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Summary: Read it in one night!
Review: It has been a LONG time since I have sat down and read an entire book in one night. This one was so captivating, I did not want to put it down. It touched me deeply, and helped me learn a lesson that applies strongly to a situation in my life at this time. In reading some of the other reviews, I see that some are disappointed because this book is so far from what James Patterson normally writes. But that, to me, is the mark of a truly great writer, when they can write from a totally different standpoint, and have it reach out to you so strongly. It was very apparent that this was a part of him he was expressing. Thank you for this book Mr. Patterson!
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Summary: WOW!!! What a book! James Patterson does it again.
Review: Based on the title, I did not think I would like this book. James Patterson made the characters come to life. I know I would have liked Suzanne as a friend. I am sorry it took so long for me to buy it. The book was absolutely wonderful. It was a quick read -- I read it the same day I began it. Please do not read the end before you read the beginning. This is truly one book you may read over again.
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Summary: A Great Love Story
Review: I have read all of James Patterson's books and I love them all. I cannot beleive "Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas" has come from this author. It was a beautiful love story about a mother's love for her child and a wife's love for her husband. I could not put it down.
Mr. Patterson must have been deeply moved by some event in his personal life to write this book with such feeling and emotion.
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Summary: a story told by two women
Review: James Patterson has achieved that rare feat of writing from a woman's point of view---two women, in fact. "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" is a sweet, simple tale of love found and love lost. Suzanne, one of the narrators, is absolutely besotted with her new baby, the Nicholas of the title. All new moms will identify. We have to let Patterson exercise a little literary license here, as Nicholas is a preemie who neverthless develops very precociously. The reader may feel something supernatural and shadowy here: Nicholas is indeed too good to be true, as is his father, Matthew, the ideal lover and husband. The other narrator, Katie, is "good people"--she tells you so herself. Indeed, all the characters in this book are shining paragons. (Some more literary suspension of disbelief is needed, perhaps?) The book is a sweet romance to wile away an hour or two of your fast-departing summertime. All that is missing is a Harlequin cover to complete this escape-from-your-daily-life read.
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Summary: Don't bother -- read the real Patterson in his earlier books
Review: James Patterson should stick to what he knows best. The glaring problems with timelines and logic in this story are too many to list. One example -- Suzanne met a boyfriend at the 1996 wedding of John Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette, is with him for four years but has a new husband (not the boyfriend) and a year-old baby when the defining event of the book happens in 1999 -- three years into her 4-year relationship with the earlier boyfriend. In another instance, we meet Kate as she finishes the diary and is pondering whether she can forgive her boyfriend but when we come back to that at the end of the book, there appears to be none of this questioning about returning to him. Even without these annoying and distracting oversights, the plot is unbelieveable, trite and simplistic.
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Summary: Good, but....... wish there was more to the story
Review: First let me say, I DO love this author, and his style of writing.
But, this could have been better written. Maybe fleshed out a bit more and actually written as a diary. As it is, it is written more as if it were a story being told rather than a diary. The emotions would have been more intense as a diary.
The story is a bitter sweet romance and a very quick read. I liked the characters, in fact they were written very well, they come alive right away. I was not disappointed in the story itself, I only wish there had been more to it.
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Summary: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Review: I read this book really fast to simply get it over with.
It was just too sweet. And I hate books that kill off animals, especially dogs. I found the "happiness" of Suzanne just unreal. I am almost 50 years old and I have known and know many people in my life and the sugar coated diary was just too icky for me, not in the least realistic.
I will not buy any more of his books. But my Mom is just happy that I read one.
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Summary: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas- A review
Review: This book is an intriguing journey through the pain and mountain top exeperiences life/love can bring you. Very well written in terms of bringing characters to life and weaving a complex story through several different perspectives. I loved it because it shows how deeply one can love another person if you just let yourself. I loved the story and did not have to devote three months to plodding through a bunch of extra words like so many of the novels today. Superior. Not the best book on the planet (Tolkien holds that distinction for me) but definetly a 4.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: I am an James Patterson fan, plus a big Alex Cross fan. I knew this was not his typical book when I started reading. I found this novel exceded my expectations. It's a perfect love story set in a diary to an unborn child. There is also a secondary love story going on at the same time. It is a tear jerker, so get your hankies out!
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Summary: A Beautiful Love Story!
Review: What a delightful Sunday afternoon read! This novel is quite a departure from Patterson's usual style, but he does not disappoint his readers! Patterson begins the story with Katie. She has read a diary that has upset her. The novel then travels back in time - Patterson tells us about Katie and Matt, and then introduces the diary. At this point, the story splits between the diary (where we learn about Suzanne and Nicholas) and Katie. At various points in the novel, I was sure that I knew what was going to happen at the end; but Patterson kept me guessing until the final pages! I thoroughly enjoyed the story and found it to be a quick read. Patterson did not disappoint me with this departure from his usual style of writing.
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