gordiedev 's review for:

The Choice by Nicholas Sparks

4.0

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This was the first Nicholas Sparks book that I had read rather than seeing adapted as a film. I greatly enjoyed reading it, finding myself either not wanting to put it down, shaking off sleepiness in order to get to the end of a chapter, or eagerly wanting to rejoin the story at the next opportunity.

Without doubt, he is a manipulative writer, masterfully evoking floods of emotion from his readers. His themes are often faith, true love and/or the ramifications of holding out hope either for its arrival or because it has. While this story unfolds without much you would call implausibility - the story is after all a simple one, the plot always veers toward this side of hopefulness even when it seems bleakest, and for that, I'm grateful.