A Walk to Remember
Ratings98
Average rating3.6
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Ratings98
Average rating3.6
Told mainly from the point of view of seventeen-year-old Landon Carter, this is the story of a middle-aged man looking back on his first love.
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A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks is about the relationship between Landon Carter, a popular and handsome high school young man, and a religious girl - Jamie Sullivan. Their love is honest and pure. With Jamie, Landon - a bad school boy, became a better person. He care about Jamie, dancing with her, and building a telescope for her. He married her, and then she died.
This story touched and moved me, and I cried many times while reading.
Great book and also a movie. Nicholas Sparks is very talented writer. His love stories are awesome and catching for hearts. I recommend the book to Everyone
The movie was more contemporary. The book is set in the 1950s. Hence I found it a bit tedious.
PS - Older and wiser now, I wonder why I even bothered to try it. :)
this is my re-read of this book for the second time =)
Landon Carter has no thoughts of EVER dating Jamie, the town's Baptist minister, a widower. Besides that, Jamie is just – SO SWEET and innocent. She helps out at the local orphanage, takes care of her father and stray animals. AND – carries her Bible with her schoolbooks.
Landon is a carefree teenager, hardly any serious thoughts except avoiding the responsibilities of adulthood, and in spare time hangs out with his counterpart friends. UNTIL – circumstances take him into close proximity to Jamie. Landon has no serious thoughts about love and marriage – and Jamie has a devastating secret she dare not tell him about.
So the love blossoms, changes Landon dramatically. And then the pain, the unfair pain, comes. So do my inner sobs, because I too remember. Whatever age you are, if you have a close companion, you will also face up to the deeper meaning of love and life.
Maybe you're not ready for such an emotional journey. And that's why you will love this book.
