Message in a Bottle

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Summary: Enjoyable, but you need the hankies at the end!!!
Review: The book was "lite" reading. At times, I wanted the plot to be developed a little bit more. Parts of the story were quite moving, but yet there were others that left me wondering. It is tough to put down, and it definitely required a few hankies at the end! I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.

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Summary: Wonderfully touching story
Review: I first read the Notebook and couldn't wait to get started on Message...I really loved the storyline and how he developed the characters. It was a book that I couldn't wait to finish..but didn't want it to end! N. Sparks, I am waiting for you to come out with a new book.

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Summary: An Emotional Look at Love
Review: I found this book to be one that I didn't want to put down. It grabed me by the heart and wouldn't let go. It's an easy read, but Nichols Sparks has a way of pulling you into his dreams. I wept while reading the last chapters. It still moves me to think about this book!

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Summary: I enjoyed this book very much.
Review: I saw the movie. The book and the movie are both great, but the movie does not follow the book 100%.

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Summary: Romance for all time.
Review: I can only imagine what it would be like to find a love letter of that depth and magnitude. To have been loved the way he loved his wife. What woman wouldn't want to find the man behind the letter? I of course always want to have that happy ending and I was disappointed when he knew that he would die and never see his love again.

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Summary: If it wasn't for the ending, I'd give it 5 stars...
Review: What a wonderful love story. There are men out there like that...I have one. I just wish it ended happily...without the tears rolling down my cheeks. If was worth the read, but it sure didn't leave me smiling.

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Summary: Fun Reading ....
Review: A friend gave me the book to read last week. I finished it within two nights. Great love story, easy reading, loved the characters. I cannot wait to see the movie. Good, fun reading for those looking for a little romance (and a few tears) in their reading. Just started "The Notebook" now. Hope it entertains as much as "Message In A Bottle".

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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: It is a shame that this book was so bad. The idea for the book - a message in a bottle - was interesting. That idea was the best part of the book - Theresa was so plain and uninteresting one wonders why the author (or Garret) bothered with her. Theresa and Garret's second "romantic interlude" included her son which really took the wind out of the sails of this love story. All Theresa seemed to do was put Garret down and talk about her kid. What a shame this book was so bad. Zzzzzzzzzz

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Summary: Droll, Adolescent Writing for Teenage Drivel
Review: I did not notice, when I picked up this paperback under duress at the airport with 5 minutes to flight time and had to have "something" to read, that this was by the same author the The Notebook. If I would have been more alert, and noticed this was by Nicholas Sparks, I would thrown the book down and ran quickly to the next available bestseller and left this one in the "hangar." Adolescent, silly writing and story. Phooey.

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Summary: A Disappointment after The Notebook
Review: It's hard to believe Sparks authored both works. The plot left me a nonbeliever in Garrett and Theresa. Only Jeb Blake's role was believable or real with the exception of asking Theresa back to NC in order to tell her of Garrett's death. An improbable journey considering the circumstances of their last and final meeting. Why Sparks presented Theresa as believing Garrett had survived, and in a few paragraphs dead at sea is beyond my understanding. Both Garrett and Theresa are one dimentional characters - Neither had the ability to commit to anything except the ever present wallowing in their underdeveloped pasts - The dream sequences were not believable. Sparks' ending was laughable and a let down even more than the mundane characters. The only salvation in reading the book was the Garrett authored letters that saved the read - Sparks should have written in letter form and created a work equal to The Notebook. A true disappointment from an author who can do much better!