A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks is about the relationship between Landon Carter, a popular and handsome high school young man, and a religious girl - Jamie Sullivan. Their love is honest and pure. With Jamie, Landon - a bad school boy, became a better person. He care about Jamie, dancing with her, and building a telescope for her. He married her, and then she died.

This story touched and moved me, and I cried many times while reading.

Great book and also a movie. Nicholas Sparks is very talented writer. His love stories are awesome and catching for hearts. I recommend the book to Everyone

this is my re-read of this book for the second time =)

Landon Carter has no thoughts of EVER dating Jamie, the town's Baptist minister, a widower. Besides that, Jamie is just – SO SWEET and innocent. She helps out at the local orphanage, takes care of her father and stray animals. AND – carries her Bible with her schoolbooks.

Landon is a carefree teenager, hardly any serious thoughts except avoiding the responsibilities of adulthood, and in spare time hangs out with his counterpart friends. UNTIL – circumstances take him into close proximity to Jamie. Landon has no serious thoughts about love and marriage – and Jamie has a devastating secret she dare not tell him about.

So the love blossoms, changes Landon dramatically. And then the pain, the unfair pain, comes. So do my inner sobs, because I too remember. Whatever age you are, if you have a close companion, you will also face up to the deeper meaning of love and life.

Maybe you're not ready for such an emotional journey. And that's why you will love this book.

A walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks is one of the greatest books that I have ever read in my life. The movie with Shane West and Mandy Moore was extremely good, one of my favorites (if you haven't seen it, you should). But when you read the book, there are alot of differences between it and the movie. It is about a devout christian named Jamie Sullivan who isnt the coolest person in her school. But she is probably the sweetest, most genuine,and kind-hearted person who ever lived in that small town of Beaufort,North Carolina. Raised by her reverend father, Jamie loves to visit the orphans,help the elderly, raise money for the underpriveleged etc. When cool guy Landon ended up taking Jamie to the homecoming dance as a last resort, she starts to change him into a much better person who gains new perspectives on the world around him, christianity, and being an individual. Not wanting to give everything away, its not one of those teen novels about falling in love and being a typical teen. I think its a real romantic story about how true love comes in all shapes and sizes, and that the unexpected always seems to inspire the way the rest of your life will become.

So sad. But oh so good. I hate reading the book after I watch the movie. Usually, I'll just not read the book because it makes me mad that I keep picturing the movie in my head. But I gave this one a chance. It was really good. Nicholas Sparks is always a tear jerker, but I found this story to be less cheesy than some of his others.

“As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, then up to the ceiling and around the room, doing my best to keep my composure, then back to Jamie again. She smiled at me and I smiled at her and all I could do was wonder how I'd ever fallen in love with a girl like Jamie Sullivan.” The story is as simple as it gets: Boy (Landon) meets girl (Jamie), falls in love with her (and she with him) but they're star-crossed lovers. I like this book and I don't like it. I really like that it feels plausible and honest: “She looked away. “Yes,” she finally said, “I'm frightened all the time.” “Then why don't you act like it?” “I do. I just do it in private.” “Because you don't trust me?” “No,” she said, “because I know you're frightened, too.”” I liked how Landon basically fell in love unwillingly and reluctantly but will not and cannot stop once he's embarked on the journey. I also greatly like Spark's beautiful and elegant writing: “The ocean turned golden silver as the shifting colors reflected off it, waters rippling and sparkling with the changing light, the vision glorious, almost like the beginning of time.” And, yes, I've laughed with Landon and Jamie and I've cried about them. To the best of my knowledge I've never seen a film by this name or with this exact story but that's part of it: The story – while moving and not without merit – is far from new or original. It's executed well enough to get away with that in my book (sic!) but your mileage might vary. I really like the depth of the feelings portrayed and I liked how I rooted for every single character in this book – even if some (Eric!) were unbelievably “good”. Sometimes things were almost too sweet and heavy to swallow but for the most part, things were realistic enough to accept for me. My second – and by far biggest – gripe is fairly personal: I can't stand all this religious stuff. I'm an atheist. I'm done with what was once “my” church and I'm done with beliefs and I certainly don't need those in my books. I'm not even sure why all that stuff had to be in this book because the book could have worked completely without it. Maybe Sparks felt it necessary to describe a young man's way to redemption – I don't know. I can't buy into it and in the end, the author can't simply let go and let his work speak for itself; no, he obviously feels the need to preach to us simple sinners and that's what soured the book somewhat for me. Nevertheless, a book that makes me cry isn't totally beyond... redemption. I can't help it and do like this book more than I don't. That's what the four stars try to say. Still, if you're like me and want to read something similarly moving but more thought-provoking and potentially controversial, you might want to read “[b:The Universe Versus Alex Woods 15984268 The Universe Versus Alex Woods Gavin Extence https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1352436020l/15984268.SX50.jpg 21738568]” by [a:Gavin Extence 6518784 Gavin Extence https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1360260658p2/6518784.jpg]. If you pretty much only want the emotions and quite a bit less substantial though, go and read “[b:Me Before You 17347634 Me Before You (Me Before You, #1) Jojo Moyes https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539892546l/17347634.SY75.jpg 17763198]” by [a:Jojo Moyes 281810 Jojo Moyes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1400624880p2/281810.jpg]. Or read this one – it's a quick and moving read after all. You'll just have to either buy into religion or ignore that stuff. It will take away from the experience, though. Blog Facebook Twitter Instagram

it was a pretty good read honestly:), i haven't read any nicholas sparks books before this (no I haven't read the notebook) and it really caught me off guard. I was a bit skeptical with the way it started out but ended up reading it in one sitting.
absolutely love jamie and landon. You should definitely pick it up if you liked the movie or just want something short and heartwarming to read:)