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Summary: I found this book lacking...
Review: When I first started reading The Notebook, I fell in love with the writing style. Although at first the story line held my attention, later I found that I couldn't wait for it to be over. I understood Noah's character, and felt his love for Allie. But Allie's character wasn't developed well, and her love for Noah seemed only slight. Just when you think you finally get to find out what happened, the story just stops and leaves you hanging. I can appreciate the mystery, but there was no climax in this book at all. I was not excited to read it, and I was not sorry that it ended. It was not a page-turner.
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Summary: The Notebook
Review: The Notebook is about a story of lost lovers that found each other after fourteen years. Noah, a single male who lives by himself, falls in love with Allie when they are teenagers. They first met at a county fair and spent the day together. Gus, Noah's best friend, introduced them. Since the county fair, Noah and Allie started seeing each other. They would often meet and talk or do anything that any typical couple would do. One day when they met, they both lost their virginity. Three weeks later, Allie left him and moved. It had been fourteen years since they've seen each other. Allie is now getting married to Lon Hammond, a very respected guy with a famous family name. Three weeks before the wedding, she goes back to New Bern, North Carolina to see Noah and to see what he had been doing all the years they've been apart. Throughout the fourteen years, Noah had been sending letters to her, but she would not reply. Later on in the book, they find out that Allie's mom, Anne, had been retrieving them and keeping them away from Allie. When Allie visits Noah, she still feels the love that was once there. Finally they find that their love was lost, but now they found it. They spent the whole night together and the evening following. An unexpected visitor comes to Noah's house which is Anne. She tells Allie that she needs to choose between Lon and Noah. Allie decides to go back to Lon and meets him in town. While she was driving to town, she realized that the person she really wanted and needed was a guy like Noah, who fulfilled her needs and emotions. She then tells Lon that she's leaving him and going back to Noah. Lon accepts it like a real gentleman would and leaves New Bern to go back to Virginia, where he lives. Allie and Noah marry and stay with each other for forty-nine years. During the last three years, Allie is diagnosed with Alzeihemer's, and forgets what happens. Some days she has good days when she remember's Noah and what he tells her, but other days the "thief" gets her and she forgets everything and everyone. She gets afraid. The doctors say that it isn't possible for someone with Alziehemer's to remember, but they believe that the love Noah and Allie have are keeping her strong. Also within the last 2 years of the 49, Noah has a stroke, but he lives because of his love for Allie. He wants to die after his wife, not before. This book is highly recommended.
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Summary: The Notebook
Review: First of all let me say that I think everyone should read "The Notebook." It was a wonderful feel good book. I think Nicholas Sparks really brought the main characters (Allison and Noah) to life. This was a light hearted, warm, touching read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It made me believe in happy endings. It took me a total of 2 days to read this book.
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Summary: The notebook Review
Review: I think that it's best that I start my review by stating the title of the book I read, The Notebook, a novel by Nicholas Sparks. The book was a very suspenseful romance, if there is such a story. The book starts out by a man named 31 year old, Noah Calhoun, speaking about how time flies and what his life has been. It also talks about an old flame that he had when he was in high school. The flame's name was Allie Nelson. He described her as being tall, slender, and beautiful (she was 29). The interesting twist about their relation ship is that when they had those moments together (not appropriate to say) Allie was engaged to a nice young man named Lon. He was a very respectable man. Lon was a lawyer and a very talented one at that. He was around eight years older than she and he was very dedicated to his work. He loved her very much. The second part of the book is where you are introduced to the fact that they are in the same nursing home together but don't realize it (Can we say dramatic irony!). The rest of the book is sort of 'a give' away so I will let all the prospering scholars read it for themselves! I would rate this book a five on a one to five star rating scale. I normally don't enjoy the sappy love stuff but Nicholas Sparks makes it so suspenseful, and enjoyable. Another reason is because it was a love story and throughout the entire thing, you always wanted to hook Allie and Noah up! A third reason is because it has a lot of vocabulary words. My last reason is something that always impresses me as a reader, the description is phenomenal. The way he writes makes you feel as if you are right there breathing the same oxygen. I would definitely recommend this book to any reader who wants a good book!
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Summary: A touching tale of true love
Review: After reading a Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks, I had to dash off to the library and read The Notebook, which I read in one sitting. What can I say about the quintessential love story? Boy meets girl, girl meets boy, parents separate them and then they meet again years later, get married, and live happily ever after. Only with Nicholas Sparks as the author, this story is different. You are immediately captivated into the story, reliving it, feeling it and savoring each and every emotion. It is a sensory experience reading this story and you feel like you become Noah or Allie, the main characters, the soul mates. By the end of the book, tears are sure to be shed, deep sighs emitted and then one is left thinking is such a love possible and where does one find a love like this? This is a beautiful love story, with all the emotions to hook you from the get-go. The sensitivity of the author is clearly portrayed in Noah and Allie. Nicolas Sparks weaves his magic with this story, which is based on his wife's "beloved grandparents." I absolutely loved this story and I am not a big romance reader. But I do love Nicholas Sparks' books and now have read all of them. If you are a hopeless or a hopeful romantic, then this book is a must read! As with all of Nicholas Sparks' books, keep a box of Kleenex handy - you are sure to use them!
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Summary: A wonderful love story
Review: I'm surprised that the most recent readers who reviewed this book were so disappointed. I thought it a touching love story. Realistic? Who cares. I cried though most of the book and have recommended it to many and purchased it as a gift for those who would appreciate it. It's a book to pass on, and on, and on...
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Summary: Best book you will ever read
Review: This is the best book I have ever read. I have referred this book to about a dozen of my friends, almost all of whom have felt the same as I. The Notebook is a simple story of love, love lost, and love regained. It has suspense, joy, and sorrow. It will make you think about your spouse, about how you want your marriage to be, and how you want to feel about your . You cannot help but identify with Noah, and hope that your spouse feels about you the way Noah does about Allie. And more importantly, think about whether you feel the same about your spouse as Noah does about Allie. The best quote from the book is "I am nothing special...but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough." You'll hug your spouse a little tighter after reading this gem of a book.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book and it is one that I would read again. It truly touched my heart and I would highly recommend it. I had loaned my copy out and am anticipating buying another copy. It shows how poignant a long lasting lifetime of love can and should be between a husband and wife.
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Summary: Not for the shallow or blind
Review: Nicholas Sparks has written a beautiful, inspiring love story about a chapter of life most writers avoid. What a tragedy that some people are offended by or afraid of looking at the beauty of a love that has lasted a life-time. The description of Noah's dedication to his wife and his patience in waiting for her "return" is truly inspiring. Some may think it's "sappy", but I've seen couples who love like that. This is the kind of love I want when I'm 80. How about you?
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Summary: If women wrote romance this bad it would never be published
Review: Cripts. First The Bridges of Madison County, one of the most boring stories ever, then Message in a Bottle, and now This. YUCK! You know, is it the fact that a man has crossed over to the romance genre such a novelty that people will buy the book no matter how stupid it is? I guess this proves the answer is YES.
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