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Message in a Bottle
by Nicholas Sparks
Dang you Nicholas Sparks. You really know how to cause a person some real emotional stress. I didn't care for this book as much as his other ones I've read because it was pretty predictable and cheesy. Then the "clever twist at the end" really shook things up. I was hoping that But at least this story didn't involve the two lovebirds currently in a relationship and then cheating before breaking up to stay with their new lover. So that was a relief.
The most depressing part of this story or at least what got to me was the regret. The irony was ironic because now Theresa knows what Garrett was going through and losing a loved one and not being able to let go. Oh the humanity. You know, Theresa's initial attraction to Garrett was that he was still in love with his wife and couldn't let her go. Yet that was the very thing she didn't like about him. It's like those girls that love bad boys and then hate that they're bad boys after they're together. Can't have your cake and eat it too.
The takeaway I got from this book is follow your dreams or you'll end up with the most painful of all regrets and will live the words of Saito from Inception, being "an old man filled with regret, waiting to die alone." Or these words often times quoted in General Conference by some notorious poet, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'"
What do you think is worse, death or regret?
Spoiler
Garrett being a potential father would have had more of an impact on him but they barely mentioned it. Or even better/more tragic would have been if Theresa was pregnant with his children.The most depressing part of this story or at least what got to me was the regret. The irony was ironic because now Theresa knows what Garrett was going through and losing a loved one and not being able to let go. Oh the humanity. You know, Theresa's initial attraction to Garrett was that he was still in love with his wife and couldn't let her go. Yet that was the very thing she didn't like about him. It's like those girls that love bad boys and then hate that they're bad boys after they're together. Can't have your cake and eat it too.
The takeaway I got from this book is follow your dreams or you'll end up with the most painful of all regrets and will live the words of Saito from Inception, being "an old man filled with regret, waiting to die alone." Or these words often times quoted in General Conference by some notorious poet, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'"
What do you think is worse, death or regret?