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Summary: Vivid yet deep
Review: This book is much more complex than simply a love story--it's a novel swimming in social, political and literary themes that are brilliantly all tied to the very real emotions of a love affair. The way that David and Jade's respective parents represent the polarity of post-war rebellion--Jade's are emotional rebels while Davids are social--make the meaning of the character's love more than insular. In fact, whether Spencer did it subconsciously or not, I think that the primary purpose of the book is to show how obsessiveness is simply THE way that humans live now. David's constant rubbing against institution masquerading as his friend-- the hippie parole officer, the "progressive" psychiatrist--shows how we are simultaneously bound by the same systems that we like the think we broke free from, but at the same time given a taste of something much more satisfying. A great emotional reality that we find ourselves obsessively pursuing. This book is much more than a romance novel. The 30-page sex scene in the middle is proof of this. What Harlequin novel would portray the insecurities of the characters as they make love so vividly, would be so frank about their physical limitations and roughness. This is horrible, beautiful novel, which should be far more revered than it is.
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Summary: Where's the love story?
Review: This book is ridiculously overhyped. Instead of telling what would probably be the most interesting part of the story (and the part that would make the rest of the story a little more understandable), the book starts out after Jade and David have broken up and merely chronicles his obsession with her despite all evidence that she doesn't reciprocate his feelings. For all that it's heralded as an honest look at first love, the actual reciprocal love is left out entirely.
The hour and a half it took me to read this book would have been better and more enjoyably spent reading the average Harlequin drivel.
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Summary: Don't judge a book by it movie...
Review: This book needs a rediscovery. It needs to somehow shake the stigma of a poorly received film adaptation, and be seen for what it is; a beautifully chronicled portrait of love. A wonderful tone is set from the very first sentence and keeps going until the last. Do yourself a favor and seek out this book.
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Summary: A beautifully written journey into obsession
Review: This is a special jewel of a book. I always thought I had discovered it! I stumbled upon Endless Love Years ago, and I'm glad I got past thinking that the book might have any real relationship to the movie based on it. It is the story of a young man's obsession with his lover, and his relationship with her family and with his own. The self-centeredness of the main character is a bit reminiscent of the boy in "Catcher in the Rye", but all the other characters are also depicted with a clarity that made me miss them when I closed the book. Scott Spencer has an attention to physical and emotional detail that projected me into David's world, that made the characters (especially David and Jade's mother, Ann) distinct and interesting and real. And it gave me an understanding of mental illness that no other book, fact or fiction, has ever done. I've since read all of Spencer's books, and this is my favorite of his and one of my all-time favorite books.
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Summary: Just another sappy harlequin romance
Review: This is one of the most immature and pretentious books I have ever read. This book is not about teenage angst, but teenage stupidity. It's so cliched it makes me want to puke. Just a pathetic softcore harlequin romance.
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Summary: Absolutely Unforgetable!
Review: This is the absolute best book I have ever read. So good in fact that I have read it seven times and each time I read this book I find myself reacting like it was my first time reading it. There are not many books written that can capture your attention from cover to cover the way this book does. Scott Spencer is an exceptional author. The best part about reading books is that you are able to know what the narrarator is thinking and feeling and Spencer is able to explain every minute detail in such a way that you are able to feel what David Axlerod is feeling. I have recommended this book to everyone I know and I especially recommend this book to people who are often very apprehensive about reading love stories. Harlequin doesn't hold a candle to this book!
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