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Summary: A Walk to Remember
Review: The book that I read was entitled "A Walk to Remember" written by Nicholas Sparks. It is a book that really touches the heart and makes you feel good all over. This book is about two adolescent teens who are trying to make the best off life. The boy, Landon Carter, is wild and ambitious teenager who gets into some trouble with police department after he get caught trespassing. He is sentenced to complete community service with younger children with learning disabilities. Also as part of his punishment he must participate in the high school play. There he is casted as the leading role and then starts to notice a young lady who is somewhat plainer and more to herself. She is the only child of the preacher and doesn't hand out with the "cool" kids. Her name is Jamie. As time goes on and they spend more time together Landon falls for Jamie Sullivan. He realizes that love is more important popularity. He falls more and more, the whole time Jamie is hiding a deep secret from Landon. Finally Jamie admits to Landon that she is dying of Leukemia. Landon gives Jamie the wedding that she always dreamed of, but in the end Jamie passes on, but in her short life she has managed to turn the life of Landon around and he goes on to succeed in life. As Landon goes on he always hold a special place in his heart for his one true love. I give this book a wonderful review. It was definitely what I would call a real "tear-jerker." I would greatly recommend this book to anyone wanting to appreciate the gift of life and the wonderful people you know though out it.
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Summary: Buy this one for your collection - a Real Gem!
Review: I read the library's version - then went out and bought this for my own library (yes, from Amazon[.com]). I even bought a copy for my grandson, for his book report this year. It is a clean book with a lot of good messages about life, love and death. Vintage Sparks. It's in a class by itself. I can understand why they made a movie of it, although I haven't seen it. The story is told by a 57 yr old man about the year he was a senior in high school in 1958, and about his little town in North Carolina where he grew up. Nicholas Sparks is hilarious in his dialogue of the kids and how they tease, sit around the cemetary and tell jokes, etc. You will laugh along with them, but it has a lot of insight as you see the main character, Landon, grow from a boy into a man as he befriends the preachers daughter, who his buddies all make fun of. I can see my grandson in this role, as he has a big heart and always sees the goodness in someone, even if others don't. I don't want to give the story away, but it is a very fast read and one to discuss with your kids when you are done with it... no bad language, sex or violence, just life.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Like the book A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY or Jackson McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD, this Nicholas Sparks book is just the right balance of humor, sentiment, and real life. I can honestly say that I've never encountered a Nicholas Sparks book I didn't like, but by far, this one is my favorite. Touching without being sappy, and easy and fun to read without talking down to you, it's worth every cent!
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Summary: Another Love Story
Review: Nicholas Sparks is ever so good at writing a love story that floods your mind and stirs your heart.I have read Sparks' The Notebook and Message in a Bottle and it is my opinion that A Walk to Remember falls short of The Notebook but is better than MIAB. The story is narrated from a first person's point of view, which is my favourite in novels. Landon tells us his story from 40 years ago, a year of his life which changed him forever. We are introduced to Jamie, a plain "good" girl whom everyone can identify with: conservative wear, no make-up, carries a Bible all the time. Landon, then 17, young, brash, eager to blend into the crowd. As "the Lord's plan" throws the two together, we smile and go "awwww" as we see them falling in sweet, innocent, wholesome love which we often wish for ourselves. Sparks is able to wrench our hearts and at the same time, preparing us at the back of our minds, for something that would pop the bubble. Along the lines of his other 2 novels, heartache was inevitable. Would you cry? Would you scorn at the predictability of the story? Do find out for yourself.
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Summary: The meaning of lasting love -- for teens
Review: This is pure schmaltz, a genuine tear-jerker written for impressionable young teenagers to outline a more serious approach to love than the usual "let's hit the sack and have some fun" approach. The story isn't nearly as good as "Love Story" by Eric Segal, but that's a minor quibble. Segal dealt with college students; Sparks has written a book that relates to high school and junior high students who have not yet begun to date seriously. The theme of the book is very simple: true love is based on the content of a person's character, not on chest size or the willingness to engage in sex play. It's a favorite theme of Sparks, the idea of an enduring love that overcomes and outlasts all obstacles and setbacks. He used it well in "Message in a Bottle," dealing with two middle-aged adults who are old enough to have sex. In this book, it's two kids who barely hold hands and share only a few chaste kisses, which makes it clearly designed and suitable for the teen and pre-teen audience. Any normal teen will appreciate it; and parents can feel safe the book is as tame as a Donald Duck cartoon.. One brief excerpt, near the end, nicely sums up the whole approach: "We kissed again, too, though not every time we were together, and I didn't even think of trying to make it to second base. There wasn't any need to. There was something nice when I kissed her, something gentle and right, and that was enough for me. The more I did it, the more I realized that Jamie had been misunderstood her entire life, not only by me, but by everyone." Think of the movie "Titanic" without any hint of sex or nudity, and you have this book in a nutshell. "Titanic" made millions of innocent young girls weep copious tears for a love that was snuffed out by the disaster to the ship; "A Walk to Remember" will appeal to the same girls who want such a love to come into their lives. If you're a parent of a teen child, buy this book. Read it yourself, it deals with a fate and feelings that many adults carry through their entire lives. It is a warm reminiscence of a long lost love that might have been, and it tugs on those adult heartstrings. Then let your kids have it, it relates to them on their level and it is one of the best introductions you'll find to the meaning of love in contrast to the shallow sensual emphasis that dominates so much of today's movies and novels. Kids who read it will grow into mature sensitive adults with an ability to understand that true love involves more than chest sizes and hot pants; it will help them become true adults instead of perpetual teenagers.
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Summary: Completely Unforgettable! The Meaning of True Love
Review: I don't remember when I have been so emotional over a book. Movies, maybe, but not books. Eventhough this was one of the sadest books I have ever and probably will ever read, I will also keep a copy. The story of the high school couple is so unbelievably sweet and touching. Once you begin reading the book you just have to know what happens. I could not, no matter how hard I tried, put the book down to finish later. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know what true love is and/or to anyone who just needs a good cry.
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Summary: A Walk to Remember
Review: A Walk to Remember, by Nicholas Sparks, is a book that anyone and everyone could love. Sparks created a variety of emotions by different events that expressed happy, sad, angry and confusing feelings. The main character, Landon Carter, is telling the story from his point of view 45 years later. The story takes place during his senior year of high school in a small town in North Carolina. The other main character is Jamie Sullivan, a minister's daughter. Jamie is considered one of the strangest people at the high school. She's always carrying around her Bible, and she never wears the newest fashions. Landon gets to know Jamie through the drama class that they are both in. Since she is so friendly, they became friends;well, sort-of. He wasn't her friend when any of his other friends were around, but when it was just the two of them it was different. Soon, Landon fell in love wih Jamie because of her kind ways and for who she was inside. After awhile Landon starts to realize that somthing's different about Jamie; he feels that she's keeping a secret. Landon gets impatient after a period of time and finally confronts Jamie about it. She tells him her secret and he is astonished, he never would have guessed that.... To find out the incredible ending to this wonderful story, read A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. No reader will be able to put it down for a minute.
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Summary: Certainly, a book to remember
Review: I have already read a few of Nicholas Sparks books and because I enjoyed them, I decided to pick up "A Walk to Remember". I didn't really know what to expect, however most of the way through I figured out that Sparks seems to have a knack for the romantic, yet tragic love story. This begins with an older man recalling a year of his life that he will never forget. Basically, Landon Carter is the typical senior in high school. He is applying to college and trying to figure out a way to cruise through the year. Also, he is the typical teenager who is worried about his appearance in front of his friends. Somehow, Landon befriends Jamie Sullivan who is the daughter of the town's Baptist minister and a conservative Christian girl. Through the course of the school year, they fall in love as we get to know more about Landon and Jamie and see how these opposites attract. Jamie changes Landon's life forever and he is never the same person. If I say anymore about the plot, I will totally give it away and then you won't need to read it....so that's all I can tell you about the story. This book was refreshing because it was truly romantic because Jamie and Landon only share a few kisses and hand holding. I am very used to any romantic book somehow culminating in some sexual activity, but this book was even better because it didn't. It would make it a great book for a teenager for many reasons. The great morals in respect to showing "love", the fact that everyone has something to offer even if they are different and showing what some of the important things are in life. I would definately recommend reading this book, but I still think that even if you don't enjoy this one, check out some of Sparks' other novels for more tragic love stories!
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: I just finished reading this book. It warns you that first you'll smile, then you'll cry, and it was completely true. The love between Jamie and Landon was so pure, so innocent. Everything about Jamie was pure - she was an angel. While it sounds completely sappy (and let's face it, it was), you still can't help but get engrossed in this book. I wonder how the movie version turned out...
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Summary: Ugh . . . Saccharine!
Review: I am not hard-hearted or lacking in sentiment (I loved "Tuesdays With Morrie"), but the only word I can find to accurately describe this book is CLOYING!
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