I recently re watched the movie and decided it was about time to read the book. Since I love the movie I was interested if the book would become a new favourite. Sadly it was not.
Very early on I noticed big differences between the book and movie. I will say this is definitely an instance of the movie being better than the book. Which hurts to say.
The main reason is because of how the book is set out. It doesn’t flow for me. For majority of the book it feels like I am reading two different stories. But sadly by the time the two connected it was too late. I felt that because it was so late in the book the ending didn’t have the desired impact because I had no real reason to care for any connection between Ira, Luke and Sophia.
Because of this I’m glad the movie made the changes it did. The movie flows better. The ending has a better impact. Overall just works more.
Sure the book had some cute moments but how it’s written just ruined my enjoyment. Makes it difficult for me to want to pick up anything else by Nicholas Sparks in the future. Despite being interested in some.
I know this is more a comparing the two and less a book review but this is the easiest way to explain my feelings.