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Prima carte a lui Nicholas Sparks care m-a cucerit iremediabil. Anul trecut am văzut filmul care are la bază această carte, poartă numele de The Notebook. Jurnalul unei iubiri este un roman de dragoste și este inspirat din realitate. Trebuie să vă spun că este un roman siropos ce are în centru doi tineri îndrăgostiți: Allie și Noah. După 14 ani de despărțire, cei doi se reîntîlnesc și (...)
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In my library's reading club, they suggest you read a book in a genre that is outside of your comfort zone, and this book is fulfilling that. (Then I get to watch the movie, fulfilling another category!)
I expected it to be hopelessly sappy and maudlin, and boy is it ever! The writing style is annoying, he's trying so hard to paint a picture of this down-home earthy poet guy. He repeats himself (and I paraphrase here): "He picked up his guitar and played some. He sang a little. He played and san ...more
I expected it to be hopelessly sappy and maudlin, and boy is it ever! The writing style is annoying, he's trying so hard to paint a picture of this down-home earthy poet guy. He repeats himself (and I paraphrase here): "He picked up his guitar and played some. He sang a little. He played and san ...more

Perhaps if I had read this before I heard all the hype I would have liked it more. It's not that I disliked the book, but I don't put it with my favorites.
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Nov 11, 2009
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