The Choice is about friends, neighbors, love, and decisions. Gabby Holland moves into the house next to Travis Parker and they get off to a bit of a rocky start. But when Gabby's boyfriend goes out of town for a few days, Gabby finds herself without anything to do. That is, in fact, until Travis comes along. Even though they started off with a shaky start, Travis and Gabby hang out everyday her boyfriend is away. By the end of her boyfriend's trip, Gabby finds herself having to make a very difficult decision, and what she chooses could change her life forever. ( )

This book started out slow in chapter one, but rapidly progressed from that point on. I felt that laid-back Travis and feisty Gaby were a great character match, and the twists and turns in their love story were sensitively handled by Sparks. One of his most delightful stories, in my opinion, and the first one of his I've read where one of the two main characters doesn't die at the end, which was a refreshing change! ( )

This was another great book by Nicholas Sparks. It was a great mixture of romance and tragedy that makes you ask yourself some great life questions. It was a great one! ( )

I started to read this story and it mislead me to a wonderful story. This story goes thru love, loss, and back to love again. As Travis is ready to make the most important choice in his and his young daughter’s lives but as life would have it fate stepped in and brought Gabby back to him from her coma. This is a wonderful story of what love can do. ( )

I've read all of Nicholas Sparks' books, and this certainly isn't his best, but there's something about a male author who can write a romance that isn't completely cheesy. He seems to have a good grasp of female characters, and any man who writes romantic dedications to his wife of many years deserves some kudos in my book. In The Choice, it takes Travis Parker a little while to win the affections of his new neighbor Gabby Holland, mainly because she's already involved with someone and they got off on the wrong foot when she points the finger at Travis' dog for getting her dog pregnant. But just like in Sparks' other books, when they fall in love, they fall hard. The choice that must be made occurs 11 years after their first meeting, and Sparks doesn't tell the reader what the choice is right away. My guess was completely wrong, and when I learned what choice Travis actually had to make, I didn't envy him one bit. Sparks really gets you thinking about the good things you have in life and how you should never take them for granted. ( )