Title: The Notebook

Author: Nicholas Sparks

Genre: Romance

Publisher: Bantam

Format: Paperback

Pages: 214

Rating: 5/5 stars

Synopsis:

Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, The Notebook begins with 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. The result is a deeply moving portrait of love itself, the tender moments and the fundamental changes that affect us all. It is a story of miracles and emotions that will stay with you forever.

Review:

So I read this book in 2 hours. It was so good I couldn’t put it down!
I watched the movie when it first came out, and I don’t know why it took me so long to read Nicholas Sparks! The book is a bit different then the movie. For example, the time the met to the time they reconnected was 14 years in the book!! And I was a little disappointed that the book didn’t go into a lot of detail about their summer romance. That is my favourite part in the movie, and the book just glanced over it. However, Sparks does a great job of describing the characters feelings and their thoughts, and I was able to know what both characters were feeling at the same time!! We are able to feel what both Noah and Allie feel when they meet again after such a long absence, and we go through their pain, as well as their rekindling love!
Excellent book and I highly recommend!