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Summary: Grabs your heart gently...
Review: Couldn't put this one down. Sparks' characters are so real, so genuine. Their dialogue is never unbelievable, their love story is timeless. You will fall for these lovers from the moment you begin the book. I especially loved the fact that it was told from the perspective of an elderly man looking back on his one true love. If you are young, you can learn something about true love from this story, that it truly will hit you out of the blue and will grab onto your heart and soul, never letting go if it's truly meant to be. I shared this one with a friend and she finished it in one sitting!
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Summary: very good--- until the end
Review: I read this book in one night...it was extremely good I thought until I reached the last chapter. The love story was going so well and could've ended a lot quicker than it did. I feel that he dragged out the ending for more pages. I loved the book otherwise, I just think that he could've made the ending a lot shorter and less involved.
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Summary: a tender love story
Review: ive read a few of the more recent reviews and was surprised to discover that it was possible for someone *not* to enjoy this book. i do read for entertainment value, and when im reading a "romance" im also looking for it to be realistic. this story has both. i dont believe these two to be perfect. in fact, it is because allie is not perfect, that the whole story is able to take place. i loved how it was told; in the memory of an old man...sitting, reading to his one and only...hoping to catch just a glimmer of recongnition in her eye...this is fantastic stuff! ::smile
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Summary: You would wish you were Allie.....
Review: The depth and magnitude of Noah's love for Allie is beyond words and beyond comprehension. I kept reading excerpts which showed just how much they love each other and then wish I was Allie <<<shiver>>> That was the most transcendental love story I have ever read in a long time. I can't wait to read Sparks' third novel "A Walk to Remember" and see if even he can transcend such genuine love on another level.
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Summary: Syrup-y Sludge
Review: I have not voluntarily read a Romance novel since I was ten, and I was rather appalled when I found that's exactly what I had gotten with this book. The writing has the plain nature of an attempted parable, however there was no parable-like point. The characters have, as far as I can tell, no real flaws at all. Not only the main characters (the rugged, deep, yet simple Noah and the beautiful, creative, and privileged Allie) are perfect, but even the antagonists in the piece seem to lack flaws. (Allie's mother keeps Noah's letters from her, but she only did it out of deep belief in what was right, etc.) In all this respect and perfection, there's one *huge* missing element, and that's tension. Even though there's a supposed choice involved in the book, I never felt a moment's doubt about what Allie would do. I am giving it two stars because the section in the nursing home had some genuinely interesting moments, but unfortunately they tended to get lost in the book's Hallmark Cards aesthetic. I just don't have the taste for all the sugar.
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Summary: Best book I've read in a long time.
Review: This book was a wonderful, romantic story. It proves that true love does last and that if it is meant to be it will be. I recommend this book to anyone who likes emotional stories. It keeps you interested until the end. It was quite a tearjerker.
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Summary: The Only Book I Ever Threw Across A Room
Review: Ugh. This book is the most sappy, predictable, and unreadable I've ever encountered. I read all the others recommended by Amazon under the "Customers who bought this also bought..." and they are all far better than this one. A Harlequin romance for the geriatric set.
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Summary: Tne Notebook recalls what for most of us is a forgotten time
Review: I have just finished reading The Notebook and the reviews posted on this site. Generally books do not greatly move me emotionally, but this one did. It is important to note that the characters and story are based on the lives of factual characters of that era. Having lived in that era, I know it is not as overly simplistic as some reviewers have stated. It really was a simpler time, even emotionally. I would say to the very negative reviewer: No undue focus was placed on the aging process; it is more likely that that is where your major focus was and, as a result, you resented the reality brought to those facts of aging. I found the book to be the best I have read in a very long time and to be true to the era about which it was written. It reminded me very much of my own parents' story. During World War II, it was not uncommon for people to be separated for years, particularly if the individuals lived in a country that was occupied during the war. It was not uncommon for the man of the house to go to another country for years just to support his family. We just don't know today all the elements that KEPT other aspects of that era a simpler time, particularly emotionally.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This is a beautiful story about how timeless, ageless and wonderful love is (if only it was that true). The book made me cry because I wanted to believe that something so wonderful could actually exist between two people. I found it a little to much though. Allie returns after 14 years and Noah just opens his heart and his arms to her, I know he loves her but its a little too unrealistic. I also wish the book concentrated more on their time together once they reunited. I would recommend this book it's very touching and will grab hold of you emotions. Keep a box of kleenex handy cause you will need them.
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Summary: Romance, Romance, Romance
Review: If you love romance, you will love this book! It just takes you into the pages and you become part of it all. Keep some tissues near by, you will shed tears! Definitely five stars!
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