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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
3.5- a good storyline and well-written. A little too depressing for me, especially when considering it as a holiday read.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Damn you, Nicholas Sparks. That was beautiful and heartbreaking
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The amount of times a teenage Maggie mentions she’s “bigger, especially [her] breast/bust” got creepy.
The religious agenda was turned up to 11. I know Sparks has always had a thread of church or religion in his books in some form or another but this one laid it on thick.
And this quote was outrageous:
The religious agenda was turned up to 11. I know Sparks has always had a thread of church or religion in his books in some form or another but this one laid it on thick.
And this quote was outrageous:
He set his menu aside. “I know it’s not my decision or even my business, but I’m glad you decided to put the baby up for adoption and not have an abortion.”
“My parents wouldn’t have let me. I suppose I could have gone to Planned Parenthood or whatever on my own, but the thought never crossed my mind. It’s a Catholic thing.”
“I meant that if you had, you never would have come to Ocracoke and I wouldn’t have had the chance to meet you.”
Seriously. Wtf.
This is the fifth Sparks “new release” that I have loathed and I have one more on my shelf. I’m not going to bother with it. The romances I loved when I was younger is an era I can treasure and appreciate. But it isn’t one that needs to perpetuate into whatever the hell his books have become. I skimmed most of this just to get thru it and I hated every word.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Pregnancy
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry
Minor: Dysphoria
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So slow to get into it and I’ve off the longest lasting slow burn romances. However, my main man Nicholas over here sure knows how to write two people in love. The ending made me so angry though, even though it was incredibly predictable, I still sobbed.