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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
4.0
Heartbreaking yet beautiful.
Let me get this straight. Two people fall in love with each other so easily that I lose track of time. It seemed that they spent a whole lot of time knowing each other when in fact I am not even sure if John knew what Savannah's favorite color was. At first it seemed like a far-fetched idea for them to commit themselves to "love" and sticking to a long-distance relationship, but then they did and I was fairly impressed that they made it longer than I expected they would.
But then of course they're just human. They argued a lot when they were supposed to be making time for each other, but the awkwardness that ensued was not something to be surprised about: they obviously were growing and maturing apart, and perhaps that spark they had before was still there, although it isn't without a doubt that it's not enough.
Eventually it died out and one of them inevitably had to give up. Maybe that's how it was when put in a position of too many emotions. You do stuff you don't think you'd normally do if you were sane. But it happened and I guess that's all that matters.
What hurt me was that they really, really loved each other despite all that. And they couldn't be together. What's harder than that? Living your life in a masochistic way. Did John make the right decision donating all that money for Tim's operation? He did say he wondered about making that decision. But I guess if he did not show himself that night to Savannah, that night on the full moon, then he must have thought he did the right thing.
I guess sometimes love just happens that way.
Written beautifully and realistically. But I still wonder if there is such selflessness in the world. I yet have to find out.
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Let me get this straight. Two people fall in love with each other so easily that I lose track of time. It seemed that they spent a whole lot of time knowing each other when in fact I am not even sure if John knew what Savannah's favorite color was. At first it seemed like a far-fetched idea for them to commit themselves to "love" and sticking to a long-distance relationship, but then they did and I was fairly impressed that they made it longer than I expected they would.
But then of course they're just human. They argued a lot when they were supposed to be making time for each other, but the awkwardness that ensued was not something to be surprised about: they obviously were growing and maturing apart, and perhaps that spark they had before was still there, although it isn't without a doubt that it's not enough.
Eventually it died out and one of them inevitably had to give up. Maybe that's how it was when put in a position of too many emotions. You do stuff you don't think you'd normally do if you were sane. But it happened and I guess that's all that matters.
What hurt me was that they really, really loved each other despite all that. And they couldn't be together. What's harder than that? Living your life in a masochistic way. Did John make the right decision donating all that money for Tim's operation? He did say he wondered about making that decision. But I guess if he did not show himself that night to Savannah, that night on the full moon, then he must have thought he did the right thing.
I guess sometimes love just happens that way.
Written beautifully and realistically. But I still wonder if there is such selflessness in the world. I yet have to find out.