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Summary: ONL HE CAN DO IT.....
Review: Yes, his books sometimes tend to have the same flavor about them, but only he can write them like that. Every one of his books touches me in a deep way........maybe they are unrealistic and a bit melodramatic and sappy, but aren't those the reasons we are reading them in the first place? I get enough reality in my daily life. This one is pure escape, fantasy romance and very touching. Nicholas has not disappointed me yet.
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Summary: Just What I Needed!
Review: Ahhhhh, another tender romance!! I can always count on Nicholas for a heartwarming story and a good cry, too! I can't wait for his next one. Like many others have mentioned, I also really loved Shade of the Maple and The Gravel Drive by Kirk Martin and The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe.
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Summary: Don't Waste Your Time or Money
Review: I feel cheated having pre-ordered this book, spending my hard-earned money, only to find a lackluster story written by the man who is supposed to be the preeminent storyteller of our time. Sure, it's heartwarming, but I could read a few Hallmark Cards and feel the same thing. I feel manipulated now and taken for granted. The characters are predictable, the circumstances contrived and the story so obvious it lacks any power. I think Nicholas has lost his way. Maybe it's time for some new authors who respect their readers to emerge.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Is Nicholas too full of himself now? What used to be an exciting event awaiting his books has become too disappointing. This story is predictable. You know what the characters are going to say and do. It seems like he keeps recycling the same sympathetic men and women, just placing them in new situations that are themselves predictable. Yes, I expect more from Nicholas Sparks, especially when he is making millions off his devoted fans and offers us one more disappointing novel after another. Most authors write better over time, Nicholas seems to have gotten worse.
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Summary: We've Read This Before
Review: I am a huge Sparks fan, but this is the last straw. Each of his novels keeps getting more and more predictable, and the writing just doesn't seem sharp anymore. Has success made him lazy? We've seen this story a thousand times. I hope he does something original next time.
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Summary: Touched by the Nights
Review: This book was so incredible I couldn't put it down until it was finished. The best key point in this book is the fact that there is life after death for your survivors. The bond that starts this book between mother and daughter grows so deep in the end. There is a great understanding that is undiscribable. Nicholas Spark's does it again. After all he was voted Sacramento Magazine's Best Local Author.
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Summary: A Simple, Absorbing Well Written Love Story
Review: At age sixty, Adrienne Willis is faced with the fact that her daughter Amanda has been unable to regain her emotional equilibrium after her husband died of cancer. Adrienne becomes increasingly worried about the impact on Amanda's two young sons. Amanda rejects her mother's attempts to lend support, since she believes that her divorced mother does not "know what it is like to live through something like " the death of a loved one. Adrienne decides that Amanda needs to learn about a part of her mother's life that has been kept secret from her family, and as she reviews the items she has saved from her NIGHTS IN RODANTHE and as she rereads the letter from Paul (Flanner), by the end of the first chapter not only has the complete plot been revealed but we guess the conclusion in a general way. Thus, the attraction of this story is its simplicity and spareness as the author gives us enough details to fulfill our curiosity but makes no attempt to embellish it beyond the necessary minimum. In a flashback to fifteen years ago, Adrienne agees to watch a coastal inn for a friend who has to attend a wedding. Because it is past the tourist season and a hurricane is forecast, Paul Flanner (a very successful surgeon who has just sold his practice to go to Ecuador to be with his son) is the only guest. They are both attempting to recover from failed marriages, and their few brief nights together become a life changing experience for each of them. This is the eternal story of our search to instill meaning into our lives, and the question of what constitutes real love. I have read none of Nicholas Sparks' other books or THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, but did see the movie MEASSAGE IN A BOTTLE. My only response to the critics of this book who compare it to those other works is that their disappointment seems to be based on their expectations, rather than on an evaluation of what the author was attempting to do with this story. In fact, I WAS GLAD THAT AN AUTHOR HAS DECIDED FOR ONCE THAT LESS CAN BE MORE, and the essence of a really good and compelling story about human emotions can be strong enough to stand on its own without a lot of embellishment. I believe that this story succeeds in fulfilling that goal, and therefore while I understand the very disparate reviews which it has received I strongly recommend it for those readers interested in what it purports to be, a story of life and rembrance of the healing power of love, even when fate has intervened to make those recollections bittersweet.
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Summary: He's done it again!
Review: Nicholas Sparks has written another totally captivating story. A heartwarming romance that I just couldn't put down. I don't like to give to much away, but I do think that this is a MUST READ! Nicholas is one of this generation's BEST writers. Nights In Rodanthe made me cry, and smile at the same time!
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Summary: I liked it...........
Review: This took two weeks for me to read. I liked this book easy reading, and it was good. Had a good ending. If you liked Nicholas's past books read this.
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Summary: Another Winner!
Review: Just another fabulous book by Nicholas Sparks. I disagree with some of the other reviewers that this is not a great book; on the contrary, I think it is beyond wonderful: my favorite since The Notebook! True lovers of passionate affection will appreciate this latest novel--no smut or trashy love story here, just a clean,pure, simple love and hope in overcoming heartbreak. I was a Nicholas Sparks fan with his first novel and this novel just continues my appreciation of his writings.
You'll not be disappointed!
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