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The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks (Sphere)
A Bend in the Road set off my love affair with Sparks’ work and I remember the ‘event’ like it was just yesterday.
My best friend’s mother kept raving about how she “could not put the book down,” and how – on more than one occasion – it brought her “to tears” and so on and so on.
Of course, my curiosity got the better of me and once it passed each of her two daughter’s hands, I FINALLY got my chance to peruse it.
I started the novel the Friday evening, and I turned the last page the following afternoon. It was that good. That interesting. To me, at least.
The Notebook and A Walk to Remember – both of which were later adapted to big screen movies – followed and these, too, were right up my alley.
Next up, The Best of Me, which I obviously also could not put down.
The book, in a nutshell, tells the tale of two lovers who were torn apart by circumstance, and then reunited again some 25 years down the line.
I like Sparks’ attention to detail. He puts so much effort into each character that one can’t help but feel a connection. Amanda and Dawson's relationship, the tragedy, the drama, the love, the grief... it all hit home for me.
I smiled with myself, I welled up... it’s a read that truly pulls at your heart strings!
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A Bend in the Road set off my love affair with Sparks’ work and I remember the ‘event’ like it was just yesterday.
My best friend’s mother kept raving about how she “could not put the book down,” and how – on more than one occasion – it brought her “to tears” and so on and so on.
Of course, my curiosity got the better of me and once it passed each of her two daughter’s hands, I FINALLY got my chance to peruse it.
I started the novel the Friday evening, and I turned the last page the following afternoon. It was that good. That interesting. To me, at least.
The Notebook and A Walk to Remember – both of which were later adapted to big screen movies – followed and these, too, were right up my alley.
Next up, The Best of Me, which I obviously also could not put down.
The book, in a nutshell, tells the tale of two lovers who were torn apart by circumstance, and then reunited again some 25 years down the line.
I like Sparks’ attention to detail. He puts so much effort into each character that one can’t help but feel a connection. Amanda and Dawson's relationship, the tragedy, the drama, the love, the grief... it all hit home for me.
I smiled with myself, I welled up... it’s a read that truly pulls at your heart strings!
Keen on reading this book? Click to either review the book or purchase your own copy.
Love Nicholas Sparks? Which of his reads are your favourite novels? Share with us below.
Sign up for women24's book club newsletter and stand a chance to win our top ten books from Kalahari.com.
