at seventeen, told by fifty-seven- year-old Landon Carter. Son of a senator away from his family most of Landon's life, Landon lives in the shadow of his family wealth he knows was acquired by his grandfather at the expense of many of the citizens in his home town. Landon is painfully aware that his own minister, Hegbert as he refers to him, was one of the people his grandfather duped during a time when Hegbert worked with Landon's grandfather. Although Landon believes Hegbert preaches "at him" in every "fire and brimstone" sermon he gives, Landon "unwillingly" becomes associated with his daughter, perceived as a strange, religious girl Landon describes as plain, ordinary, and the kind of young person every adult admires. Through his participation in the Christmas play, written by Hegbert, Landon begins to see this girl, who is not like anyone he knows, from a different perspective. And, in the end, we understand how Landon's life changed forever when he was seventeen. I've enjoyed getting to know Nicholas Sparks as an author, who has portrayed feelings of youth we can remember and thoughts about the past that only come with age and experience.
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Summary: Almost predictable but sad journey
Review: This is a book you want to have it on your bookshelf when outside is raining buckets and you are lying under a blanket and you have several hours to waste. London Carter is first-person narrator of his life-love story when he was 17. He felt in love with a girl, minister daughter who seems to be extraordinary in ordinary sense. It is a novel of a differnce between rich everything-can-get kid and a humble girl with modest outfit and Bible at her side all the time. She's the girl he would never think that she would come across his mind nor even a heart. But she has. The story is developng slowly, sometimes it has pages you can easily skip as it seemst that they are there to fill the gap of making a proper middle-distance novel. I just found a lack of London's emotional involment into romance with Jamie. I missed something here, like the storyteller was not capable of bringing usuaslly exceptional emotional journey of a boy to your heart. But except that at the end of the book that story will make you sad and you will cry like a baby. It's pleasant read, but don't expect too much. Maybe it will remember you of opportunities you missed in your life which won't ever came back again.
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Summary: An inspiring love story for all!
Review: A WALK TO REMEMBER is definitely a book that I will not soon forget. Nicholas Sparks does a wonderful job of reminding us all what love and life is really about. It takes place the typical small town of Beaufort, North Carolina. Told by a 40-year-old Landon Carter looking back on his senior year of high school. The last thing he expected was to fall in love, let alone with the minister's daughter, Jamie Sullivan. Jamie teaches Landon what is important in life and what love really is. This book reaches out to the reader and throws you for a roller coaster ride, but all the same it is heartwarming and inspiring. I recommend it for anyone with a sense of humor and a passion for love and life or anyone who has forggotten the meaning of life. It is without a doubt the best story I have ever read. Be prepared with a box of tissues and plenty of time, considering it is a book that you will not want to put down. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Summary: A walk I hope I forget!
Review: This was my second attempt at a Nicholas Sparks novel. I really went into this one with an open mind after I completely detested the Notebook. Unfortunately this one was not any better. The dialogue is so unrealistic...people don't talk like that. There is nothing for descriptions and the story line is so predictable. Maybe Sparks is good for some people but his style is definately not something I enjoy reading.
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Summary: A Sweet Book!
Review: I just finished A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks, and I must say that it is a great book.I have read every book except the Rescue but so far the Notebook is the best. Ever since that book I have been a fan of Sparks. If an author can make me cry and capture my heart the way he does, he deserves my money. I haven't read a bad book from him. He takes you from Chapter 1 and keeps you captivated until the end! Trust me, take time to read his books they will change your life!
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Summary: This man can write!!
Review: This is an excellent book with a surprising ending. I had no idea where the author planned to take me. If you have never read a book by Nicholas Sparks start with this one. The story is timeless and sweet. This book is worth every penny!
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