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|title=The Best of Me
|sort=Best of Me
|author=Nicholas Sparks
|reviewer=Ruth Ng
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=978-1847443205
|pages=320
|publisher=Sphere
|date=October 2011
|website=http://www.nicholassparks.com/
|video=http://youtu.be/iYxuksHp1b0
|summary=Incredibly readable, but I felt too manipulated at the end so I missed out on the expected weeping!
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Since watching the film of ''The Notebook'' years ago I've always fancied reading some Nicholas Sparks books but never quite got around to it until I saw this, his newest offering. Here we have the tale of two childhood sweethearts whose love was always threatened by the fact that they were from opposite sides of the tracks - he from the rough, poor family that is forever on the wrong side of the law, and she from one of the better, respected families in the town. After life forces them apart they go on to live very different lives, but it seems that neither one has ever forgotten that early passion. Drawn back together for the funeral of an old friend they are both forced to look at the choices they've both made in their lives and where they go to from here.
The writing seems very natural for the most part and has an easy, engaging style. I felt immediately drawn into the characters' lives and wanted to know more about them and what was going on. So it's certainly the sort of book you'll just want to sit and read in big chunks with a nice cup of tea and plenty of snacks to keep you going. Even without having read Sparks before I had the expectation of getting a good romance story with interesting characters and that certainly was the case. It's nothing new, two lovers forced apart by family circumstances and then, in later life, meeting again and wondering whether to revive their lost love, but I rather liked the way it was done. Dawson especially is an interesting character, with a tumultuous past, and I felt I was definitely rooting for him.
You might also like to read [[The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks]] or to try another tear-jerker, [[Where the River Ends by Charles Martin]]
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