Rating: Summary: I felt robbed....... Review: I had heard of this book so many times and seen interviews on TV, I decided I would read it. In fact, it was chosen as my bookgroup's selection to discuss this month. But I surely felt robbed as I read it. For the first half of the story I kept waiting for something to happen... during the second half I lost all hope. I still can't shake the feeling that this guy, with his business sense, said, "I'm certainly not a writer, but I can sell a book"! He wrote with a shameful shallowness, and it makes me sad that such a book became a bestseller. It says something dreadful about the mentality of our society.
Rating: Summary: C'est beau Review: I was told by my very best friends that i must read this book. I will thank them tomorrow for showing me one of the best "short" books of this century. This book takes seize of your heart and shows it what love truely is. Towards the end you might find yourself relating Noah and Al's forgotten but not extinguished love to your own life. But, after gaining conscientiousness from your near drowning of tears, you'll get a grip on your emotions and find that the book is over. Don't be upset though. Try to imagine that you missed something and read it again. Trust me, I've read it four times and i still think i missed something. Le cahier c'est super!
Rating: Summary: I loved it from beginning to end. Review: This story can help a person understand the affliction of such a disease as alzheimers. The true love between the main characters is something beyond what many people find in todays world. While reading I had to keep a box of tissues near due to the fact that not only was I sad at times, but at times I was so happy I cried.
Rating: Summary: Great Love Story Review: I throughly enjoyed this little romantic story. It inspired me to read all of Nicholas Sparks' novels (should call them novelettes really).
Rating: Summary: Touching Review: I just read the book & it touched me deeply. The love story is great, I can't imagine a love that is so powerful that it could heal a person's disease even for a moment. By reading this book, you know that true love does exist.
Rating: Summary: A must read for anyone who has a loved one with Alzheimers Review: I Loved this book.... picked it up.. for a quick read and cried to much to read it quickly. If you have a loved one who is Dx. with Alzheimers Disease this is not only a must but could become a "bible" that will help you through those times when you think you can't go on. As a nurse on an Alzheimers Unit for 15 years...I still cried and felt the pain of the loved one left behind. Don't hesitate to pick this book up! Not only did it deal with the disease process it dealt with the emotion of love lost.
Rating: Summary: A Bridges of Madison County Rip Off Review: The book was written to draw the audience into emotions rather than telling the story. There were too many cliches to the story.The story reminded me of Bridges of Madison County. It was marketed quite well. Whoever did this deserved much of the credit.
Rating: Summary: Oh, come on! Not every book has to be War and Peace Review: Anything would have been better than Bridges of Madison County...now that was dreck. I'm originally from Iowa and, trust me; strange trucks, parked at the farm yard, while hubby is at the state fair, will shortly be the talk of the surrounding counties. How this book was such a huge success, Still baffles me. I liked The Notebook. Sentimental? Yes. Treacle - is too harsh. It's a pretty story. Like At Weddings and Wakes. Sometimes it's pleasant not to have to think too hard but just enjoy the flow of the book.
Rating: Summary: Once you start reading, you can't put it down! Review: This book is compelling; once you start reading, you can't put it down! It is a bittersweet story about enduring love between two people. It is a great read for those who consider their spouse or significant other their best friend as well as their lover. It is also about loss. Strangely, I saw a number of local couples I admire in this story - an elderly couple from our church in their 90's who have been married 62 years; a middle-aged couple who lived across the street from us and had just retired to enjoy life (they were best "buddies" until death took them both within six months of one another). I also saw my husband and me; we have been married almost 30 years and have had our share of trials. Through it all, we have emerged as eternal friends and lovers and that is so special. I cried my eyes out over this story and you will, too! It is excellent. That an author so young can be so perceptive about thoughts and feelings of others is extraordinary!
Rating: Summary: Lovely Review: A lovely romantic read. As moving as Craig Furnas's THE SHAPE is thrilling I read them both in one week, with a story that will make you smile when you go to sleep, and make you fall in love with love all over again. Did you see Nicholas Sparks profiled on 48 Hours? He's just as you think he would be!
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