Diana

Wonderful story beautifully written. I loved how it took place where I personally know or have heard about, like Iola which is at the bottom of the Blue Mesa Reservoir - right down the road from where I live. This one will stay with me.

This will be one of my all-time favorite books. Harper Lee's quote, “the book to read is not one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think” perfectly applies here. I loved the journey it took me on and I was sorry to see it end. As a rule, I don't reread books but I will probably make an exception with this book. I lauged, I cried, I reflected on the smaller details of life, imagination, and relationships. Thank you Jonathan Safran Foer for giving us such a delightful story and told in such a creative way.

sidenote: I don't know how the movie will be able to convey the story the way the book did but I don't really care. I'm sure it will be a good movie but I feel like I have a genuine treasure from reading the book.

I would probably give this book three and a half stars. It was good, but just okay good.

I guess what I didn't like was at the point of knowing Amanda's son would need a heart transplant, I knew the way the rest of the story would go. Nicholas Sparks did his best in the way he wrote it to try to keep the reader in suspense, but it just didn't work. Saying that though, I don't know how it could have been written where the reader would have been kept in the dark.

I enjoy Nicholas Sparks' books and I did enjoy reading this one.