What? They're quick 2-3 day reads, okay? So what if it was made into a movie! That happens to a lot of books. Anyway, I finally decided to give it a go recently and I'm glad that I did.
The book, set in 1952, takes us through Landon Carter's seventeenth year. A bit of an arrogant "rebel" (apparently eating boiled peanuts in a graveyard at night makes you a rebel in those days), he cares little for other's feelings and least of all, Jamie Sullivan's. He cares a great deal of what other's think of him and wonders how she could go about her day to day life and not have a care in the world about how she is perceived.
After attending the homecoming dance together, Jamie asks him a very personal favor. She asks if he would be willing to play Tom Thorton in the town's annual Christmas play. He agrees after she explains she wants it for her father's sake. Landon begins walking her home after play practice and slowly gets to know the girl he had been so wrong about was in actuality perfect for him. And just like that, he's in love with her. But love will always through curveballs and his obstacle was one that could not be overcome. Did it restore his faith in God or did it help him lose it? Where does true love take you and what could it make you do? Can love and faith transcend time and pain?
I thought that this was a really wonderful book. It was different in a lot of ways from the movie and I don't think that was necessarily a bad thing. Both could stand on their own for what they were. Although it's a little heavy hitting on the Jesus juice, it was much more tolerable than say... The Last Song. It was a wonderful story and a great quick read. Unfortunately...in the battle on the war of my tear ducts...
Sparky: 6, Megan: 1.
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