4.19 avg rating — 8,653 ratings

"Won this on goodreads and didn't expect it to be such a deep and touching story."

3.72 avg rating — 5,634 ratings

"Won this on goodreads and didn't expect it to be so beautifully written."

4.05 avg rating — 7,642 ratings

"Love Debbie Macomber and knew I'd like the book but didn't expect it to touch me as deeply as it did."

4.20 avg rating — 5,476,739 ratings

"Required reading in high school and didn't expect it to have the impact on me that it did."

4.13 avg rating — 4,385,865 ratings

"Didn't expect the story to be so engrossing."

4.47 avg rating — 3,025,298 ratings

"Didn't expect this book this book to have such a deep emotional impact and also be full of humor."

3.71 avg rating — 7,665 ratings

"Read this a few years after my mom passed and didn't expect such a touching story. Made me want to create a journal of things I want my daughter and son to know (still on my to do list tho, hahaha)"

3.85 avg rating — 856,758 ratings

"Didn't expect to feel such an attachment to the characters in this sad tale."

4.08 avg rating — 835,832 ratings

"Received this a gift from my niece and did not expect such a real and deep story."

4.18 avg rating — 3,451,757 ratings

"Did not expect to feel so drawn to the story and its well written characters."

4.35 avg rating — 9,930,293 ratings

"This was another gift from my niece and I didn't expect to be blown away by this story."

4.11 avg rating — 794,435 ratings

"Got this on audio because I wasn't looking forward to reading it but needed to so I could answer more quiz questions and I'm almost through and it is such a rich story and all of the characters are very well written. I did not expect to love this story."