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Summary: Another great romance from Nicholas Sparks
Review: Once again, Nicholas Sparks has written another tear jerker. This book was slow in the beginning, but true to form, Sparks gets you completely engrossed with his characters. A book that you didn't want to end, and left you wanting more. Sparks has done it again, captivating you with his characters and story line. Long live love!
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Summary: Message in a Bottle
Review: This is a wonderful book, I absolutely couldn't put it down, but prepare yourself to be completely and emotionally wrapped up in this book and have a spare box of tissue for your disposal.
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Summary: Slow and boring
Review: The plot was great, but after a while it got to be real slow and boring. It was a disappointment compared to Nicholas Sparks other books.
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Summary: Must read!
Review: This was the first time I read a book by Nicholas Sparks. I thought he was an excellent writer, but I do have to say if you read the book do not watch the movie. I read the book first and was so disappointed in the movie. In my mind I had different images of the characters and the movie cut alot of important details out.I plan on reading more by Sparks and look forward to some of the same writing.
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Summary: Tear Jerked
Review: Oh my goddnes, when I first opened this book, I didn't put it down untill I was finished. I wish there were beaches in Georgia, near where I lived so that I could hopfully find messages in bottles as Teresa Osborne did in this delighted story. Nicholas Sparks did a wonderful job, and I long to read more of his storys.
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Summary: The Message in the Bottle is no Notebook.
Review: After reading the Notebook, Sparks, a new author seemed to have captured the story of undying love. I had found myself amazed that a man who wrote fiction could grasp the underpinnings of unconditional love and move the reader to tears. However, this book paled in comparison. The characters were poorly developed and the plot seemed far fetched. The book droned on about the lead character's son Kevin, yet failed to develop a reason for even mentioning the son. Additionally, the relationship between Theresa and Garret did not appear to emmulate "love". I read that the Notebook, although fiction, had some basis in reality as it described Spark's grandparents relationship. However, Message in the Bottle left me with no message at all.
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Summary: What a tear-jerker...
Review: This book was easy to read because the language was simple and very captivating. The novel was about two people living in different states are somehow connnected to each other from just a message in a bottle found by Theresa Osborne, while taking her daily jog on the beach when something caught her attention in the sand, a bottle washed up by the shore. A love letter from a man named Garrett to his wife named Catherine. As Theresa, a newspaper editor, so deeply touched by the letter, edits it in her newspaper and another woman replys by finding a message in a bottle as well. Theresa, wanting to find this man, goes through twisted and bending pathways. Striking as it seems, it gets more romatic, filled with passion, love, struggle and faith. Never knowing, a person could be waiting out there for you too, just believe in faith and destiny.
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Summary: Definately worth reading
Review: This is a book that almost any one can relate to even if you haven't been through what Theresa and Garrett have. It is written so that you can see the story through both of them and know what they're feeling. The last two chapters were thrilling, hard to put down, and had my stomach in knots until I found out what happened. Then I was in tears, and a little disappointed. But it was refreshing to read a book with a not-so-happy ending. It made the story more realistic. I loved it.
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Summary: Poorly developed characters, plodding dialogue
Review: After seeing previews for the movie I immediately bought the book. The premise is one that is ripe for telling in today's world of broken relationships, lost loves. The effort to complete the book was monumental. It reads like an outline for a potentially marvelous novel/movie/play, waiting to be fleshed out. Unfortunately, the fleshing never occurs. Also unfortunately, the movie follows the book so closely that the movie, also, fails in its attempt to satisfy. Truly a pity, as Mr. Sparks had the potential to develop a deeply compelling storyline.
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Summary: The best book
Review: Message in a Bottle had to have been my favorite book I have ever read. It was wonderful in so many different ways. It made me cry like I never have before. I would like to thank Nicholas Sparks for writing such a great book, that touched me in such a way that I have never been touched before! Thank You
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