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francesca_rock 's review for:
The Rescue
by Nicholas Sparks
Wow - so this was a book. And I read this book, I sure did. I am not a huge Nicholas Sparks fan, and not because of this book specifically, but because of all of his books. When you read a Nicholas Sparks book I really feel like there is a huge count down hanging over your head. But instead of the passage of time, this is a count down of page numbers. And at the end of this count down do you know what happens? Are you sad that it's over? Possibly. But, more importantly, you are waiting for someone to die. Yep. In. Every. Single. Book. I find it annoying and extremely formulaic. If someone read a Nicholas Sparks book and no one died in the course of it I would be dumbfounded.
Now - to this book specifically. Wow. It was .... a novel. The characters were difficult to believe in. Taylor is a giant dick - who somehow manages to be sensitive - that seems right. Denise gives up everything for her child and then doesn't for a man - that also seems right on. Judy acts like a fantastic mom to Taylor throughout the whole book - and then suddenly we're informed that she's actually a terrible mom. Huh.
The plot was okay. Kind of dull and predictable, but not detestable. I was not terribly moved by the love story that occurred here. I found that I was able to think of many other things while reading and still follow along with the story.
The prose - delightful! With such gems as "He finally let go of her hand, felt longing as it slipped away from him. He wanted to tell her that she had something inside her, something impossibly rare, something he'd looked for in the past but had never hoped to find. He wanted to say all these things but found that he couldn't"(135). You would think that this would lead to something - it occurs about half way into the book. But not only is this incredibly, barfingly corny (as are many more lines in this book), but he does not follow through on what it is he wants to tell her until pretty much the very end.
Gawd! Ugh! *Kick*.
To check out more of my reviews visit http://whatabookbitch.blogspot.ca
Now - to this book specifically. Wow. It was .... a novel. The characters were difficult to believe in. Taylor is a giant dick - who somehow manages to be sensitive - that seems right. Denise gives up everything for her child and then doesn't for a man - that also seems right on. Judy acts like a fantastic mom to Taylor throughout the whole book - and then suddenly we're informed that she's actually a terrible mom. Huh.
The plot was okay. Kind of dull and predictable, but not detestable. I was not terribly moved by the love story that occurred here. I found that I was able to think of many other things while reading and still follow along with the story.
The prose - delightful! With such gems as "He finally let go of her hand, felt longing as it slipped away from him. He wanted to tell her that she had something inside her, something impossibly rare, something he'd looked for in the past but had never hoped to find. He wanted to say all these things but found that he couldn't"(135). You would think that this would lead to something - it occurs about half way into the book. But not only is this incredibly, barfingly corny (as are many more lines in this book), but he does not follow through on what it is he wants to tell her until pretty much the very end.
Gawd! Ugh! *Kick*.
To check out more of my reviews visit http://whatabookbitch.blogspot.ca