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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I was surprised by how much I liked this book because sometimes I find sparks to be cheesy.. this book however was fantastic. it had great pacing with an interesting story line developed from multiple angles. it was heart wrenching at moments and actually made me tear up.
Second book by Sparks I've read and hated. I would give it 1 star for the eye rolling, shallow writing, but I'm a sucker for romance. His books make good movies because the love is there (the obvious ups and downs of new relationships, the butterflies, the heartache) and Sparks always throws in tearful drama; they make good movies because his terrible writing is redone for the screenplay. It's as if Sparks reads a news article or gets a fragment of an idea (in this case a boy with speech delays and a man still hurting over his father's death) and then, without any depth of understanding, just runs with it for 300 page--the result is very shallow writing. Cheesy, cliched, and just incredibly overdone dialogue. Background stories are chunky instead of fluid throughout the text (not so in the movies because the character comes to life throughout the screenplay). Also, maybe characters' internal reflections just play out better through body language than the written word. Easy read--yes. Will I remember it a couple months from now? Nope.
Losing parent at a young age can impact his/her life in unexpected ways. From relationships to jobs, one incident in one's past can be the turning point on where he/she is going in the future.
This was a great love story (as all of Nicolas Sparks books are) about past, present, and future. I would recommend this to someone looking for a good, sappy love story!
This was a great love story (as all of Nicolas Sparks books are) about past, present, and future. I would recommend this to someone looking for a good, sappy love story!
I am and always will be a big fan of Nicholas Sparks. Yes his books all follow the same format (small town, someone dies a tragic death, the two main characters always fall in love, etc.) however I can never get enough of them. This one is not my favorite book of his but I still thoroughly enjoyed it and like in all of his books, the ending comes full circle and was the sweetest thing I've ever read. This one follows a man who doesn't know how to love and pushes everything good out of his life but meeting a single mom with an adorable son changes everything for him. I can't wait to pick up another of his books, they are all just classics!
Nicholas Sparks is one of my most favorite authors in the world, so I might be a little bias. But he writes beautiful romance books, all with different stories and characters. This one is no shy of it. It has your heart racing, and breaking. Its all worth it in the end. It is realistic, and some may even have felt the way these two main characters are feeling. Easily top five of the Sparks favorites and I have basically read them all
Have read all Nicholas Sparks books - He never disappoints! Taylor doesn’t know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. It will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love and will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. This rescue will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.
This was a hard one. Up until 60% into the book, I was all in. Then, it started getting really tough for me to defend Taylor and his choices. There’s no way he didn’t see how much he was hurting people in his wake, regardless of his trauma. My last straw was when he forgot about Kyles birthday. When he did finally speak on his trauma, I understood him a little more. Didn’t love the ending, didn’t love that Denise accepted him back so quickly. I just can’t deny how good the beginning was.
Taylor McAden has trouble committing to relationships. One thing he can commit to, however, is his job as a firefighter. After stumbling across Denise Holton, he learns that her son is lost. Through the book, McAden is put to the test - can he actually commit or is he going to fall back on old patterns?
This book was very easy to follow. Although there weren't many characters, they were all good ones, that added something to the story. It was a real page turner, and captivated my attention. I even teared up a bit. Great book.
This book was very easy to follow. Although there weren't many characters, they were all good ones, that added something to the story. It was a real page turner, and captivated my attention. I even teared up a bit. Great book.
This is a great book! I loved it so much! My favorite Nicholas Sparks book! Read it now and you won't regret it!