bookstraveller 's review for:

Mesaj de departe by Nicholas Sparks

5.0

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I am a huge fan on Nicholas Sparks' books(this is my 10th book) and to this day he never disappointed me. It is hard to say which book is the best, because they all are great in their own way. I enjoyed "Message in a Bottle" because of the love story, which is by far very heart-breaking but also magnificent. What would be the chance of finding a message in bottle and then its writer? Not that high. The love story itself is wonderful, one that you can only dream of happening to you

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except the part where Garrett dies, which I wish for no one to experience

. As you find out in the blurb, Garrett has lost his wife, wrote a letter to her, threw the letter in the ocean, Theresa found it, found Garrett afterwards and they fell in love. It would not have been a great novel, if Garrett would have just let go of his past when he fell in love with Theresa. It is very realistic that he could not give up on the love for Catherine. Oh, Garrett...

There are no words to fully describe how wonderful he is. A gentleman, loves with all his heart and a great cook ;)

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Like most of the stories written by Sparks, I got really frustrated when Theresa kept quite about how she found Garrett(which he finds out later be himself). Although I think I would have done the same, since I would not have known how to explain it to him. Which brings me to next thing I really liked about the book.

I also found Theresa's way of living and thinking incredible, because I could easily find myself in her words.
The only mistake I have done was to watch the movie before reading the book. Although it was 3-4 years ago, I still remember how the story went. Even in that situation the book took me by surprise at times, because it is quite different from the movie. All in all I really enjoyed the book and definitely recommend it as it is worth reading.