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Summary: I couldn't wait until it was over.
Review: This was a book I picked up to read on the airplane coming home from a vacation. I was laughing out loud and reading excerpts to my husband because I could not believe how poorly it is written. It will not be enjoyed by any educated cosmopolitan individual. The sweetness is so forced and the characters so bland it maked me truly believe that ANYONE can get their work published. I am shocked at the acclaim this book is getting. And I thought "Titanic" was bad. Please save your money and find a book that might give your brain a workout.
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Summary: Just one word: Perfect
Review: Nicholas Sparks's writting is not a writting at all, instead a wonderfull storytelling about an ordinary person. It is an excellent book. I cannot put it down even for a second.
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Summary: One of the best love stories ever written.
Review: This has got to be one of the best love stories ever. It was a book that YOU CAN NOT put down. I found myself staying up half the night reading to see what happened next, even took it on my 25th anniversary trip to New Orleans and read in the courtyard at The French Quarter Quest House. My mother, aunt and mother-in-law have all read it too and agreed that it has to be one of the best. I can't wait to read "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks which I have ordered thru Amazon Books.
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Summary: A potentially meaningful story made simple, sappy, pitiful
Review: A book written to appeal to an audience of shmucks who have no knowledge of great literature. Perhaps a great reading primer for kindergarteners, minus the sex scene. It made me think, I bet this is the kind of stuff that makes up those grocery store novels with Fabio gracing the covers. Characters so one-dimensional, the movie rights will probably be for a cartoon.
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Summary: corny book
Review: this story should be with the books w/ fabio on the cover. I can't believe it is a bestseller. I read this when I was in a book club, totally going into it with an open mind. this is for small-minded folk. These characters are so phoney and the dialogue so corney that I thought I was going to throw up on the book itself. yuck!!!
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Summary: what a awesome book!!
Review: this book was the most touching, sweetest, non-trashy romance novel in a long time. you've got to read it
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Summary: One serious heartfelt tearjerker!!
Review: The theme of this simple, easy-to-read novel is "Loyalty" and "Everlasting Love". If that get's your attention, you'll like the book.It's a "one-night" read. It's only over 100 pages. The story simple, yet deep. It's about true love and honor. The relationship of the subjects is the kind of love we all dream about. The second half of the book will have you in tears. Still, the story doesn't lose anything. It's not a pity book. It's just a classic love story. Enjoy!
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Summary: A good, quick read but far too predictable
Review: Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook is a good, quick read that is reminiscent of Bridges of Madison County. But, this book too closely resembles a cheap romance novel in that it spends too much time focusing on the characters' sexual thoughts and desires. These drawn out passages get old very quickly. This story could have been much more interesting and compelling had Sparks focused more extensively on the true meaning of young love. Conversations about longing and missed opportunities were far too frequent and predictable, given the story line and these characters pasts.
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Summary: Enjoyus Interruptus
Review: The predictable storyline of this book (I can't call it a novel) never really "happened." I could have handled the thin plot if the writing weren't so meager. This book included some of the dumbest dialogue I have ever read. I only read with any interest far enough to find out what happened and then could have easily left it never wondering again what became of the lovers. I only finished it because I am on vacation. And now free to read a REAL novel.
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Summary: Simple story, simply told, but touching at times.
Review: Sparks does what every writer in the business has been told not to do since the beginning of...well, since the beginning. He ignores the concept of viewpoint, switching between characters in the same scene, confusing everyone except those "romantic" enough not to notice. The language is pedestrian at best; however, I can't forgive the writer (and apparently editors) who let lines like "and she smiled softly" slip through their fingers. When I figure out how one can smile softly, I'll try reading another book by Sparks.
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