The Longest Ride
Ratings19
Average rating3.6
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Ratings19
Average rating3.6
Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together – how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can’t possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage.
A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior’s life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward — even life and death – loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans — a future that Luke has the power to rewrite . . . if the secret he’s keeping doesn’t destroy it first.
Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.
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So this story starts off with a man named Ira he is married to a girl named Ruth. Ruth passed away years ago. Ira is trying to go up to their cabin in a snow storm. Ira loses control of the vehicle winds up in a ditch for a few days. Because of the snow storm. Then we come into the point of view of Sophia she is a college senior, she is a sorority girl. Which she doesn't act like one at all. She is trying to finish college and get a job in the museum industry. The POV of Luke. He is a cowboy. A bull rider. He works on farm that is going under. He rides bulls now to pay for him and his moms farm that is going under. That pretty much sums up the story without giving too much away.
I instantly fell in love with these characters. These people in this book were just so easy to love. So easy to read. Which I feel like all of Nicolas Sparks books are like that. I felt so bad for Ira he was in a car for 3 days trying to survive the storm. He did his best to try and survive, he sees his dead wife in the seat next to him. So he is pretty delirious. That is just a horrible experience. I felt so so bad for him.
I loved Luke and Sophia together. They are just so different from each other. I love how they somehow came together and found a connection to each other. These characters are just so easy to fall in love with. Their story together it gets rough and hard. With the fact that Luke is having trouble with the farm and what he goes through. Which he goes through alot. He overcomes a lot in this book. But together I loved their relationship.
The ending of this story was just so beautiful. I thought something different would happen. I am glad I was surprised when I didn't know the ending. But I love how all 3 characters came together. How they all found each other. This ending is perfect to me.
I wasn't on the edge of my seat the whole time or anything but I liked the story. Mostly about death and love, so prepare to have your heart strings tugged.
