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Summary: Emotional reading
Review: Wow! Never before have I read a book that actually brought me to tears. "The Notebook" did just that. It was a book that I wanted to go on and on and on. I think anyone with Grandparents or aging parents will be drawn into the emotions and a real reality that growing old isn't always what its meant to be. The love shared by the two characters withstood the test of time and this book will do the same.
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Summary: A Review For "The Notebook"...
Review: This book was hard to put down. Little surprises kept popping up making the reader not put it down. The main character, Noah Calhoun, is very adventerous. He likes to go canoeing and play the guitar. Allison Nelson was also another main character. Her enjoyment came from painting. Noah and Allison spent a summer together and fell in love. They fell in love that one summer and haven't seen each other since. When Allison decided to come back to visit Noah, the book got very exciting and suspenseful. I found myself asking questions like "Will they get married?" or "What will happen next?" This expectably happened when I found out Allison was ingaged. although this is a great book, it is not the best book I have read. It was very suspenseful and emotional in the begining and the end, but not in the middle. The middle was dragging a little and not as suspenseful as other parts of the book. I rate this book a four out of five.
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Summary: Spiritual Journey
Review: The Notebook was my first Nicholas Sparks experience. I immediately bought his other works. Spectacular reader involvement into the storyline occurs at the onset of The Notebook. He weaves a tale of true love. This is not a typical "romance novel." Seduction is a fleeting moment; Sparks, however, spins a magic tapestry in the strength of true love and lasting devotion. I have purchased numerous copies of this novel for my friends' enjoyment. Each recipient has raved at Sparks' soulful writing and ability to hold one spellbound. As a voracious reader I can unequivocally state that this is my favorite book of all.
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Summary: The Notebook
Review: I am a writer and when I don't write I read. The Notebook is one of the best books I have ever read. It is heart wrenching yet tells a tale that could be in our very own journal entry. All I really want to say is, if you haven't read it...read it!
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Summary: Too much perfection
Review: A truly great love story should be about real people with real faults and real warts. Sparks writes his story about handsome Noah who reads poetry, works incredibly hard, communes with natures, and loves intensely and steadfastly. Allie is incredibly beautiful and soulful (or so we are told, although we are shown no evidence of it) and a tremedously talented artist. The first half of the book is told with all the depth of a fairy tale. What isn't fairy tale is cliche. There's even a scene where they are caught in the rain and he can't help but notice her erect nipples protruding against her wet dress. The second half becomes slighter better, but is marred by the same lack of reality. Allie is still perfect, even in her old age and disease. Her memory is her only deficit. There is no real substance here, just lovely fluffy cotton candy.
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Summary: Save Time - You won't want to put it down!
Review: This book was my first Nicholas Sparks experience and remains my favorite. The story is very touching and is written from an angle that most "love stories" forget about. It is the best story about a lifetime of love I have ever read. I have purchased this book for many people and recommend it to everyone. Buy it, read it, cry a little and feel your heart swell. It's definately worth it!!!
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Summary: Good Story...
Review: This was my first Nicolas Sparks novel. I'll start out by saying that the novel is definately one that somehow intrigued me to go one reading, and it definately made me cry throughout the last half of it. I felt that this was a really good concept and the story line was also pretty good. However, this book was really lacking in a lot of areas. I felt that there were so many places where Sparks could have really delved in and captured a great moment, but instead of embelishing on these parts, he was very brief. There was never a chance to really enjoy something going on in the book because as soon as you got into the moment, he would hurry and switch to the next subject. I felt like his descriptions were vague and cliche...I don't like a writer to tell me what something looks like...I want to be able to see it for myself and also I want to be able to hear whats going on and smell the scents around me...his descriptions needed more depth. I thought the dialouge was very unrealistic...there were many places where I had to really try hard to laugh because the dialouge was so corny. I did enjoy the characters of Noah and Allie, but I didn't think either character was very well developed throughout the tale. This was a really easy read...it took me about 2-3 hours, and I enjoyed the reading, but I did feel that there was so much more than Sparks could have done with this story, and it just didn't live up to my expectations.
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Summary: Some things are true!
Review: Being an avid reader, I was looking for a book to fill in the time I had and being a small little paperback, I picked The Notebook up. 'It won't take me long, a nice easy read' I thought. I'm not usually a romance reader but I may be a convert after reading this! I agree that the book doesn't go into too much detail about the character's backgrounds but to me I don't need all that. Nicholas hit the spot by telling a short, sweet story about something we all yearn for. Just reading about these two people and the beautiful love they had for eachother was all I needed to enjoy the book. I spent the whole time, like many others, sniffling and wondering whether I'd ever find anyone as special as Noah and who would love me as much as he did Allie or she did him...a few days later, and much to my surprise, I found my own Noah and I now feel as lucky as Allie must have felt to have found that one special person you just know you are meant to be with forever. All you cynics out there - read this, weep and believe!
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Summary: Some fluff, but a genuine message inside
Review: I am not a romantic at all. I don't know what made me want to read this book, but I'm so glad I did. When I recommend it to people, all I say is, "I read this one book that made me bawl-" and they instantly say "was it The Notebook?" I read this book in one day. I cried and cried at the end. I think if you can get passed all the sugar sweet stuff, you will see the real message of the story. Come on now, you know everyone tends to get cheesy at times when they are in love! But I think the letter Allie wrote Noah will stay with me forever, because it moved me so much. I have never in my life cried over a book, but I was so touched by their love. Maybe it was because I was about to get married when I read it. I don't think so though. I think it was an amazing love story that encompassed what love SHOULD be. Deep, enduring, and only grew in time. I can only hope that my husband will still love me as much, when I can't recognize his face, and he's left alone in our love affair. I think Nicholas Sparks' wife is a very lucky woman to have a husband like him.
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Summary: The notebook
Review: This book was one that I started reading and could not put down. The story of Noah and Allie was one of a love missed, but not forgotten. I cried with this book it was definitely a tear jerker and a thought provoker. The only thing I didn't like was the last page of this book, after reading it I thought did that really just end this way. My advice would be to read the book stop at the last page and then make up your own ending. Before I read the last page of this book I would have rated it a 5!
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