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Nights In Rodanthe
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy; of sacrifice and forgiveness -- a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and...more
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Adrianne terbiasa hidup untuk keluarganya. Untuk suaminya, juga anak-anaknya. Saat sang suami meninggalkannya demi wanita lain, Adrianne bukan hanya kehilangan suaminya. Tapi Adrianne kehilangan semangat dan hidupnya. Tertinggalkan bersama anak-anak mereka yang tentunya juga kehilangan figur keluarga yang utuh.
Paul terbiasa hidup untuk pekerjaannya. Untuk keluarganya, melalui pasiennya. Saat ia banyak meninggalkan momen bersama keluarganya dan sang istri menyerah, barulah Paul sadar....more
Paul terbiasa hidup untuk pekerjaannya. Untuk keluarganya, melalui pasiennya. Saat ia banyak meninggalkan momen bersama keluarganya dan sang istri menyerah, barulah Paul sadar....more
Tak membutuhkan waktu yang cukup lama untuk membaca novel ini. Ceritanya mudah dan ringan untuk diikuti. Kisah ini berpusat pada tokoh Adrianne. Seorang ibu yang terlihat lemah tapi ternyata mempunyai jiwa yang kuat yang orang lain tak sangka. Adrianne mengajarkan anaknya dan kita semua bahwa jatuh dan menangis setelah kehilangan itu adalah normal. Namun, bangun dan kembali melanjutkan hidup membutuhkan perjuangan tersendiri.
Hanya butuh sekali kehilangan seseorang untuk membuat kita ...more
Hanya butuh sekali kehilangan seseorang untuk membuat kita ...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 wo...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 wo...more
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!
Krista
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Nicholas Sparks fans - romance novel fans
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Donna Patterson
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 stor...more
An older mother shares with her grieving daughter a yet untold stor...more
Opening line: "Three years earlier, on a warm November morning Adrienne Willis had returned to the Inn and at first glance had thought it unchanged, as if the small inn were impervious to the sun and sand and salted mist."
Even in a book that's only 222 pages long Nicholas Sparks manages to weave his magic. Building a level of suspense as we await breathless to learn of Paul's fate. Reminisent of The Bridges of Madison County this is a quick, easy read but a great story nont...more
Even in a book that's only 222 pages long Nicholas Sparks manages to weave his magic. Building a level of suspense as we await breathless to learn of Paul's fate. Reminisent of The Bridges of Madison County this is a quick, easy read but a great story nont...more
Kassi
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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 wit...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 wit...more
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 ...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 ...more
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
What a waste of time. Read chapter one and you don't need to continue. This is so predictable and such an overworked concept. How did this guy get to be a best selling author?
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
How many millions did this crappy novel make? A fit, handsome (and let's not forget rich)doctor who has suddenly grown a heart and given up his materialistic ways spends a passionate weekend with a middle-aged divorcee who is not herself distinctively fit, pretty, successful or smart, but whose devotion to her kids and aging dad apparently make her irresistible to the sexy doc. Needless to say, their lives are never the same, or something.
I feel inspired now to start writing my own...more
I feel inspired now to start writing my own...more
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
Michelle
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Only to Sparks fan, and NO ONE ELSE!
Recommended to Michelle by:
a fellow reader, who I will not drag into this
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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
I thought this book was really heartwarming and heartbreaking. I forgot that a story could be told in 250 pages or less. It was an easy page turner that kept you interested and made you care about the characters. If you are looking for a good book that's a light read, this is the book for you.
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
"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...more
Another Sparks tear-jerker that makes you appreciate what you...more
You know, I read The Notebook and didn't like it, but I thought I'd give Nicholas Sparks another try. I always hear people raving about his books. So, I am planning on watching Nights in Rodanthe with my mom, and I wanted to read the book first. Let me tell you: it is terrible. Sparks' writing is so damn cheesy. I guess I shouldn't say the book wasn't entertaining because it had me laughing out loud several times. I even read certain passages to my girlfriends so we could get a good laugh....more
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Nights in Rodanthe was not much different from your average Nicholas Sparks book. It's a story filled with love, deception and finding your way past life's struggles. The main characters both have had life knock them down. Adrienne's husband left her and their three children for another, younger woman. Paul Flanner put his work before his life. He lost his relationship with his son and his wife due to his inability to put his family first. The book begins in the present. Adrienne's children are ...more
O Sorriso das estrelas é um popular livro que está na 26º edição do aclamado Nicholas Sparks que já escreveu vários bestsellers. A popularidade e qualidade é imensa que em 2008 teve a sua adaptação cinematográfica. O filme apesar de não ter sido muito aceite pelos críticos, teve um enorme sucesso na bilheteira.
O livro trata-se de Adrienne Willis e de Paul Flanner, dois desconhecidos em que cada um têm os seus problemas pessoais típicos de pessoas de meia-idade.
Um dia, Adrienne faz ...more
O livro trata-se de Adrienne Willis e de Paul Flanner, dois desconhecidos em que cada um têm os seus problemas pessoais típicos de pessoas de meia-idade.
Um dia, Adrienne faz ...more
The story begins in 2002 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Adrienne Willis, a part-time librarian and divorced mother of three, is helping her daughter, Amanda, cope with depression. Amanda is having problems coping with the loss her husband and is having difficulties raising her two children. In an effort to show that life goes on despite trying times, Adrienne tells her daughter the story of her relationship with Paul Flanner, whom she met in 1988.
Adrienne was abandoned for a younger woman...more(less)
Adrienne was abandoned for a younger woman...more(less)
I didn't even realize this was made into a movie when I picked it up. I have only read one Nick Sparks before and while I thought it was pretty lame (especially coming from a Dude!) I knew they were quick reads, so what the hey. Same as all the rest. Probably better then the first one as the Dude in this book was way less lame then the other one I read. The story is told in flashback format as Girl is telling the story to her daughter. Girl takes care of friends inn for a weekend and only has on...more
date not exact, but in that week.
similarly to other NS books...very easy to read, written in first person..basically, I like to think of NS as an adult Laurlene McDaniels but male. All of his books (or at least the ones I have read) basically talk about some great magical love between folks and of course, one of them or both of them die at the end. It's like Bollywood but with less drama, no songs and dance, and it can be covered in less than 300 pages.
Having traveled ...more
similarly to other NS books...very easy to read, written in first person..basically, I like to think of NS as an adult Laurlene McDaniels but male. All of his books (or at least the ones I have read) basically talk about some great magical love between folks and of course, one of them or both of them die at the end. It's like Bollywood but with less drama, no songs and dance, and it can be covered in less than 300 pages.
Having traveled ...more
[5/10] I picked the book for two reasons: I liked Diane Lane in the movie adaptation, and I was interested in a mature relationship story.
The story starts relatively well, with a reclusive spot of natural beauty and a pair of likable characters, even when one is the conspicuous handsome doctor with an athlete body and a very articulate way of expressing his feelings.
The approaching tempest is a fine way to underline the emotional turmoil of the pair, and I for one would agree with...more
The story starts relatively well, with a reclusive spot of natural beauty and a pair of likable characters, even when one is the conspicuous handsome doctor with an athlete body and a very articulate way of expressing his feelings.
The approaching tempest is a fine way to underline the emotional turmoil of the pair, and I for one would agree with...more
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Reviewed on : 8 December 2010
Another love story by Nicholas Sparks. Lovely. I recall watch the movie on this.It was very moving.
Story starts with Adrienne Willis, a divorcee looking on her daughter Amanda's pain. Amanda had recently lost a husband which she loves a lot. She wanted to comfort Amanda but Amanda thinks that her mother does not understand her loss.Seeking ways to comfort Amanda, Adrie...more
Reviewed on : 8 December 2010
Another love story by Nicholas Sparks. Lovely. I recall watch the movie on this.It was very moving.
Story starts with Adrienne Willis, a divorcee looking on her daughter Amanda's pain. Amanda had recently lost a husband which she loves a lot. She wanted to comfort Amanda but Amanda thinks that her mother does not understand her loss.Seeking ways to comfort Amanda, Adrie...more
My second Sparks venture. I don't really know what to say about this. I'm turning into a Sparks fan, I can feel it already! This was a nice, short, page-turner - I completed it in around 4 hours. I liked the concept of how the story was told - the 'flashback' retelling was a nice touch to the story.
I kind of found it difficult to connect with Paul and Adrienne...although I'm guessing that it's because they were a good 30-40 years older than me, although I could appreciate their relat...more
I kind of found it difficult to connect with Paul and Adrienne...although I'm guessing that it's because they were a good 30-40 years older than me, although I could appreciate their relat...more
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