Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

This book is the worst example of This Kind Of Thing that I've ever read, and also maybe has the distinction of being the single most Tell-Not-Showiest thing I've ever read.

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-94-suzannes-diary-for-nicholas/

I absolutely loved this book. It was so sad and I definitely wasn't ready for the end of Suzanne's diary. It broke my heart and I cried my eyes out.

Patterson has taken a huge leap in genres, and by the reviews I see, his readers are running hot and cold. I personally loved this book and I know for a fact that love like this does exist, if only it could happen to everyone at least once in a lifetime.
The style of the book is not only as a diary, but it is laced with short entries about the life of Katie who has been given the diary to read. The majority of the story takes place on Martha's Vineyard, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts. It is the story of a perfect love, a perfect family and everything one could only hope for in life. Patterson is acutely sensitive in his ability to write as a female character telling her story.
Without ruining it for the reader I will say that the book is an emotional ride that is worth taking.

I think about half way through I started whimpering, by the end I was in all out tears. I have no idea how I finished it, but it was an amazing book!