Message in a Bottle
by Nicholas Sparks
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Read in January, 2000
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 ever. None of the storyline was very logical, and at the end, the main character dies, leaving you saying, "WHAT THE CRAPPITY CRAP?! HOW CAN YOU KILL OFF THE LOVER IN A LOVE STORY?" I suppo...more
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Read in May, 2008
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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 public.
Instead of going into a detailed review, I'd like to share with you an excerpt of an interview Nicholas Sparks did with the NY Times after writing this novel. He shares his inspiration but ...more
Instead of going into a detailed review, I'd like to share with you an excerpt of an interview Nicholas Sparks did with the NY Times after writing this novel. He shares his inspiration but ...more
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Read in June, 2008
haha, haven't been reading a bunch of Nicholas Sparks's books lately...
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.
And because of that thing called my short-term memory span, I can't remember their names, so I'll just phrase it with pronouns. :D
So she finds a message in a bottle (thus the name) and falls in love with the way the man (OMG, I REMEMBERED HIS NAME, just now :P) writes and expresses his most defi...more
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.
And because of that thing called my short-term memory span, I can't remember their names, so I'll just phrase it with pronouns. :D
So she finds a message in a bottle (thus the name) and falls in love with the way the man (OMG, I REMEMBERED HIS NAME, just now :P) writes and expresses his most defi...more
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Read in January, 2004
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 human, they were much more flawed, but definitely real. The movie portraied Garrett as a victim of the circumstances that was lied to and that somehow did not have any say in what occurred. It also p...more
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I recently read “Message in a Bottle” by the award-winning novelist, Nicholas Sparks. It has been one of the best written novels I have ever read. It dealt with all of the aspects of love. The moods and themes presented in this book made it impossible to put down.
When I read this story, I could vividly imagine the entire scene. The words that Nicholas Sparks used to describe passion and love made this story unforgettable. Throughout the book, so many emotions arose: love, passion, trage...more
When I read this story, I could vividly imagine the entire scene. The words that Nicholas Sparks used to describe passion and love made this story unforgettable. Throughout the book, so many emotions arose: love, passion, trage...more
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Read in October, 2008
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Read in January, 1999
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!
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Read in March, 2008
I bought this book used for fifty cents at a book sale.
I'm glad I didn't spend more money on it. What a disappointment. It dragged pretty much through the entire book & then BLAM, the end SUCKED so hard it just pissed me off & any good feelings I'd had from this book were quickly forgotten.
I'm glad I didn't spend more money on it. What a disappointment. It dragged pretty much through the entire book & then BLAM, the end SUCKED so hard it just pissed me off & any good feelings I'd had from this book were quickly forgotten.
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The book is a heart-wrenching tale of self-discovery, renewal, and the courage it takes to love again. Teresa Osborne, a 36-year-old single mother, finds a bottle washed up on a beach. The scrolled-up message inside is a passionate love letter written by a heartbroken man named Garrett who is grieving over "his darling Catherine." Teresa is so moved by the stranger's poignant words that she vows to find the penman and publishes the letter in her syndicated Boston newspaper column. Ques...more
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Oh my god, I love this book. I've read it about four times and I can't believe even that, because I never read a book that much. I read it for the romance, and the times that Garrett and Theresa spent together. In my desperation to find the movie, I finally did on night on our movie channels before they were canceled - Though now I know I could have found it online, too from a website if I couldn't - and realized how truly undeserving the movie is of the novel's name. The book had so much...more
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That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.
But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too...more
That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.
But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too...more
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Read in January, 2008
I absolutely love this book! It is terribly sad and the ending just breaks my heart! I've never cried so hard! Yes, I cried in his other books but this one just really got to me and tore me. I can't ever imagine going through what Theresa went through in the end. When Theresa is reading the letter in the end and Garrett tells her about his dream with his wife and then his wife says "who do you think sent her the bottles?" (or something like that) and then Garrett tells Theresa that h...more
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Read in August, 2007
This is one of the most gut-wrenching books I have read in awhile. I had never read Nicolas Sparks before, and I DID know what I was getting into, but this novel was sad....stab-a-knife-in-your-heart-Bridges-of-Madison-County-sad! Message in a Bottle is the love story of Theresa, a divorced single mom who has given up on finding "the one," and Garrett, a seafaring widower who still pines for his lost love. While on a beach vacation, Theresa stumbles upon a bottle that has a note inside...more
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Read in February, 2006
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I read all of Nicholas Sparks books.recommends it for: People who enjoy tragic love stories.
This is my least favorite book by Sparks. It is not a love story that has a happy ending (which I want from a Sparks novel). I did not feel connected to the characters and it took me forever to read (which I hate). The ending left me sad, disappointed & depressed. I agree with the comments from other readers about throwing the book across the room when they got to the ending. I have never seen the movie and probably never will since I am not a fan of Kevin Costner and I do not go out of...more
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This book is one of my favorites! It's about a single mom named, Theresea, who just got into a divorce with her ex-husband and went on vactaion with her friends to get things off her mind. While jogging along the beach she sees a message in a bottle waiting to be opened. Out of curiosity, Theresea opens the bottle and reads the letter inside. It was a love letter. She then begins to fall in love with the man who wrote it. Challanged by a mystery, Theresea tries her hardest to find out who sends ...more
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Saw the movie before I entered the Nic Sparks realm. I remember the great love scene with the Sara McLachlan song "...I have a smile, stretched from ear to ear..." After reading his memoir I learned the main male character was inspired by his real life Father and what he went through after his wife (NS's Mother) passed away. Sure it will be a great book too.
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Read in April, 2008
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Ashley and other Nicholas Sparks lovers
Reasons I like this book:
- It's Nicholas Sparks. He's not only a good writer, but he's got a great photo in the back cover. Yummy. Oh - and where does a *guy* learn to write like that, to where all the women (generally speaking), swoon?
- I've not seen the movie, so I was intrigued and upset to see how the book ended. But now, I want to see if I find a message in a bottle somewhere down here on Ambergris Caye.
- Arugh. There are parts that I might go back through and underline, if Ash gives...more
- It's Nicholas Sparks. He's not only a good writer, but he's got a great photo in the back cover. Yummy. Oh - and where does a *guy* learn to write like that, to where all the women (generally speaking), swoon?
- I've not seen the movie, so I was intrigued and upset to see how the book ended. But now, I want to see if I find a message in a bottle somewhere down here on Ambergris Caye.
- Arugh. There are parts that I might go back through and underline, if Ash gives...more
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Read in September, 2008
I discovered this book in the box of books I bought from the library book-sale a few months back and decided to finally read it. It was a decent read, and I was intrigued with the subject matter (I've always been fascinated by messages in bottles). However, while better than a lot of romance books I have cracked open lately (and never did finish), it is rather bland. I could detect no chemistry between the main characters, thought that the relationship progressed at an incredibly fast pace, and ...more
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Read in November, 2008
Message In A Bottle by Nicholas Sparks was a true inspiration to readers such as myself who have loved and lost. The book was incredible. As a tradition it was Nicholas Sparks' typical roller coaster style of reading. As a great story teller, he is realistic. He doesn't put forth any fake fairy tale story endings. The appeal being that he never puts forth a phasade of what love is or should be.
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"That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them."
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