Damn, I really can't understand why I even started reading Sparks in the first place. This book was so full of stereotypes, it was awful. I mean, the guy was, of course, handsome, attractive, great with kids, a good craftsman, and surprise - surprise, he even could play the piano! The woman was beautiful, sensitive, a great mum, a talented cook, bla bla bla... And Sparks doesn't even make the effort to change the setting. Not once! It's always near or in Wilmington, North Carolina. *yawn*
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~ROMANTIC, SUSPENSEFUL AND ULTIMATELY HARD TO PUT DOWN~

Opening Line:"Deputy Keith Clayton hadn't heard them approach, and up close, he didn't like the looks of them any more then he had the first time he'd seen them."

THE LUCKY ONE is another great read from Nicholas Sparks. Here we are given a story with a slightly darker edge and far more suspense then his usual soppy romance. Dog lovers and fans of The Guardian in particular will appreciate this engaging romantic suspense.

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A typical NS book, which seems like a gender-reversal of "Message in a Bottle". It was an easy escape read, and the characters are all well developed. I actually hated reading the chapters on Clayton! What a creep! I love Zeus, who had a great handle on character reading!

Almost feel that NS is becoming a bit Danielle Steeleish in his writing...formula, token sex, surprise of who died/lived.

All in all...not a bad book for a cold weekend!

This wasn't one of my absolute favorites--just okay. I have read several Nicholas Sparks novels and I put this one in the category of "True Believer" and its sequel, "At First Sight".

By now the author pretty much has a formula which he follows in most of his books: always set it his home state of North Carolina, there is always a storm where the plot twists and/or reaches its climax, someone usually dies, and the couples always fall in love and end up in bed--usually, boring, uninteresting sex e More...

αγαπω τον σπαρκς!!!!
πραγματικα μακαρι να υπηρχαν οι αντρες που περιγραφει στα βιβλια του
θα μου πεις αν υπαρχουν εσενα θ περιμενουν δεν θαναι πιασμενοι!!!χχαχαχα
μαρεσε τοσο το τρεηλερ που ειπα πρωτα θα το δαβασω κ μετα θ δω τη ταινια
στην αρχη πιστεψα θα ζοριστς λογω οτι ηταν στα αγγλικα μιας κ στην Ελλαδα δεν εχει μεταφραστει ακομα
αλλα δεν μπορουσα να το αφησω!!!
ενα βιβλιο γεματα συναισθηματα απιστευτη διαλογοι ατακες φλερτ μεταξυ των ηρωων
ωραιο χιουμορ
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I found The Lucky One, by Nicholas Sparks, captivating. Nicholas Sparks is a #1 New York Times best-selling author with over fifty million copies of his books in print worldwide and translated into over forty languages. Other titles include: The Rescue, A Bend in the Road, The Guardian, The Wedding, True Believer, At First Sight, Dear John, The Choice, and Three Weeks With My Brother. Nicholas Sparks has also had four of his novels adapted into major motion pictures including: Message in a Bottl More...

Nicholas Sparks is not a good writer.

His dialogue is completely flat, and it doesn't help when he throws in comments such as "he liked her wit" when nothing at all witty had been said. I can only imagine he is working toward a certain word count when he describes every step of making tacos and homemade ice cream. I've heard that he disdains the label of romance author for himself, but most romance authors I read can write circles around him.

I should have known what I was getting myself into.

Okay... Let me begin with some positives so I can avoid being hunted down and beaten by the army of Nicholas Sparks fans.

Sparks is an excellent storyteller and a master of the romantic motif. He is good at taking a timeless story element and putting a new spin on it. He is also good with pacing, using smooth and lyrical words during romantic moments and quick and terse words in the more suspenseful moments.

However...

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I picked up this book because I'd seen the movie preview and thought that I should really read it before watching it. Problem is, I have a real love/hate relationship with Nicholas Sparks. I'm a happy ending kind of a girl. I read books to escape the sadness, drama and sometimes craziness of life. I swear, every other time I read a Sparks book I swear I'll never read another. I don't like it when people find true love and then one of them dies or does something stupid so they're ripped apart for More...

I enjoyed it and thought it was a cute, fluffy read. Like most of the Nicholas Sparks books, some parts are cheesy and unrealistic, but I think that's the reason people enjoy reading them... they're just sweet, happy ever after romances. The main characters Logan and Beth had a great chemistry together, I thought. Beth was kinda annoying at times, but overall, I liked her, and Logan had many good character qualities.

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Yes Elizabeth, I am reading this one...... for Zack Effron's buns in the movie alone LOL

I read it because I can't watch a movie without reading the book, first. What I want to know is, HOW this man got so popular? He can't write for crap. Utterly unbelievable. First of all, we have Elizabeth, who is a single mom who is a teacher (think lesson plans, grading papers, gone all day, etc) who takes her son to chess/baseball/violin, who also cares for her grandmother (who had a stroke), AND co-runs a kennel/obedience school out of her home AND is carting her son back and fort to visitati More...

Whenever I go to read a Nicholas Sparks book my first (and usually only) question to anyone who has read it is "Am I going to cry?" I ask this because in many of Spark's novels the main character dies in the end often in a tragic way. Since, I now want fun books with happy endings, it breaks my heart when this happens.

However, Sparks has such a rich and inviting writing style that even with these reoccurring tragic endings, I can't help but fall in love with any and all of his books. The charac More...

The famous Nicholas Sparks creates yet another amazing tale of lovers.
Driven by luck and determination, Logan Thibult is in a search for a woman in a photograph that he found serving war in iraq. The photograph saved his life numerous times and with little persuasion by his friend Victor, he set on a journey to find the woman and repay the debt he felt he owed.
Elizabeth, a woman who spent the rest of her life after highschool struggling through life as a single mother, is overwhelmed with her li More...

Nicholas Sparks nos sumerge en las vidas de Logan, Beth y Clayton, y como estas están vinculadas por medio (del destino) de la fotografía de una Beth sonriente que Logan encontró mientras cumplía su servicio en Irak.

Después de que Logan hallara la fotografía, la suerte le sonrió, ya sea ganando juegos de póker o saliendo con vida de la zona de guerra. Sin embargo cuando volvió, en lugar de felicidad y paz lo que gobernó a Thibault fue una sensación de que no encajaba en la sociedad, y a su vez More...

It’s always a pleasure to read one of Nicholas Sparks’s romantic novels. His stories have that attention grabber ability, which is a very difficult thing to do when you’re an author. Okay, maybe not if you’re a good author and know exactly how to reach your readers.

The story was touching, with very likable characters, aside from Mr. Keith Clayton, that made it easy for me to be fully engaged in the story. And I really need to emphasize the special relationship between man and dog that is very w More...

Everyone gets lucky sometimes, some people believe in luck and others don't. U.S. Marine, Logan Thibault found a photograph of a young woman while he was in Iraq. After he found that picture, he was gaining some luck. He survived a deadly comabat and he was winning poker games. His friend, Victor, came to the conclusion that this picture was his "lucky charm". When he got back to Colorado he couldn't get back to his normal life. He decided to go back packing across the country to find the woman More...

This was the second novel I read from Nicholas Sparks, and though after Dear John I concluded his writing was not for me I couldn't resist picking up The Lucky One because of its exciting plot (see above) (as I have already confessed, I'm a huge war-time-romance junkie).

I enjoyed reading The Lucky One, the plot was exactly what the blurb led me to expect, no disappointments there.

The characters were interesting and I loved that Sparks made them complex, he gave them history, memories, background More...

Okay, so this book followed my reading of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. After that great work of literature, anything would pale, probably. Maybe I'm not being fair, but I really just didn't care for Sparks' latest. I've only read a few of his books, but already I'm seeing a pattern and I found myself getting bored and saying, "Awe, come on," throughout. The plot was too predictable, the characters were too generic, and I guess I just wasn't in to the whole storyline. The creepy cop ex-husband di More...

Started off a little slow, maybe because he spent so much time introducing the characters. It just got a little old and before I knew it I was 1/2 way through the book and not much had happened. But good thing you don't read the beginning last.

I did like the story, I'm a sap for romance, I loved the character Logan.

On a side note I couldn't get past some of the writing. For being such a famous author I would think they would use spell check or something before they published it. (Ex. finally was More...

Oh my god. This book is the first Nicholas Sparks novel I've cried over on. The again, I don't reach much of his books so...

The story is truly interesting and I love how Sparks made all those connections pointing back on the picture of Beth, which made the story much more exciting. I like how we got glimpses of Logan's past about his time in the war and his friendship with Victor, because it gave us alot of back story on why he went to find Beth.

I like how Keith was still concerned of Beth and B More...

I'm not going to lie: I read this book because I wanted to watch the film and I wanted to watch the film because Zac Efron is in it and I wanted to stare at Zac Efron for 90 minutes because I am shallow.

I also wanted to read the book because I'm fascinated by the fact that so many of Nicholas Sparks' novels have been turned into films. Is he really that good or just he have an extraordinary agent?

Well, I enjoyed this book. Between reading the blurb and seeing the trailer for the film, I knew exa More...

Based on what I have read about The Lucky One by Nicolas Sparks. I noticed that Thibault has fallen in love with a girl who is in the picture. But he does not know where she lives.

In Page 89 I find that Thibault is looking for a job. He looks the girld as he knows her,the girld feels uncomfortable because Thibault sees her many times.

This is the first Nicholas Sparks book I've read and I'll look for another. This book grabbed me from the first chapter, clearly written and intriguing characters and, even though I had a pretty good idea of where the plot was going and didn't really have any surprises, I still really enjoyed the story and how it was told.
Logan Thiebault is a great character and I really wanted him to find his way and his HEA. Without too much detail, his experiences as a marine and how that affected his life we More...

The Lucky One was a very touching and has a surprise ending. Although it started slow, it began to pick up and got better as I read. Overall it was a great novel.

This is just what I was looking for right now--a feel good book with genuine romance and a dash of tension. If I were Beth, I would have completely fallen for Logan too. Great man, great father figure. Great dog!

Although this was the novel that brought back my interest on reading novels again, love stories are really not among my preferences. I loved the movie The Notebook and I also read a couple of years back, Spark's Message in a Bottle but this one is not at par with those. It could have been better if the one who got the picture was probably the one who accidentatlly killed the brother in the desert war so the emotional impact during the climax would really be more dramatic. The second half of the More...

I have loved every book I have read by Nicholas Sparks. This book was no different. He always writes about events that could happen to anyone. A lot of the romance novels I have read are full of the usual sappy and corny things you would expect from a novel like this. Those stories never progress, or leave me hanging. I spend the entire time predicting what happens next and end up getting it right every time. Nicholas Sparks can write about all the sappy and romantic things that you would expec More...

True rating 2.5*

While i can't say i disliked this book, it wasn't anything special either......

The storyline was obvious and predictable, and while the characters were plenty likeable they were a little too perfect. Men like Logan only exist in daydreams and Nicholas Sparks books. I mean is there anything this man can't do? does he have ANY bad traits?....even the dog was perfect!
This book is fine for a relaxing holiday read or a wet Sunday afternoon but dont expect too much from it.
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