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Summary: what a bunch of hooey.
Review: In MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE by Nicholas Sparks, a sensitive, yet regular kind'o guy,is sending out letters of love to his deceased wife. He puts them into a bottle and flings them into the briny deep. This is after he has drunk the contents of said bottle, probably vodka. A nosy, disillusioned reporter lady finds a bottle and sets out in search of him and love. This is the kind of situation that keeps Jerry Springer in business. As it turns out, the hero (named Garret) grows to care deeply for the heroine, but in the end, his heart remains in the grave as the quaint Victorian saying went. (Stephen King handles a similar situation much better in Bag of Bones, of course with SK, the heart really IS in her grave). I think after reading this loser, that John Gray and Nicholas Sparks ought to go into business together writing touchy-feely greeting cards. THUMBS DOWN.
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Summary: It will haunt me forever...I LOVED IT
Review: After finishing the Notebook, I couldn't wait for Sparks' next book. I wasn't aware it had been released. I snatched my copy and headed home. I didn't leave there for 3 hours, until I finihsed the book. I love the way he writes. I am touched by the tenderness of his characters, and I marvel at the insight with which he captures a woman's feelings and emotions.This book touched a my heart, my soul and a very personal cord with me. The story haunts me, as it closely parrells a relationship I hold very dear in my own life. Thank you Nicholas Sparks, when will you enchant me again ?
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Summary: Touching, a story for only the deepest of romantics!
Review: A story to get lost in. A romance that is just not found in the real world but a harsh reality that can be found in the everyday. Only for the deepest of dreamers and romantics. Nicholas Sparks touches us again.
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Summary: This book didn't need to be so depressing.
Review: This book let me down, but I shouldn't have been surprised. The Notebook treated me the same way. Sparks beautifully draws characters the reader can care about, but he tricks us, ripping them away from us, leaving us feeling unfulfilled. This book's very premise was tragic, but the ending, where a main character dies, is jolting. There is no warning, and that's unfair.
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Summary: I cried and cried and cried
Review: Just like Garrett's ending to one of his letters, I cried too because this book was so horribly awful and maudlin I just couldn't stop laughing. He has the most incredible agent and publicist. Amazing. As in The Notebook, the characters are one-dimensional, uninteresting and really unlikable. Garrett is a big cry baby and I think there's something a little unstable about how he is dealing with the death of his wife. The female (can't remember her name)was an annoying loser with too much time on her hands. Since they were both disgusting, unlikable and humorless people I should have thought they would have lived happily ever after. Oh well. I am amazed at the people who liked this story (Please---expanding your reading interests!) and I really am flabbergasted at the people who loved The Notebook but hated this one. I think there's a bunch running around. This book lived up quite well to The Notebook--it was poorly written, poorly edited, humorless, boring and a total waste of time and money.
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Summary: In a word...YAWN.
Review: Don't bother. Flat. Boring. Predicatable. One dimensional characters at best. I don't know why he didn't just write a screenplay. This overwrought, pathetic excuse for a drama was obviously penned with big screen dollar signs in mind. Rarely have I been so disappointed in a book.
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Summary: Help! I'm out of Nicholas Sparks books!
Review: This is an incredible tale of places which I know and love along the Carolina coastline. Garrett and Theresa took me home again, and I felt like I was there with them. The magical coastal stories combined with the letters from Garrett to Catherine melted my heart. Theresa was a fool in the end. What will I read until his next book comes out? No other male author could begin to match the romantic content of Nicholas Sparks' novels.
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Summary: This book was absolutely uninspiring!
Review: Sparks missed the boat on this one. It was an example of poor writing. He chose to treat readers as simple minded saps. He paid no attention to literary techniqes that may have made this a better story. The language was bland, dull; no color. It lacked descriptive details and the characters were static and undeveloped.
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Summary: A book you will never forget
Review: Nicholas Sparks manages to hold your heart, caress it, squeeze it, and then lets it go. A good cry if you need to. An amazing love story you can read in one night. Get this BOOK!
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Summary: Hard to believe a man wrote this tear jerker...
Review: This indeed was a fast-reading, tear jerker that kept one's interest throughout. I didn't like the ending either, but it was more realistic than a "happier ever after" ending. Sparks seems to have a depth of understanding in his soul which touches the human heart. Hard to believe the author is male...Great for a fast read.
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