A Walk to Remember Review ♥

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks is a love story about a troublesome boy named Landon Carter, who falls in love with the preacher’s daughter, Jamie Sullivan. The infamous Nicholas Sparks, who is known for writing love stories and romances created this world of falling unexpectedly in love and going through the hardships that comes with it. It was released in 1999 but holds to its readers to this day, as a novel containing powerful moments that make you cry and laugh.

Landon is 17 and lives in a small, religious town in North Carolina. His dad is a congressman who doesn’t spend much time with him. Jamie approaches Landon with an opportunity to be in the school play with her. He reluctantly accepts and prepares for one of the main roles in the play. She becomes upset when Landon doesn’t give her his full attention and tries to avoid being seen speaking to her. “Please don’t pretend like you don’t know me, okay?” Jamie whispers to Landon after having him avoid her in the hallway at school one day. Landon says back to her, “But I do, I do. We've had all the same classes in the same school since kindergarten. Why you're Jamie Sullivan. You sit at lunch table 7” (Sparks, 56). The novel is set in Landon’s point of view at the age of 57 looking back on his teenage years. The book had some strengths, such as the fact that it incorporated a tragedy at the end which set it apart from romances. This is a love story, an imperfect romance if you will.

                I would give it two stars out of five for being just ‘okay’. The reason it was just okay, is because I didn’t really like the style of the novel. Sure, it contained a tragedy which I always look forward to, but it was too cheesy. Everything was expected and bound to happen, which makes a book boring. I’m not saying that I didn’t like it; I enjoyed many parts in the story. I just didn’t appreciate the normal, boring set up of the plot. The themes (like ‘love conquers all’ and ‘faith’) seemed too predictable and obvious, which generally bore me.  On page 43, there was a funny quote that made the book seem more enjoyable: Jamie- “Are you trying to seduce me?” Landon-“Why? Are you seducible?” That made me laugh, because Jamie didn’t seem like the kind of girl that could easily be seduced. The book is a small branch on a tree of other books, being very thin and insignificant when you look at the tree as a whole. It is like a mouse that has escaped from a mouse trap, the trap being my mind. I won’t remember it five years from now, and I will be fine with that because it’s not something that resonates in my library of a mind.

I can compare this book to The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, because they are both love stories that deal with losses. Both novels are pretty short and relaxing to read, despite the tragedies that take place. Everything is quite perfect in a romance, but not in a love story. The Notebook has the same writing style as A Walk to Remember because they are both written by Nicholas Sparks. A Walk to Remember has a very common genre that is seen a lot these days in the New York Times Bestseller list. It isn’t a series which I appreciate because I don’t like having to find all of the books that are part of a series. Overall, I am happy that I got to experience this world of Landon’s, however, I wouldn’t recommend it to those who want to dive into an in depth novel.
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