Nights in Rodanthe

Actual Rating: 2.75

Yeah, I didn't feel inclined to give it that 3 star rating.

I liked very little about this book. Yes, it made me cry a bit at the end, however I am a bit of an emotional trainwreck at the moment cough cough so I figure that is probably why. The writing wasn't horrible- to be honest, I expected Sparks to be much of a worse writer. His writing style is actually quite nice and much better than I expected.

I hated Paul. Paul was supposed to be the love interest, but I vehemently hated him. He was arrogant and rude, and I couldn't get on board with the whole “change in one weekend” kind of thing.

Just no.

The other characters honestly seemed a bit dull to me. Adrienne had a bit of depth, but she wasn't memorable. Everyone else was as flat as could be.

I could not buy the romance in this book at all. Which, seeing as it is a romance, is pretty bad. Adrienne and Paul fell in love over a weekend. Five days at the most. I believe they confessed their “love” to each other on the second day they met which... insta-love, am I right??? At that point it is infatuation or lust, but it is not love.

Of course, I had a few other problems with this book, such as the emphasis on Adrienne's physical appearance, however the characters and romance were my biggest gripes with this novel.

I would personally not recommend this book, however I am still interested in reading other Nicholas Sparks novels in the future.