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I was stuck with this book on an airplane flight and read the whole thing in an hour and a half, skimming through the boring parts, which were most of the book. There were tons of excruciating, slow conversations and other boring-beyond-belief stuff. I had to stop and read the instructions on the airplane barf bag every once in a while just to stay awake.
So, she embarks on a journey to see if others have found similar messages and actually finds other messages. She opens it to find out that a man named Garrett has written a letter to his wife revealing his love for her. Like most of Sparks love novels, this novel is unique within its own story.Theresa Osborne is taking vacation in Cape Cod when she comes across a bottle, that has paper in it. She falls in love with Garrett and decides to go and find him. Theresa is intrigued by this letter and wants to find out more about Garrett. She is divorced and lonely. A relationship does evolve, but there are problems that arise because they are two totally different people. This story is a great read and will bring tears to your eyes.
Formulaic, patronizing and dull. I'm just glad it was loaned to me, and that I didn't waste my money, just my time. The last time I read something this poorly written, it was "The Bridges of Madison County". If you liked that level of writing, you'll love this.
And she "forgave" him for what he had done. I just wish it was Theresa who died.
But boy oh boy was it such a let-down. After reading The Notebook, I was excited to pick up another hyped Nicolas Sparks book.
Three quarter through, I was hoping for one of them to die (how horrible was that.). A third of the way through I started rolling my eyes.
When I was half way though, I found that I didn't really care about the two characters and how their "relationship" would become. She was a creepy stalker who jumped into bed with a practical stranger.
She was the one who needed to ask for forgiveness for publishing other people's private thoughts and looking him up and stalking him.
I read this before even knowing there WAS a movie then tried to watch. I admit that I used to be a "movie only" person. I had Matthew M. But Sparks has changed that. With the exception of "The Notebook", his stories are superior to the movies they've turned out. as Garrett, Costener disappointed me. In other words.READ THIS BOOK.
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