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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
oh man. nicholas sparks novels are so predictable. i am so bored by this book.
Definitely not one of my favorite books by Nicholas Sparks. I really wish this was a more upbeat story. It seemed like the good part only lasted a few pages.
I love a good ooey gooey romance and usually Sparks is a good pick for such things, but he needs to get some better, newer material. It's like he's run out of ideas and he's just recycling his old stuff. And he's become more and more predictable with each book. I was hugely disappointed and all this book did for me was remind me why I'd sworn off him after Dear John and The Lucky One. Hopefully the movie is an improvement. I shall discourage my book club from ever picking him again.
This was my least favorite Sparks book yet. It wasn't a very interesting read. It was slow and predictable. The only part I like was the final "action" scene.
I enjoyed "A Walk to Remember", "The Notebook", "A Bend in the Road" and a few others, but this was way too similar to many of Sparks' other books and too over-the-top sappy for my taste.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book is at least 10 x better than the movie.
I remember really liking the movie when I saw it but I watched it again after reading the book and found the movie to be such a disappointment as it was totally dumbed down and lost character.
That being said.
Nicholas Sparks knows how to write stories about abuse that ring true.
I remember really liking the movie when I saw it but I watched it again after reading the book and found the movie to be such a disappointment as it was totally dumbed down and lost character.
That being said.
Nicholas Sparks knows how to write stories about abuse that ring true.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
emotional
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:
Yes
3⭐️. I really enjoyed most of this but the ending really threw me 😂 (it also threw dawson. iykyk). I really liked the characters and found the story really heartbreaking but also the ending was almost comical bc it was so weird and felt very out of left field. I don’t think I’ll be keeping this book but I enjoyed the listen!