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The Notebook

by Nicholas Sparks

Series: Noah Calhoun (1)

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A bittersweet story about a love so strong it can last and handle everything life throws at it. This story moved me, although I thought I had made it without tears, but, one very small scene did me in. This is definitely a book that needs to be read. ( )
  tweezle | Oct 27, 2009 |
A simple story. A good romance. A good cry. Nothing spectacular...just good ( )
  harperhaven | Oct 22, 2009 |
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.com

THE NOTEBOOK is the romance novel of this generation!

Ali and Noah are two very different people, or characters, depending on how you think about it. Ali is from a wealthy family that thinks very highly of themselves, and Noah was raised by his father and has had to work for every penny he has. Which is not much. The characters come alive and it is almost like you personally know both of them. It's amazing! Ali takes a vacation to New Bern where Noah lives. As the summer progresses, their relationship grows stronger and stronger and they fall in love. They fight all the time, but for some crazy reason they are madly in love.

Then the summer ends.

Noah and Ali are devastated that she has to leave. Her parents won't let her stay because they think that she is too good for him. It's absolutely devastating. He writes her letters, which she never receives because her mother intercepts and keeps them. She thinks that Noah has forgotten her.

Then World War II begins.

Noah is deployed for a couple of years and comes home when the war is over. During this time, Ali gets engaged to Lon, a lawyer who her parents approve of because he is socially acceptable. Noah buys an old plantation and fixes it up, and he and the house wind up in the newspaper. So Ali decides that she needs to go see Noah before she gets married, even though she hasn't seen him in fourteen years. At their reunion, they realize that they never fell out of love.

Read the book to find out who Ali chooses, Noah or Lon! ( )
1 vote GeniusJen | Oct 12, 2009 |
I read the book The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. I chose to read this book because I seen the movie before and I loved it. The book was a little different than the movie but it was still really good. The characters were realistic and the writing was definently creative and detailed. The story was kind of believable but it was definently heart-wrenching.
The book was about this couple, Noah and Allie who were together for one summer but then ended up being together for life despite their social differences. Allie was rich while Noah wasnt anywhere close to being rich. But in the end, Allie got Alzheimers and she didnt remember Noah at all so Noah would read a notebook saying everything they did together and one day Allie actually remembered him. The doctors were amazed because that never happens but the nurses understood because it was true love.
The book definently met my expectations because it was heart-wrenching, believable, creative, and detailed. I would really recommend this book. ( )
  kasey17 | Sep 18, 2009 |
My all-time favorite book! A must read for any romantic! ( )
  kwakula | Sep 11, 2009 |
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Epigraph
Dedication
This book is dedicated with love to Cathy, my wife and my friend.
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Who am I?
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Canonical titleThe Notebook
SeriesNoah Calhoun (1)
People/CharactersNoah Calhoun, Allison Nelson (Allie), Lon Hammond
Important placesNorth Carolina, USA
Awards and honorsNew York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1996), Whitcoulls top 100, 2008 (100)
DedicationThis book is dedicated with love to Cathy, my wife and my friend.
First wordsWho am I?
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0446520802, Hardcover)

"Somewhere," muses Noah Calhoun, while sitting on his porch in the moonight, "there were people making love." The Notebook, a Southern-fried story of love-lost-and-found-again, revolves around a single time-honored romantic dilemma: will beautiful Allison Nelson stay with Mr. Respectability (to whom she happens to be engaged), or will she choose Noah, the romantic rascal she left so many years ago?

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400)

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