![]() ![]() ![]() When I heard the plot - an old man is reliving his personal history with the love of his life as she suffers from dementia - I had much hope for a touching story. My apologies to any one who likes Nicholas Sparks - if you're able to find the genius in his writing, more power to you! The "Gag me with a spoon" category is almost too kind. I know this is a beloved book, by a beloved author, but if I could give it any sort of negative rating, I would. I was unfortunate enough to be forced to buy it because there were no other English Language novels to choose from. I read this book on a train from Italy to somewhere else in Europe after graduating from college. Unless you like getting dumber by the minute, don't pick this one up. Gag, gag, awful writing, what a frustrating bore. Could the book be any more contrived and gimicky? Who rated this above a one? And please enlighten me. Oh and "the two become one" when they make love.Īnd then she is forced to leave when her fiance pays a surprise visit to down and she struggles to drive through her tears, but fights through the blurry vision because she is a strong woman like her mother. There is a "quiver in his loins" when he sees her in her transparent white dress as well. "Okay," she said, and than asked, "What should we eat?" "Do you want to stay for dinner?" he asked, wondering what she would say. I'll come back and add a real quote, but it was something like this: The book was so frustratingly simple and obvious and laid out. I heard Nicholas Sparks had a knack for sap, but I almost drowned in it and felt no spark at all. I love the movie, but if you think that was sappy, do not pick up this book. ![]() Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Click to watch the Runner’s World video with Nicholas. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. 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. The Notebook has also been adapted into a musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson. His twenty-third novel, Dreamland, was published on September 20, 2022.įilm adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), and The Wish (2021) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. ![]()
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