The Notebook

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Summary: Best of the Best ( says it all )
Review: The only thing that might top it is "Message in a Bottle" just finished it and LOVED it too! Wish more writers could write like this but I haven't found one yet!!! Sparks catches you from the very beginning and just pulls you in from there on out until the end, which leaves you feeling AWESOME can't find the words to describe the feeling! You'll just have to read both and find out for yourself!!!!!

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Summary: The Notebook: A No Book
Review: After hearing so many glowing reports of this book, I read it only to be disappointed. This book is a classic example of how excellent marketing can sell any product. The story is sophomoric and the writing is insulting to the reader.

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Summary: Certianly worth my time as a novel illustrating pure love.
Review: I found the book an easy read. A true testiment to true love in the purest of means. Everytime I read this book(twice), I find new ways of falling in love with the characters.

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Summary: If you like great literature, don't bother
Review: Two people whose taste I respect insisted that I read this book. I still haven't figured out why. It was simply awful. Poorly written, cliche, boring, trite, etc. The only reason I read to the end was because my friends had insisted I would love it. If you like great literature, don't bother with this book no matter what your friends say. If on the other hand, you love reading cheap romance novels, you will probably love this one.

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Summary: Poor excuse for a best-seller
Review: Are you an avid reader? Then really, don't waste your time on this one. It will only take a few hours, but you may as well be picking your nose because this is really disappointing. I am all for a sad love story, but this is a sappy, poorly written novel. It might have been easier to read with fewer grammatical errors and some sort of writing style. I can not believe that this was a best-seller.

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Summary: Not great lit., but a fantastic love story that ages.
Review: The real love story of this book is not the young, sensual love of their youth, but the extraordinary love and devotion in their last moments of life. Sparks recreates the struggles of age and Alzheimer's beautifully; and, thank goodness, he gives us hope that true love can endure them both. It's hard to recommend a novel that hurts this much to read; and certainly, I cannot advise the cynic or those who have never loved to read this. However, I do highly recommend it to those who have loved or have witnessed such a love in their parents or others they have known. It gives us all hope that there is still some beauty in wearing out. I just wish Sparks could have made Noah 96 years old instead of early eighties.

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Summary: A must read! Coudn't put it down!
Review: As an avid book reader, this book was one that made me sad & happy at the same time. I highly recommend it to everyone. Recommended by a friend. This book is worth a second reading. Don't miss it! Would have like to have given it 6 stars.

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Summary: If ever you doubt true love, have faith - - it does exist!
Review: I read this book in one sitting, it was the most inspiring collection of thoughts, feelings and truly inspirational proses. Do not pass up the opportunity to read it - I am purchasing copies for my entire family. It will be read many times over. Thank you Nicholas Sparks!

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Summary: Fiction at it's worst, stock full of editing errors.
Review: I read mostly fiction; at least 2 books a week and enjoy most of what I read. The Notebook is the worst book I have ever read and the publisher should be ashamed of themselves. The first 20 pages are stock full of the word "and" connecting sentence after sentence after sentence. It's almost comical. If you haven't read a book in 20 years and want to get started again, this might be the book for you; just do me a big favor, don't buy the book, check it out at the local library. Make sure to look in the card catalog under "over rated". If I could rate this book with no stars I would have.

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Summary: good, clean, romantic, suspense novel.
Review: I was told to read that book by someone I had just met. The book was too good to put down! I have talked to several people who loved it too. I just picked up his new book a message in a bottle.