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Summary: Beautiful, the best thing I've ever read.
Review: I read love story for the first time as a 14-year- old. It really captured me in a way that no book had ever done. I was amazed at how much I grew to love Jenny, and Oliver as well. And the final words, "I cried" send me into tears each time. I feel the pain of Jenny's tragic death, and I wish that I could bring her back. Nothing you have ever read could move you as this will.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read.
Review: This book has so much emotion in it, you'ld think it's alive. From the first page 'till the last, you would'nt have enough of Oliver and Jenny. Wish I could have been half as good as Erich Segal so that I could have written the conclusion.
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Summary: What do you say about such a classic piece of kitsch?
Review: I first read "Love Story" when I was sixteen years old, shortly after it was published. I laughed. I snorted with derision. I wept. Rereading it again, many years and romances later, I am amazed at how well "Love Story" holds up. For a young person, even a cynical one, Segal compresses many Kozmic Trooths about what it means to love someone, and how it feels to reconcile that love with a parent's disapproval. I did not appreciate until years later Oliver's struggle to make something of his life on his own, and found myself more moved than I'd have imagined. In addition, "Love Story" is classic American kitsch, '70s-style. In its timeless camp quality, appealing to readers of all ages and backgrounds, it occupies an honored spot on my shelf of yellowing trash novels, right next to the collected works of Jacqueline Susann. Any of Susann's heroes and heroines would have given anything, anything at all, to love and be loved as purely and sincerely as Oliver and Jennifer loved each other. Buy this book. Corrupt your children. Seduce a friend into reading it. And hey, Amazon.com, how about stocking it in Spanish? I don't know what happened to my copy of "Historia de Amor." Students and native speakers of Spanish would thank you...
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Summary: It kills me every time!
Review: For such a thin little book, Love Story really packs a punch. I have probably read it 12 times, and it never fails to stir up so many emotions. I forced my non-reader husband to pick it up, and he is really getting into. Only, I wish he would hurry because I want it again.
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Summary: must read
Review: I have read this book atleast eight times now and I never seem to get bored. The first few pages are hillarious and one might wonder how Oliver and Jenny can fall in love. As we read further, we will realize that Oliver and Jenny are just the right pair. Be prepared to weep but don't miss it. It's awesome
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Summary: I cried
Review: The classic love story brought tears to my eyes. Although not as good as I once thought it still suprised me. Oliver Barrett the 4th a rich Harvard jock finds his true love, a girl named Jenny Cavilleri almost a complete oposite. The endure many hardships. The story brings an unexpected turn when Jenny is diagnosed with cancer. If you haven't read this book read it. Although written in the 70's it is still a story for the 90's
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Summary: Made me want to fall in love ...
Review: With the possible exception of "The Old Man and the Sea" and"Jonathan Livingston Seagull", I have never before read anyother book that packs so much into just about 125 pages. The greatest thing about the book is that the author tells you in the very first line that the story is a tragedy, and still it doesn't prepare you for the last sorrow that the last few chapters evoke in you. When I put the book down, I was crying unashamedly. When you read the book, you don't just read about Oliver Barrett and Jennifer Cavilleri ; you actually live with them. And THEY live within you forever afterward.
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Summary: Not based on Al Gore
Review: nor in fact, on Tommy Lee Jones! although they were in a class together at uni at a time when segal was a professor there. in fact reading meaning into this one is probably asking too much of it. "love means not ever having to say you are sorry". this line made the book and the film famous, but does it really mean anything? not according to the author. this should not detract from the positive qualities in evidence here. short, well structured, extremely well focused and engaging, not to mention fluently written are all accurate descriptions. Unashamedly a tear-jerker would be my only negative comment, but then again i suppose it is what it is..... the film has dated somewhat, but i believe the book remains as fresh and as wonderful as it was when first released...
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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: Compare and Contrast
Review: A little while ago I read Bret Easton Ellis's refutation of romance and the rich entitled "The Rules of Attraction" and I enjoyed it very much, but it left me confused and I wanted another perspective. "Love Story" is perfect for that job. I found the socioeconomic implications in the book far more interesting than the romantic ones. Oliver Barret IV is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever read about. Here's where the comparison between "The Rules of Attraction" comes in; the idea that a character like Oliver can forego materialism and superficiality to experience "true love" seemed preposterous after reading Ellis's book, but I liked the shock. It was fun. "Love Story" is optimistic without being inane, and profound without being pretentious. Oliver Barret's "story" is a paradigm for the (I'm sure) real-life embodiments of Ellis's characters, and while "Love Story" might be unrealistic, it's a good, thought-provoking read. Get it.
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