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literarywallflower 's review for:
The Longest Ride
by Nicholas Sparks
As an avid Nicholas Sparks fan, I was really excited to read this book; it involved college-aged characters (one who happened to be a cowboy named Luke) and romance, but I have to say that I was again disappointed. I feel like either I don't like his books as much anymore, because I am older and becoming more cynical or that the storylines just aren't as strong.
The characters in this novel didn't really pop or come to life for me. I didn't really find myself rooting for them to be together or devastated at times they weren't. Honestly, I could have done without Sophia as a sorority girl and I just felt that Luke was a bit too secretly selfish and secretive at times. I was not attached to these characters and I just wished they were more likable.
I liked the idea of this book, but it just wasn't as "Sparks" as some of my favorites... the good girl/quiet boy seemed more Sarah Dessen and you can always count on Sparks to produce the makings for a good cry toward the end, but it was like you already knew the character that received the death sentence was going to from the beginning.... I don't know- this book just didn't do it for me.
This book was significantly better than The Best of Me, but definitely not up there with his classics.
In conclusion, it wasn't horrible, but just not as good or what I was expecting. I think I am going to take a break from Nicholas Sparks for awhile and try a few new authors in -my guilty pleasure- the romance genre.
The characters in this novel didn't really pop or come to life for me. I didn't really find myself rooting for them to be together or devastated at times they weren't. Honestly, I could have done without Sophia as a sorority girl and I just felt that Luke was a bit too secretly selfish and secretive at times. I was not attached to these characters and I just wished they were more likable.
I liked the idea of this book, but it just wasn't as "Sparks" as some of my favorites... the good girl/quiet boy seemed more Sarah Dessen and you can always count on Sparks to produce the makings for a good cry toward the end, but it was like you already knew the character that received the death sentence was going to from the beginning.... I don't know- this book just didn't do it for me.
This book was significantly better than The Best of Me, but definitely not up there with his classics.
In conclusion, it wasn't horrible, but just not as good or what I was expecting. I think I am going to take a break from Nicholas Sparks for awhile and try a few new authors in -my guilty pleasure- the romance genre.