The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Wedding
Book Review: Not one of Sparks' best...
Summary: 3 Stars
...however, if you are like me and can remember the magic of Noah and Allie from The Notebook, you might just have to read this anyway.
The story is of one of their children and her husband. It was just a little bit boring throughout, but the ending makes everything worth it. I hope that this was just Sparks attempt at a "sequel," and it just didn't work--not a sign of things to come with his writing!
Book Review: Please! Give me a break!
Summary: 2 Stars
This book left me highly annoyed at the author and his portrayal of "what a woman would want". In it, the main protagonist, Wilson Lewis, simply changes his highly obsessive, tunnel-vision concentration from his career to his wife Jane, whom he is afraid is becoming disinterested in him. He manipulates her like a puppet on a string contriving one thing after another including a bogus wedding, a restoration of her family's historic home without her or her father's input, a closer understanding with her father than she has and various "don't worry honey, I'll take over everything for you" types of situations while she runs off buying dresses and flowers. Please! All this is supposedly to "win her back", but really it's all about being in control and treating her like an overgrown little girl. This kind of man would scare me to death and I'd be running out the door, but as Nicholas Sparks writes the character, she is always completely amazed and thrilled. I think most women of her experience and competence, would, in fact, have a different point of view. If this is the best Sparks can offer, I'll avoid his books in the future.Book Review: Read this book in 2 days
Summary: 5 Stars
Loved this sequel to The Notebook. It's a revelation to marriages that have over time become predictable. The characters are ordinary people who are able to break out of their normal eveyday routines to let the love of their youth break through once more!
I loved it! I only wish the hubby would read it :)
Book Review: Slow throughout....surprise at the end!
Summary: 4 Stars
I can see how most readers would find it boring throughout the book...but I'm usually one to quit reading books halfway through if they're really THAT bad. But...this book has a surprise waiting at the end that's worth all of that and more. I gasped at the surprise and my fiance looked at me like...what in the world are you going off about! I loved it...I truly did and I just can't get over how incredibly romantic the young author, Nicolas Sparks really is. I mean...you'd swear he's gay! Straight men just simply aren't that naturally and creativly romantic! I'm a fan for life! His wife is a lucky woman if he's anything like the men in his novels!Book Review: So Predictable, Almost Laughable... (just being honest!)
Summary: 2 Stars
I've only read one other Nicholas Sparks book, The Rescue, which was much better than The Wedding. The beginning of The Wedding was especially depressing (I'm a newlywed so maybe I don't want to know that marriage can become THIS dull/unromantic?) and the middle was very unrealistic and almost laughable (planning a wedding at the last-minute and having everything run so smoothly?! yeah right!). I haven't gotten to the end (YET) but I'm not holding my breath for any huge surprises. But it's good to know it gets lighthearteded/humorous at the end. I gave the writing style/ease of reading a few stars for good measure, but I really think this was a shallow read. For unpredictable page-turners with DEPTH (the type of book I prefer), I highly recommend anything by Diane Chamberlain. She's soooo much better!!