Nights in Rodanthe
by Nicholas Sparkspublished
October 13th 2003
(first published 2004)
by Bantam Books
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Paperback, 224 pages
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United States
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0553813951
(isbn13: 9780553813951)
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At 45, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respi...more
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Read in October, 2008
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Read in October, 2008
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An accessible read to everyone, but especially women between ages 18 - 99
This book is a quick read (easily read in one sitting) with a great message driven home clearly, poetically and effectively.
While I understand that Nicholas Sparks gets glowing reviews about how touching and beautiful his sensitivity to romance is, what I actually found more remarkable about this book were the characters themselves. There were two main characters: A man and a woman. It was my experience that the man was the stronger of the two characters and the woman served as a witness to ...more
While I understand that Nicholas Sparks gets glowing reviews about how touching and beautiful his sensitivity to romance is, what I actually found more remarkable about this book were the characters themselves. There were two main characters: A man and a woman. It was my experience that the man was the stronger of the two characters and the woman served as a witness to ...more
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First off, I'd like to offer myself as exhibit A in the case against the hypothesis that carriers of the XY gene are love story averse. Though I must admit that partly the reason for my reading this novel is Diane Lane. What can I say? Shes really pretty.
With that said, I was a little, well... disappointed with this one. I've never read a Spark's novel before but enjoyed the silver screen version of The Notebook so I was expecting something a lil more I suppose. If I could use one word to de...more
With that said, I was a little, well... disappointed with this one. I've never read a Spark's novel before but enjoyed the silver screen version of The Notebook so I was expecting something a lil more I suppose. If I could use one word to de...more
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Read in January, 2006
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people who like happy romance books
This book sucked. Sorry all you Sparks fans! Don't mean to offend, but I can't believe a retired high school English teacher recommended it to me. Maybe they thought I wanted something "light". It was very True Romance in my view and his characters were sappy and overly sentimental and sweet. Nicholas Sparks has a great following, maybe I'm just too old to like romance books anymore! After I finished it, not sure why I did, I felt guilty that I could have been cleaning my bathroom w...more
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Read in September, 2008
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Donna Pattersonrecommends it for: Nicholas Sparks fans - romance novel fans
What I learned from this book is merely a confirmation of something I already know because I have children - most parents willingly and without hesitation make tremendous sacrifices for their children. They will put aside their own wants and needs and sometimes personal happiness so that their children's lives go on uninterrupted and relatively normal. Usually the children are unaware of what they have been given.
An older mother shares with her grieving daughter a yet untold story to hel...more
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Read in August, 2008
I am a big Nicholas Sparks fan. In fact I thought that I had read all of his books, but then I saw the movie preivew for this book (soon to be movie) and was excited because it was another Sparks book that I hadn't read. However, this is my favorite of his novels that I have read. I have come to love Sparks for the twists and turns of the plot in his novels mixedd with a highly predictable setting and characters. This book wass ho-hum. It's short and I literally read its 220 pages in one day, it...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Nicholas Sparks is such a wonderful story teller. I started this book last night at 3 AM when I couldn't sleep, and less than 24 hours later I was finished. I couldn't put it down!
The sweet, secret romance that took place between Adrienne and Paul was so romantic. Just about every woman dreams of the whirlwind romance that is portrayed in the novel.
That said, I felt this was more like a short-story than a novel. It was over too quickly, and I felt that there could have been more t...more
The sweet, secret romance that took place between Adrienne and Paul was so romantic. Just about every woman dreams of the whirlwind romance that is portrayed in the novel.
That said, I felt this was more like a short-story than a novel. It was over too quickly, and I felt that there could have been more t...more
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I don't know why I attempted another Sparks novel. I think my friend told me to read it and I had previously trusted her knowledge of literature...until she recommended Twilight...but I digress. One question: why are all of Nicholas Sparks' characters out of the ordinary and incredible people in one way or the other? They're flawless, perfect, super-beings from another realm. In other words, they're unrelatable. Seriously, the protagonist in this novel had this back story: grew up on a farm with...more
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Tripe! I love books set in places I have visited. This one was dreadful. I hold a person at work in very low esteem now for recommending this as her favorite author. No wonder she is single. If this is her view of relationships and romance she will never find it. Not a shred of realism anywhere.
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Read in April, 2008
A quick, easy, enjoyable, light read. Good story, but some of it was predictable. Felt like Bridges of Madison County in some ways. Daughter's husband dies young. In order to get Amanda out of her depression, her mom, Adrienne, tells her the story of her weekend at Rodanthe when she met and fell in love with Paul. He planned on spending a year in Ecuador to repair his relationship with his grown son. He did that, but died in an accident. Adrienne goes on with her life, has 3 grown children, but ...more
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Read in August, 2008
"For the most part, people weren't all that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much everyone she knew wanted the same things: They wanted to feel peace in their hearts, they wanted a life without turmoil, they wanted to be happy. The difference...was that most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed that they lay in the past." (164)
Another Sparks tear-jerker that makes you appreciate what you have in...more
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Read in September, 2008
Not thinking this is anything more than Sparks dribble but I am a sucker for love stories so I'm skimming through. I think I got suckered in by the movie ads with Diane Lane and Richard Gere......Oh well...I'll send in a final report....
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I am just a big Nicholas Sparks fan! I love the way he writes. This is just another great one of his that I loved as I was reading it and could not put it down. Can't wait for the movie!
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Unlike some people, I've never been married, never had children, never gotten a divorce, but I have lost a loved one. In "Nights in Rodanthe", Adrianne Willis falls madly in love with a doctor named Paul Flanner. Suddenly, Adrianne gets the tragic news that Paul passed away. So I can relate to the heartache she goes through having lost my cousin to a car accident not even a month ago.
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"Nights in Rodanthe" by Nicholas Sparks also r...more
Unlike some people, I've never been married, never had children, never gotten a divorce, but I have lost a loved one. In "Nights in Rodanthe", Adrianne Willis falls madly in love with a doctor named Paul Flanner. Suddenly, Adrianne gets the tragic news that Paul passed away. So I can relate to the heartache she goes through having lost my cousin to a car accident not even a month ago.
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"Nights in Rodanthe" by Nicholas Sparks also r...more
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I was pleased when I heard they were making another Sparks into a movie. The cast seems perfect for it. The book was typical of Sparks, bittersweet, sad, and utterly romantic. Another great read.
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Read in January, 2006
your parents may not always know what you are going though but they probably have been there so ask for advice and shut up and listen
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loved this one and cannot wait for the movie! (hope it's not butchered like the notebook!)
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I am a Sparks die-hard fan. When it comes to romance, Sparks can write it, hands down. Four stars only because I saw the invevitable coming from the start which is not always the case with this wonderful author. Though the inevitable was predictable, I found this story to be beautifully written. I was not disappointed. And I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves romance as I. The way he made you feel like you had a window into the lives Adrianne and Paul during their romantic weekend an...more
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Read in July, 2007
I really liked this book. It is my first Nicholas Sparks and I really liked it.
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