2024 the best nicholas sparks books review

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In the romantic tradition of The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe, number-one New York Times best-selling author Nicholas Sparks returns with a story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals - transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.

Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. At 36, she's been dating her boyfriend, an orthopedic surgeon, for six years. With no wedding plans in sight, and her father recently diagnosed with ALS, she decides to use a week at her family's cottage in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, to ready the house for sale and mull over some difficult decisions about her future.

Tru Walls has never visited North Carolina but is summoned to Sunset Beach by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. A safari guide, born and raised in Zimbabwe, Tru hopes to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding his mother's early life and recapture memories lost with her death. When the two strangers cross paths, their connection is as electric as it is unfathomable...but in the immersive days that follow, their feelings for each other will give way to choices that pit family duty against personal happiness in devastating ways.

Illuminating life's heartbreaking regrets and enduring hope, Every Breath explores the many facets of love that lay claim to our deepest loyalties - and asks the question, How long can a dream survive?

Reviewer: C Wm (Andy) Anderson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: "Every Breath;" GUT-WRENCHING Romance, Based on True Story?
Review: While preparing this review, I had to do just as I did while reading the novel – take breaks to let my emotions subside so I could see to read (or write), for a lot of emotions came to the fore. By the way, I strongly recommend adding the Audible Edition to your library at the reduced price of $9.47.Firstly, due to my own personal circumstances. My father, not long before he passed on eight years ago, had urged me to read and study Nicholas Sparks’s style of writing. Dad was not moved by many authors, so I noted that, but did not then do as he urged. In just the introduction to the novel, I quickly understood why Dad was so moved.Also, though, my first marriage was a story not so very different, in the essential ways, from the true story behind the novel. I, too, spent time in Africa (Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and I am convinced I shall one day return to that magical, awe-inspiring land).That employment in southern Africa became the beginning of the end of my first marriage, one of the consequences you pay while trying to deal with day-to-day challenges.Of course, had I not gone to Africa, thence, years later, to Egypt, I might never have suffered the divorce but would not have then discovered my wife of today, who is the Godsend that brought me back from the dead and failed.My point is, “Every Breath” by Nicholas Sparks opened up some old wounds BUT also healed them shut. For me, this story was epic. A life changer.BLUSH FACTOR: This love story is absent any profanities, but the love scenes, while drawing a clear, unmistakable picture, are not graphic in the sense of more risqué novels. Tantalizing? Yes, but not over-the-top graphic. Read first before deciding to read to anybody else, is the best advice I can give. Wonderful images beautifully written is another way to put it.ADVENTURE: There IS a definite sense of adventure.SOUL: Yes.CHARACTER OR VOICE: It is magical how this writer can open the story up to let it speak for itself.EDITING FOR GRAMMAR AND TYPOS: Professional editing of the highest order.THE WRITING FLOW & STYLE: I think it’s clear that this writer is moving in his narrative.POV: Third person, which works well for this story. We get to feel the emotions of the main characters so effectively due to the way point of view is used in this work.EXCERPT‘…time, she’d believed her dad to be the smartest man in the world. When she would tell him that, he’d always laugh and say that if that were true, then he would have figured out a way to earn a million dollars. Her mom was a teacher, too—second grade—and it wasn’t until Hope graduated from college and began paying her own bills that she realized how much of a financial challenge it must have been for them to raise a family, even on their combined income.Her dad had been a coach to the high school’s cross country and track teams as well. He never raised his voice, but nonetheless led his teams to numerous conference championships. Along with her sisters, Hope had participated in both sports all four years of high school, and though none of them were stars, Hope still jogged a few times a week. Her older sisters ran three or four days a week, and for the past ten years, Hope had joined her dad and her sisters at the annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, all of them working up an appetite before sitting down at the table. Two years earlier, her dad had won his age-group bracket.But now, her dad would never run again.It had started with occasional twitches and a slight, if noticeable, fatigue. For how long, she wasn’t exactly sure, but she guessed that it had been a couple of years. In the twelve months after that, the runs in the woods became jogs, and then finally walks.Old age, his internist suggested, and it made sense. By then, her dad was in his late sixties—he’d retired four years earlier—and he had arthritis in his hips and feet. Despite a life of exercise, he took medication for slightly elevated blood pressure. Then, last January, he’d caught a cold. It was a normal, run-of-the-mill cold, but after a few weeks, her dad had still found it harder to breathe than usual.Hope had gone with him to another appointment with his internist. More tests were done. Blood work was sent to the labs. He was referred to another doctor, then another. A muscle biopsy was taken, and when the results came back, there was the suggestion of a potential neurological problem. It was at that point that Hope began to worry. More tests followed, and later, Hope sat with the rest of her family as the diagnosis of…’Sparks, Nicholas. Every Breath (Kindle Locations 465-481). Grand Central Publishing. Kindle Edition.BOTTOM LINELife-altering story for me. Only one rating makes sense. If I ever could pen a story 10% as engaging as this, I would be quite pleased that I had accomplished a great deal.Five stars out of five.I am striving to produce reviews that help you find books that you want, or avoid books that you wish to avoid. With your help, my improvement will help you and me improve book reviews on Amazon. Together, you and I can build a great customer review process that helps everybody. Will you join me? It is people such as you who have helped me improve over the years. I'm still learning, and I have a great deal yet to learn. With your help, I'll improve every day.One request: Be respectful and courteous in your comments and emails to me. I will do likewise with you.Thank you so much for indicating if this review helped you, or for your comment.

Reviewer: Lillian Roundy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Memorable
Review: What an awesome book I am going to ready t again in the future. If you have never read this book before you are missing out on a great story to a happy ending so what. Must Read

Reviewer: Tanya Groves
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing book!
Review: Great book! Love Nicholas Sparks!

Reviewer: Jackson Coppley
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sparks Pulls Us In
Review: Nicholas Sparks returns to his native North Carolina to spin an intriguing beach romance. He teases the reader by claiming he found a story written for a mailbox where people place such things for others to find. However, it wasn’t clear who wrote it. Sparks spent considerable effort to find the author. Once he did, we must find what happens. Thus begins the story.The story takes place in the fall when few people are at the beach. We find our love interests in adjoining houses. The young woman is engaged to be married but taking time to put up the family beach house for sale. The man is a guest in the other house. He is from Zimbabwe, the son of once-wealthy farmers who wants as far away from the family as possible. He’s a safari guide in the bush and receives word that a father he never knew is dying and wants to meet him. So, that adds an interesting side story to the plot.Of course, the two fall madly in love, but she it betrothed, and he cannot imagine living outside of game preserves. The second part of the book jumps in time, providing a second chance, but with complications.Sparks moves the plot with excellent writing and provides his signature tear-jerking ending.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Another great read!
Review: This book was everything I’ve come to love about Nicholas Sparks books! I can’t put them done until I’ve read the entire book!

Reviewer: Threekittylover
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very moving
Review: I got this book because I love Nicholas Sparks. He has a way of capturing your attention and all his books are very hard to put down once you start reading them. This book is one of my favorites though because you never knew what was coming next. Unbelievably captivating.

Reviewer: Ashley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Deep love story written poetically & masterfully.
Review: I should first start with, I am not a reader. I have read probably 15 books in my life and most of them were required through school. The Great Gatsby & The Giver are my favorite books that I was forced to read and didnt appreciate them until the 2nd time I actually read them. But anyways...I have always loved Spark's movies.I regret reading this book so quickly. I couldn't put it down. I finished it this morning( 3 emotionally draining days) with tears running down my face. The story is beautiful and the fact that it was over was even more saddening. Tru & Hope's love story is so touching. And its not just love but Real love. Deep love. It's really all the feels you would expect from this Author.If you love Spark's movies, you will love the books so much more. You really feel like you knows these characters. You're invested in them and it's all because of how beautifully these books are written and how deep the words hit you. It's nothing short of poetic how this man writes. As well as falling in love with the Characters, you cant help falling in love with the Author.I also love how Spark's wrote himself into this one. Not that hes the main character, but how he learned of Kindred Spirit and how he went on a mission to find Tru & Hope. And how he wrote in the end how much these people touched and even changed him really made me dive in deeper. 4 hours later I'm still reeling from this book. I'm writing this review and all I cant think of is how much I want to go back and read it again.I suggest do not read the epilogue, because while doing so(balling my eyes out) I was disappointed.I have 3 more books in my read list for this Summer, but I will come back to this book. This book will definitely be one of those books I read 1x a year.The pictures are from a letter Tru & Hope read at the Kindred Spirit and it's beautiful and it shows only a fraction of the poetic nature of this story.

Reviewer: Lori H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: If you are truly a devoted fan of Nicholas Sparks then you are certain that the book you just started is going to transport you to a new and wonderful place, totally immersed in the characters lives, feelings, their emotions, it's impossible not feel, see, imagine. You are there, at that special place, simple mailbox sharing those memories. Masterful and compelling.

Reviewer: Amazon Kunde
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Nicholas Sparks ist ein toller Autor!

Reviewer: Tina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: At 46 I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't picked up a book to read in years but after a painful, 20 year failed relationship with my ex partner, bringing up my children and then this last year fighting, and beating breast cancer, I decided I'd like to pick up a hobby I used to really enjoy before life got in the way; Reading.I'm so glad that I chose this one as my way back in to something I used to treasure as Nicholas Sparks always was and still remains one of my absolute favourites and an amazing story teller.I have loved this book from start to finish and found myself falling in love with the characters individual stories. I have laughed and cried along the way and can only dream of one day meeting someone who loves me as much as Tru loves Hope.I'd love to go to North Carolina one day and search for Kindred Spirit although that's probably too much of a fantasy given that I live in the dreary UK. But hey, if reading proves anything it's that we can at least dream, right?!Thank you!

Reviewer: Marie-Anne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Une belle histoire dont il n'est pas évident de décrocher comme la majorité des livres de Nicolas Sparks. Agréable à lire.

Reviewer: Bernard CG
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Primer libro que leía de Nicholas Sparks, aunque ya había visto varias películas basadas en sus obras. Puede ser que esta haya sido la razón de que este libro me haya encantado y sobrecogido sobremanera, por la historia tan bonita que cuenta y la capacidad del autor para transmitir sentimientos.