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nila's Reviews (526)
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hands down one of the best books I've ever read
I was going to rate this 4 (4,99999) stars because the whole Alendi and Rashek part of the story is really confusing, but with that ending it had be a 5-star
One of Nicholas Sparks' better works, and today one of my biggest guilty pleasures. I was in Canada for the summer and had finished all the books I had brought with me. My aunt brought me to the local library and I did a "close-my-eyes-and-point" in the New Additions-shelf, and landed on this one.
The story does not a take a giant leap from Spark's previous novels. But what made this one different and therefore, in my opinion, more enjoyable, was the shifting narrators. Though it didn't give me the debth into every character, I don't think Sparks has worked an equal amounth with each character, I still found it to be refreshing and also made it much more of a joy to read. What disappointed me, however, was:
1. what the book had promised and what it gave me. It says that the main character, Logan, has kept "one explosive secret" from Beth, but frankly it is just a minor detail and it really did not have an impact on me.
2. just wanted to underline 1. - basically miscommunication is used as a plot device, which is never good and always bad.
3. I want to address is Sparks' total lack of representation of any kind, which makes his stories less credible.
Ex-soldier Logan Thibault thinks he just might have found The One. Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq, Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him, a picture of a smiling woman he's never met, kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman, he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny.
Beth, the woman whose picture he holds, is struggling with problems of her own: her volatile ex-husband won't accept their relationship is over and threatens anyone who gets too close to her. And, despite a growing attraction between them, Logan has kept one "explosive secret" from Beth: how he came across her photograph in the first place ...
The story does not a take a giant leap from Spark's previous novels. But what made this one different and therefore, in my opinion, more enjoyable, was the shifting narrators. Though it didn't give me the debth into every character, I don't think Sparks has worked an equal amounth with each character, I still found it to be refreshing and also made it much more of a joy to read. What disappointed me, however, was:
1. what the book had promised and what it gave me. It says that the main character, Logan, has kept "one explosive secret" from Beth, but frankly it is just a minor detail and it really did not have an impact on me.
2. just wanted to underline 1. - basically miscommunication is used as a plot device, which is never good and always bad.
3. I want to address is Sparks' total lack of representation of any kind, which makes his stories less credible.
Ex-soldier Logan Thibault thinks he just might have found The One. Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq, Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him, a picture of a smiling woman he's never met, kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman, he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny.
Beth, the woman whose picture he holds, is struggling with problems of her own: her volatile ex-husband won't accept their relationship is over and threatens anyone who gets too close to her. And, despite a growing attraction between them, Logan has kept one "explosive secret" from Beth: how he came across her photograph in the first place ...
