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A review by jainandsdiary
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

5.0

Book: The Wish
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Pages: 400
Rating: 4.8/5

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks is contemporary romance fiction. The story revolves around the main protagonist Maggie and it keeps moving back and forth in the timeline.

Maggie was sixteen when she was pregnant. So she moved to a place far away from their house. And there she meets Bryce. The boy who taught her about photography. Now after around more than two decades after that incident, she is reciting the complete story once again, to Mark! Why? To get to know more about it, read the book!

It was my first Nicholas Spark's read. I have had heard so much about him that even though it was my first book by him, I have had high expectations. And reading his most recent book was more exciting and it didn't disappoint me.

The writing style of the author was commendable. It was so smooth, so fluent that it was a delight to me while reading. The transition between the timelines was so gentle and effortless.

The thing that attracted me to the story was its characters building. The characters impacted me more intensely with each passing page. The characters were so strong and well written that they will be with me forever. But one thing that I want to say is that my favorite character from the book was neither Maggie nor Bryce and not even Mark. I indeed loved all these three characters from the core of my heart but the character which impacted me deeply was Aunt Linda. She was calm, mature, and more importantly, knows how to behave as well as react in certain situations where being calm and mature was extremely rigid and painstaking.

The book was not a perfect five out of five for me because the story was predictable. But what worked for me was how the emotions were poured in the little sentences and little talks between heavy situations.

I will recommend this book to the ones who are looking for emotional contemporary romance fiction. Even if you are a beginner, you will enjoy it because of the easy but effective language and the perfect layout of the emotions.