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the awful writing style just to mention unimaginative, spiritless and full of clichés, I found the story just a little too contrived and far too predictable, I couldn't get over the premise where Noah and Allie meet when they are teenagers, spend one summer together and meet again afteryears to realise they are still utterly in love! What!

It irritated me to no end that Sparks felt the need to not leave anything unexplained, describing things in excruciating detail, boring me but more so putting me off reading any of his other books.
In the end it just felt like it was dragging on and on and on I just wanted it to end,

Also, since I listened to the audio version I must say that the choice for the reader of the audio book isn't the most brilliant one, His voice is kind of suited for the old Noah but his imitation of a young Allie is just really offputting, Plus, he's got that kind of voice that makes me want to fall asleep straight away, Combine that with the terrible style and plot, this book can only be described as indigestible, No more Nicholas Sparks for me, thank you! This is the worst book I have EVER READ, And the fact that this guy is so popular continues to astound me, I would give it less than zero if I could, My sister tricked me into reading this book, and I wish I could gain that time back into my life so I could read a different book, This book teaches you that ANYONE could write a bestseller, Just be sappy and corny and have one bigass deus ex machina and you're all set for stardom, As you can tell, I don't read shit that I think I won't like, I have rated many books

as aor, and this book pisses me off to no end because it had the audacity to waste my time as a reader.
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Is The Notebook sappy Yes, Cheesy Yes, And romantic Also yesss,

I would say that I like this book and do I like it as much as I like the movie No, of course, In the book, I think it would be better if the author told more details about the summer Allie and Noah spent together because when I read about this in the book, I really dont understand why they loved each other that much.
OK, I might not understand love at all, I know but anyway, I think it needs more details, Apart from that, the ending of the book is kinda weird for me, I had decided to give thisbefore but the ending made me change my mind, so,for this.

P. S. Dont misunderstand me. I like this book indeed, Though I didnt tell what I love about it, it doesnt mean I hate it! Stars Also reviewed at: sitelinkLady Jayne's Reading Den

Sweet and romantic, but I liked the movie much more.
In fact, I LOVED the movie and watched it before reading this, In the movie, the characters of Noah and Allie had more intensity and passion, It is one of those rare moments, for me, when the movie was better than the book,

There are some great quotes in this book though, These were my favourite:

"I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life, There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
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"We sit silently and watch the world around us, This has taken a lifetime to learn, It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content, The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence, It is a waste, for silence is pure, Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking, "

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds, and that's what you've given to me.
. . "

"We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created, For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory, I'll never forget a single moment of it, "

"So it's not gonna be easy, It's going to be really hard we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you, I want all of you, forever, everyday, You and me everyday. "

"I love you, I am who I am because of you, You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life.
I will always be yours, "







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Bottom line:



Well, there's no accounting for taste, and if you like sappy Twoo Luv stories this is your man, My mileage varied, mostly because I was reading critically with ALL my teeth and claws out, so I'll forgive you if you enjoyed it because yeah, I can see where the enjoyment could happen.


My emotions changed as I read through this novel, They were, in order, Incredulity, Boredom and Depression,

Incredulity

Well, THAT got off to a good start when I realized that pretty much the entire novel was going to be a flashback.




And increased exponentially when I encountered clichés such as the poetrybookthatstoppedabullet and girlundressesinfrontofmirror,



This is the scenesetting exposition part of the story, which continues for an alarmingpages but really should have been much longer, because it's a sketch of a teenage love story yawn with parental opposition YAWN and How The War Matured Me.




And of course Noah is a gentle poet who likes to take things slooooooowly and commune with Nature, sort of like Walt Whitman with less hair Whitman is liberally quoted, which vexed me because quoting poetry in novels is a pet peeve of mine.
Also song lyrics.

Boredom

The yawns set in big time once we got into the Twoo Luv story of how Allie decides to cheat on her fiancé by looking up her old boyfriend, making sure her dress gets REALLY WET so that her nipples stand out like hard little diamonds or something, and then rubbing her hands all over Noah's chest.
Oh yeah, and suggesting he crack open a bottle just in case her inhibitions don't drop low enough,

This, naturally, leads to a massive bonkathon extending over several days,



After which Allie, who should pretty much be unable to walk by now, actually has the gall to do the it'snotyouit'sme speech and LEAVE, Only to be bounced back by an even MORE clichéd scene involving Mom and, I swear I'm not making this up, the words Follow Your Heart,



Depression

And then the story jumps forward half a century and everyone's dying which SHOULD cheer me up, given what I think about these two, but in fact it reminds me that all Twoo Luv stories pretty much end this way.
There's a REASON why we usually end with a wedding, you know, At my age I do NOT need reminding that if we're lucky we'll end up holding each other's arthritic hands in a nursing home,

And what really gets me is that of course they've lived wildly successful artistic lives because OF COURSE Noah has reawakened the artist in Allie that was stomped on by Life and she's become famous.
Even though the Allie we see in the backstory is just a bundle of sexual and emotional neediness with none of the drive and passion of a real artist.
I mean if she were that great she'd be producing art without Noah having to tell her to do it, right And then when we jump forward she's completely lost the plot anyway, so basically Allie remains entirely devoid of character.
And Noah's just Wet Poet Type, Standard Issue,

Did I say earlier that I can see why people enjoy this book Well, yes, If you like stories without much depth that are engineered to get the tears flowing and make you feel all AHHHHH at the end, grab a box of tissues and dig in.
On second thought, watch the movie because I believe it may be better, Oh look, here it is!



Yep, its all wet, EXCERPT: His best friend these days was Gus, a seventy year old black man who lived down the road, They had met a couple of weeks after Noah had bought the house, when Gus had shown up with some homemade liquor and Brunswick stew, and the two had spent their first evening together getting drunk and telling stories.


Now Gus would show up a couple of nights a week, usually around eight, With four kids and eleven grandchildren in the house, he needed to get out of the house now and then, and Noah couldn't blame him, Usually Gus would bring his harmonica, and after talking for a little while, they'd play a few songs together, Sometimes they played for hours,

He'd come to regard Gus as family, There really wasn't anyone else, at least not since his father died last year, He was an only child his mother had died of influenza when he was two, and though he had wanted to at one time, he had never married,

But he had been in love once, that he knew, Once and only once, and a long time ago, And it had changed him forever, Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect,

ABOUT THIS BOOK: Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast begins the story of Noah Calhoun, a rural Southerner recently returned from the Second World War.
Noah is restoring a plantation home to its former glory, and he is haunted by images of the beautiful girl he met fourteen years earlier, a girl he loved like no other.
Unable to find her, yet unwilling to forget the summer they spent together, Noah is content to live with only memories, . . until she unexpectedly returns to his town to see him once again,

Like a puzzle within a puzzle, the story of Noah and Allie is just the beginning, As it unfolds, their tale miraculously becomes something different, with much higher stakes,

MY THOUGHTS: I had just written this review, hit enter, . . and it disappeared 'Poof!' So here we go again, . .

Although I am not particularly fond of the story, The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks holds a very special place in my heart, This was the very first book that my now husband ever gave me, I like to take it out every now and then and reread it, not because of the story, but because of the precious memories it inspires,

Books can do that, Bring back wonderful memories. If I was rating The Notebook on that alone, it would earnplus from me, But as for the actual story, it earns a little over three, It is a bit too sweet for my taste, but perfect for those times when you want a read that you can enjoy without having to think too much.


BTW, this is not the book he would choose for me now, He is the romantic in this relationship, He cries every time he watches 'Titanic', I have yet to sit through it,

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THE AUTHOR: Sparks lives in North Carolina, He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program MFA at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually.


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