One of those books that makes you want to fall in love: “A walk to remember ” Nicholas Sparks
by Sara Duque
When I decided
I wanted to read “A walk to remember” , I had really high expectations;
I said to myself “Another romance novel from my favorite author must be
good.” When I ended it I had to admit it filled completely my expectations. One
of the things that I most like about Nicholas Sparks is that he makes me
empathize with the characters. He makes me feel their love , their pain, their
sadness. That feeling of wanting an epic love, of changing, that feeling of
wanting to be better.
The complete
book is narrated from the voice of Landon. He was retelling his love story with
Jamie, which I think makes it more emotional, because in each step of the
story, we have the first hand emotions and thoughts from Landon . For example
the first time he tells her he loves her, “I love you, Jamie,” I said to
her. “You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.” You really feel that
extraordinary feeling , those butterflies on the stomach, because we know he
definitely means it and we are curious of what she does in response. Or when he
realized that he was truly in love with Jamie, that girl that he couldn't
stand, "I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I
ever imagined it could be."
But not
everything in this story is butterflies and roses. Por example when Jamie tells
Landon that she was sick and was dying “You can’t be in love with me,
Landon,”“Because,” she finally said softly, “I’m very sick, Landon.”The concept
was so absolutely foreign that I couldn’t comprehend what she was trying to
say. “So what? You’ll take a few days . . .” A sad smile crossed her face, and
I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as
she finally said the words that numbed my soul.“I’m dying, Landon.” From
that moment my eyes started tearing up. How could Nicholas Sparks “kill” the
character we all loved so much. And even worse what is going to happen with
Landon ?
At the end of
this book we understand the concept behind the name. Which I think is a very
strong reason. At their wedding Landon narrates when Jamie was walking by (to)
the altar to marry him, "It was, I remembered thinking, the most
difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember".
Like this there are millions of more examples , probably the whole book .I
think that is what kept me reading .
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