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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Have read all Sparks books and love them all! This one was great, but sad...lots of crying but well written. Also loved the movie which have seen several times.
Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love. For those who cherished The Notebook and readers waiting to discover the magic of Nicholas Sparks’s storytelling, here is an achingly lovely novel of happenstance, desire, and the choices that matter most.
Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love. For those who cherished The Notebook and readers waiting to discover the magic of Nicholas Sparks’s storytelling, here is an achingly lovely novel of happenstance, desire, and the choices that matter most.
Seriously? So, that's it? That's how it ends? At first, I just can't get over with how their story ended.
If you were to read the synopsis or have a glimpse on one of the author's excerpts, you will know firsthand, that this is very Nicholas Sparks. I think it is quite stereotypical to say that most of his novels were centered around the happily-ever-after, about endless love and butterflies in your stomach, about "I'm irrevocably in love with you," and about perfect-swoony-well-proportioned guys that will sweep you off your feet when in fact, it's not really the case. Most of his novels were sad, depressing and filled with inconsolable endings. Nevertheless, the message of his novels had been very clear since its publication; it's awe-inspiring and very encouraging as well. It was always about the greatest love you could ever find having its own variations and forms. Not only about love that exists between a man and a woman, but love towards your family, friends and even unrelated ones.
As I've learned the perspective of the author, I fully understand why it ended that way. Message in a Bottle was inspired by the love story between Nicholas' parents. His father grieve for four years over the loss of his wife. During his hour of bereavement, he met another woman (Theresa, on the fictional novel), and his heart started to beat again. They were engaged soon after but unfortunately, two weeks later after the announced engagement, his father had a car accident. Shortly after, his father passed away. Truly, a real life sad story.
Nicholas Sparks' books for me are definitely not a love story but stories about love. Despite such circumstances beyond our control, be it loss, fate, or death; his books allow us to believe that LOVE is not another fantasy, that we can certainly love a person selflessly in a way we could never imagine possible.
Although there were lots of mature scenarios in which a young adult cannot realistically relate to, the writing style had been light and quite easy to read. This is best for those who have long distance relationship issues and those who have lost their loved one.
Even though, Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn were able to justify their characters as Garette Blake and Theresa Osborne respectively through their convincing and impressive acting skills; I still prefer the book over movie adaptation. There were tons of details and emotions that the movie failed to capture. They changed a lot of things and characters so that it will appear as very "movie-like" especially the significance of the role of Deanna and Jeb Blake, Garette's father. Nonetheless, I like how they incorporate the families, whom Garette saved during the storm, showing how he sacrificed himself over the promise of a future with Theresa (*okay, enough of the babble, this is not a movie review).
Overall, this book is all about:
1. Finding love
2. Losing It
3. Taking Chances
4. And allowing your heart to love again
This book with its cheesy lines and artistic flirtations set in the 20th century is such a good and satisfying break from contemporary young adult novels.
If you were to read the synopsis or have a glimpse on one of the author's excerpts, you will know firsthand, that this is very Nicholas Sparks. I think it is quite stereotypical to say that most of his novels were centered around the happily-ever-after, about endless love and butterflies in your stomach, about "I'm irrevocably in love with you," and about perfect-swoony-well-proportioned guys that will sweep you off your feet when in fact, it's not really the case. Most of his novels were sad, depressing and filled with inconsolable endings. Nevertheless, the message of his novels had been very clear since its publication; it's awe-inspiring and very encouraging as well. It was always about the greatest love you could ever find having its own variations and forms. Not only about love that exists between a man and a woman, but love towards your family, friends and even unrelated ones.
As I've learned the perspective of the author, I fully understand why it ended that way. Message in a Bottle was inspired by the love story between Nicholas' parents. His father grieve for four years over the loss of his wife. During his hour of bereavement, he met another woman (Theresa, on the fictional novel), and his heart started to beat again. They were engaged soon after but unfortunately, two weeks later after the announced engagement, his father had a car accident. Shortly after, his father passed away. Truly, a real life sad story.
Nicholas Sparks' books for me are definitely not a love story but stories about love. Despite such circumstances beyond our control, be it loss, fate, or death; his books allow us to believe that LOVE is not another fantasy, that we can certainly love a person selflessly in a way we could never imagine possible.
Although there were lots of mature scenarios in which a young adult cannot realistically relate to, the writing style had been light and quite easy to read. This is best for those who have long distance relationship issues and those who have lost their loved one.
Even though, Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn were able to justify their characters as Garette Blake and Theresa Osborne respectively through their convincing and impressive acting skills; I still prefer the book over movie adaptation. There were tons of details and emotions that the movie failed to capture. They changed a lot of things and characters so that it will appear as very "movie-like" especially the significance of the role of Deanna and Jeb Blake, Garette's father. Nonetheless, I like how they incorporate the families, whom Garette saved during the storm, showing how he sacrificed himself over the promise of a future with Theresa (*okay, enough of the babble, this is not a movie review).
Overall, this book is all about:
1. Finding love
2. Losing It
3. Taking Chances
4. And allowing your heart to love again
This book with its cheesy lines and artistic flirtations set in the 20th century is such a good and satisfying break from contemporary young adult novels.
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Message in a bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Theresa Osborn is a columnist out of Boston and her son Kevin is on vacation with his dad. Theresa is on the Cape enjoying her time by herself when she finds a bottle on the beach with a note inside.
Her editor thinks they should do a story about the letter...the research leads her to Wrightshead Beach off the coast and she does run into the person who wrote the letters. More had surfaced since the story was published in the paper.
The story also follows Garrett and his marina experience and his life with Katherine and their times together.
Loved hearing of the water, navigation by stars and surrounding areas and their journey together as what they do in actions are paralleled to what Katerhine and Garrett had done...
Untold secrets could keep them away from one another, will they reveal them?
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Theresa Osborn is a columnist out of Boston and her son Kevin is on vacation with his dad. Theresa is on the Cape enjoying her time by herself when she finds a bottle on the beach with a note inside.
Her editor thinks they should do a story about the letter...the research leads her to Wrightshead Beach off the coast and she does run into the person who wrote the letters. More had surfaced since the story was published in the paper.
The story also follows Garrett and his marina experience and his life with Katherine and their times together.
Loved hearing of the water, navigation by stars and surrounding areas and their journey together as what they do in actions are paralleled to what Katerhine and Garrett had done...
Untold secrets could keep them away from one another, will they reveal them?
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Nicholas Sparks knows how to do romance. I enjoy the books when I am looking for the boy meets girl, something happens to cause an obstacle, obstacle is overcome and they get back together or it ends up how it is supposed to be kind of story.
This was my first Nicholas Sparks novel I ever read and I absolutely loved it. I read it when it first came out and I can remember staying up super late one night just to finish it with tears streaming down my face. (This is a definite tear jerker so be prepared). I've never actually watched the movie because once I read the book I tend to skip the movies, but the book was truly amazing.
This. Is. Such. A. Sad. Book. You know how you always know the sad part before the main character? Well the sad part happened, I didn't realize it until the main character did.
A good read if you're in the mood for something sappy and typical. The writing is good, the plot is pleasant. It is not challenging. Great novel for the beach or lounging by the pool. Sparks does do a GREAT job with imagery as you can visualize everything happening as its written which makes reading it that much nicer.
This is one of Nicholas Sparks better novels. It's true to his style and the story, while very sad, sends such a powerful message. The characters are memorable to say the least and the book has definitely made an impact on me.