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Summary: A Love Story like no other
Review: Oliver and Jenny made me laugh. They made me cry. They made me fall in love. I read this book for the first time when I was 15 and well - a teeny bopper would be taken away by this book and I was. I have read it over and over again and cried like crazy - laughed like a maniac and gone hysterical reading this love tale. It's not the language of the book - but its simplicity that I believe has earned it so many fans throughout the world. After all love does speak the universal language - of warmth, of caring, of being in the moment in the arms of the beloved till its gone and all remains is memories - moondust... Its one book I keep close to my bed. Never know when I might need it again!! Great classic!!
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Summary: Teachings of Love
Review: I'll admit that I wasn't thrilled when, stuck at home on a Friday night, my parents put Love Story into the VCR. However, I was entralled by the movie and the book captivated me even more. Although I knew the outcome, the book was still an emotional ride for me. The phrase opposites attract is most certainly true for Oliver Barrett IV and Jenny Cavilleri. For those of you who have not been so fortunate as to have been touched by this novel, here is a brief introduction. Segal sets his usual scene on the East Coast, in particular the university grounds of Radcliffe and Harvard. Oliver is a hockey player and brilliant student with a well-known family name. He has had everything handed to him, except the approval of his father. Jenny is a Radcliffe music major who has had to struggle to make her way. The irony in the match is unbelievable, as they bantor back and forth for hours. However, neither feels complete without knowing the other is nearby. Oliver gives up his family name to be with Jenny, and she is ultimately what brings the estranged father and son close for the first time. Love Story is a phenomenal experience. The reader becomes so involved in the conflicts between family, friends, and the couple that every incident becomes personal and is taken to heart. Love Story is a tale which professes that love teaches the many lessons that professors cannot. Once a person has read this novel, he will never be able to forget how strong the grip of love has on his heart or how tragedy can lead to forgiveness. We aren't all lucky enough to be as in love as these characters were, but the novel was written in such a way that we can all feel the both elation and the pain.
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Summary: Why this book is important
Review: This book is important for one reason. Let me explain. One of my favorite lines from a movie has been "Love means never having to say you're sorry" from Erich Segal's film LOVE STORY because it is so misunderstood. After giving it careful thought, I came to see that love really means ALWAYS having to say you're sorry. I then made the dubious conclusion that Erich Segal got it backwards. After giving it even more thought, however, I came to see that what he meant by NEVER having to say you're sorry is that if you love someone, then you do not need to utter the words "I am sorry" in order to communicate your feelings of regret, sorrow, or remorse. A person can communicate a feeling without words. More importantly, if I already love you, then you also know that I care and therefore I never have to say that I am sorry to let you know this fact. I still, however, do like to say those words. I am sorry for going on about this.
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Summary: LOVE STORY WORKS
Review: As an author with my debut novel in its initial release, I have endless admiration for Eric Segal's LOVE STORY. Upon release, the critics hated it. Everyone else loved it. Most of those who loved it, bought it. I remember reading it in high school to impress a certain longhaired blonde. She wanted to go East to college because that was where Jenny went. I would have accepted Harvard, had Harvard had the wisdom to accept me, yet I ended up in Claremont. LOVE STORY tells a simple story of undergraduate love. Oliver's a rich jock. Jenny is a musician on scholarship. Oliver's relationship with his familty is strained. Jenny is close to her father. We all know what happens to Jenny, yet the book endures better than the tear-jerker movie. While the film is perhaps a victim of the fashions of its time, Eric Segal's language remains contemporary. LOVE STORY still works. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Great idea but too short
Review: I've just finished reading love story and really wish I hadn't read so much about it beforehand. All the hype made me believe I was in for something really amazing. When expectation is so high, a book hardly ever lives up to it and I can't help feeling disappointed. Although I think the plot of the book is great, it is just too short to be really good. The characters are really underdeveloped and potentially good scenes are extremely rushed. I also can't shake the feeling that the writer's heart was never really in it - he was just writing to a formula he knew would sell plenty of copies. To be fair, he has done just that and all credit to him. However, I like a book with a bit more depth where you really feel for the characters.
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Summary: VERY MOVING
Review: I ENJOYED READING THIS A WHILE BACK - I STILL HAVE IT.
BUT I HEARD A COMMENT THAT THIS STORY WAS BASED ON OUR FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. IS IT TRUE- PLEASE VERIFY. THANK YOU,
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Summary: Short & sweet, will stay in your heart forever!
Review: 'Love Story' is the only book that I have read in one go and have been reading it again & again. Finally, a MAN who can write so extremely sensitively! I love Erich Segal! He makes the whole relationship so simple and pure somehow. You fall in love with not only the book but with Oliver and Jenny...& Segal- obviously, I guess, for they make the book. Segal's wit is delightful, his casual way of handling the stream of consciousness, remarkable. Oliver's thoughts, his conversations with Jenny and the other characters are presented in an almost unassuming style which make them all very realistic. I feel the author masterfully attaches the magic to an ordinary relationship that makes it extraordinary. The sequel, 'Oliver's Story' is similarly life-like and will capture your heart. It did mine. In fact, I am OBSESSED with the two books!
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Summary: the most touching book ever written
Review: I love 'love story'. My first contact with this book was when I was about 8 and I saw it on my cousins book shelf. I never actually read the book, nor saw the film until the summer of 1994 when I was 15. I have now read the book so many times and the film will also be played regularly in my house. It is just the most heartrending book ever written, and has taught me a lot about how to build relationships and also how it can be the differences between two people that make them so close. The book is so thought provoking and Erich Segal must be seen as a genius for writing this book which is a modern classic. It states so many points which are relevant to life and has so much to offer to any unassuming reader. The catch phrase of the book, 'Love means never having to say you are sorry' is an ambigious comment. Does Segal claim that Oliver should not have hurt Jenny in the first place to have to say sorry? Or does he mean that Jenny should automatically forgive Oliver if she loves him? This thought has played on my mind severly and I have pondered over it many times and I don't quite know which of these possibilities I believe to be true. However I do know that it is the most touching book that I have ever read, and the one which has left the biggest impression on me. Anyone who can fail to feel sadness when Jenny falls ill and eventually dies must be lacking emotion. Throw away your copies of 'The Rules' or 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' and buy 'Love Story'. For this is the most realistic book on relationships you are ever going to read.
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Summary: Why Love Story Gets Five Stars
Review: If I really like a book, I will read it twice. But three times, four, five...just doesn't happen very often. I've read Love Story over and over, and it never loses that impression it made on me during my first reading. You don't have to be as rich or as high-rolling as Oliver Barrett to understand what it means to love Jenny. Everyone has felt -- or has hoped to feel -- the way he does. That Segal was able to compress so much emotion into so few pages is the ultimate feat. And every time I read Love Story, I find myself praying it will have a different ending, no matter what it says in those first few paragraphs. This little book is so powerful. It is a good reminder of why we live and why we love.
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Summary: I didn't think I was gonna like it
Review: When I first starting reading Love Story, I didn't really like it,because of how fast the couple moved, I like things to move slow in a romance novel. The story picked up for me after the couple got married, Love Story give you a look at a young couple struggling to make a marriage work while still in college. I wish the book could have longer, and not as sad.
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