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    <body><![CDATA[For those of you (like me) who have seen the movie of the same name starring Kevin Costner, the end of this novel will come as no surprise. I knew what I was getting in for when I started this book and kept the tissues well-stocked. In fact, I had to stop reading it on the bus for fear of crying in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35013707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so it's been years since I read this book. I read it based on people telling me Nicholas Sparks was this amazing author. AND, I knew they had made a movie off of the book, and any time they do that, the book is always super good, right? TOTALLY WRONG! I remember it was one of the dumbest books...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19894797">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[haha, haven't been reading a bunch of Nicholas Sparks's books lately...<br/>I have no idea how the movie is, but it must be far beyond the level of this book. But the ending is SOOOO damn sad. Seriously.<br/>And because of that thing called my short-term memory span, I can't remember their names, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23902799">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just like many, if not most, the movie did NOT do justice to this book. Nicholas Sparks wrote a very detailed, vivid story of Theresa and how she found Garrett through clues in the letters that eventually were found offshore. The difference lies in that the characters described in the book were more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20456388">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was somewhat disappointed in this book.  Nicholas Sparks receives high praise from many readers, and I don't know if I just found this book in particular slow or too predictable.<br/><br/>Boston journalist Theresa Osbourne is in her 30s, divorced and a single mother.  Her life takes a dramatic t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79921191">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ I loved the movie even more than the book. Message&quot; lacks any real emotional conflict; Before you know it, Theresa and Garrett have proclaimed their undying love to one another, despite the fact that they don't appear to have anything more in common than physical attraction. <br/><br/>The on...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71789656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It is a double tragic love story – the male protagonist lost his wife in a sea accident then met his new love when the latter accidentally got hold of the letter he put inside the bottle. However, he again lost that new love because they could not agree where to live – whether the man’s or the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54868518">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this when it came out, had no thoughts to add it on here until I read Jodi Picoult hated the Notebook by NS (I do too BUT heck, have more respect now for NS than JP.) The four stars is because when I read it I liked it... I'd probably give it just 3 or 4 BUT the fifth's for you, Jodi Picoult!<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21035612">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book used for fifty cents at a book sale.<br/><br/>I'm glad I didn't spend more money on it. What a disappointment. It dragged pretty much through the entire book &amp; then BLAM, the end SUCKED so hard it just pissed me off &amp; any good feelings I'd had from this book were quickly forgott...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book while vacationing in Cancun in 1998.  Read the final page watching the dawn on the beach.  Perfect experience!<br/><br/>If I remember correctly, it was one of my favorite books during that time. I liked Nicholas Sparks after reading The Horse Whisperer. The book made me compelled to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75887947">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her&quot;  Ucap Catherine dalam mimpi Garret yang diceritakan ulang oleh Garret kepada Catherine [lewat suratnya:]<br/><br/>Cerita ini berawal dari surat cinta dan diakhiri oleh surat cinta.  Nicholas Spark seringkali menyajikan lirik-lirik ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74881563">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember once actually throwing a bottle into the Sea with a letter and wondering who will recieve it but I heard nothing from it. I guess it just went somewhere wild with no one or maybe its still wandering in the water. I was curious if this message in the bottle actually reached somewhere and w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58344389">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Written in a very simplistic way, one story line, nothing going on but the conversation or action currently on the page.  I can see how it could easily be made into a movie as it is very low on content and high in maudlin emotion.  Being a romance it has to have some silly language, in this case the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44248973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  I wanted to read more of Nicholas Sparks.  So I got a few other book written like 'true believers' and one other one that I can't remember the title.  I found his writing so shallow that I couldn't stand to read it.  I was skipping pages to find the story line.  I felt like his b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79546374">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It was no ordinary story. Nicholas Sparks continue to impress me with his books.<br/><br/>It's for everyone to discover the unparalleled love story in this novel. Sparks definitely made another mark in the literature industry with this madterpiece.<br/><br/>The ending of the story will really ma...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49012498">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[OK, so I'm officially almost through reading all of Nicholas Sparks' books now. This one sucked me in quick. It was a fantastic book all the way up until the end. I wasn't happy with the ending. Does anyone else get annoyed when a book doesn't turn out the way you wish it did?  I guess I have to say...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68882908">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This Is The First Romance I Read And Let Me Tell You Its Not My Last, Sparks Is Amazing. In This Wonderful Story A Young Women Finds A Love Letter Washed Up On The Shore During Vacation, Its From A Man To His Dead Wife And It Really Touches Her. After Some Convincing From Her Friend She Publishes Th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62918365">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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