A Walk to Remember
Ratings143
Average rating3.8
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Ratings143
Average rating3.8
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
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.
As the book says, first you'll smile, then you'll cry. Its actually impossible to close the book without crying atleast once. Loved it.
A walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks is one of the greatest books that I have ever read in my life. The movie with Shane West and Mandy Moore was extremely good, one of my favorites (if you haven't seen it, you should). But when you read the book, there are alot of differences between it and the movie. It is about a devout christian named Jamie Sullivan who isnt the coolest person in her school. But she is probably the sweetest, most genuine,and kind-hearted person who ever lived in that small town of Beaufort,North Carolina. Raised by her reverend father, Jamie loves to visit the orphans,help the elderly, raise money for the underpriveleged etc. When cool guy Landon ended up taking Jamie to the homecoming dance as a last resort, she starts to change him into a much better person who gains new perspectives on the world around him, christianity, and being an individual. Not wanting to give everything away, its not one of those teen novels about falling in love and being a typical teen. I think its a real romantic story about how true love comes in all shapes and sizes, and that the unexpected always seems to inspire the way the rest of your life will become.
