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‘My daddy used to tell me 'the first time you fall in love it changes your life forever, and no matter how hard you try, the feelin' never goes away. This girl you've been tellin' me about was your first love. And no matter what you do, she'll stay with you forever.’ Do you think this is true? Can you remember your first love?
Review of the book in a Phrase- Zenith of art
Introduction
Book’s Name - The Notebook
Author’s Name - Nicholas Sparks
Genre - Romance, love
Language - English
From the book to the film, who in the world don’t know about the Notebook’s unwavering love story. Everybody takes a trip down the memory lane about the moment they first encountered this exceptional story of genuine love and affection.
The story is told on two levels - one is the current day when Allie and Noah have developed old and live in a home; the other is the story Noah peruses from the notebook in which he tells how he and Allie met, fell head over heels in love, lost one another, and later tracked down one another once more.
'But he had been in love once, that he knew. Once and only once, and a long time ago. And it had changed him forever. Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect.' - Nicholas Sparks, the Notebook
It had every one of the components I have come to cherish about… the intensity of the theme, incredible characters, romance to make you swoon, dialogues to sweep your brain along, and heartwarming and heartbreaking thrill of the class conflicts to foster faith amid the clinching romance.
The final theme discloses to us that you cannot live your life in fear of hurting others. Just with the reading of his final letter to her, written twelve years before was she ready to see that it was her life to live, and no one ought to force her in a direction that she would not like to go.
The love that Sparks inscribes, flows from the page. It's in each line and each sentence and each passage of this book, this story. You really want to be moved. That is the power of such a short novel (it's around 200 pages) left me lying wide awake, considering my own story till the early hours of the morning.
Book Blurb
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On a more pragmatic level, the novel's short length appears to be interesting to many people. These days, everybody appears to have less time to explore or read and The Notebook presumably owes quite a bit of its prosperity to the way that readers could complete it in a couple of sittings.
I feel that readers likewise appreciate that the novel did exclude foul language and its love scene was elegant, tasteful and gentle contrasted with what's found in many different books of the time.
The account of Noah Calhoun begins, the protagonist of the novel, a provincial Southerner as he recently returned from the Second World War.
Noah is reestablishing a manor home to its previous brilliance, and he is haunted by pictures of the delightful young girl he met fourteen years earlier, a young girl he cherished and loved like no other.
The youthful couple is immediately separated by Allie's noble class guardians who insist that Noah isn't ideal for her. Quite a long while pass and, incapable to discover her, yet reluctant to forget the late spring they spent together, Noah is content to live with just recollections or rather memories…until she returns out of the blue to his town, when they meet again.
Though their enthusiasm is rekindled, yet constraining Allie to choose between her soulmate and class order. And as it unfurls, their story wonderfully becomes something else, with a lot higher stakes.
The scene with the swans is one of my #1 scene in the book. It isn't played up to be this grand heartfelt gesture. Though one may get teared up a bit during their second farewell to each other. The ending of their romantic tale is tragically altered by Allie's Alzheimer's analysis, however, even that has no command over their love.
The Plot/Characters
This was a flawlessly crafted story of love. Told mostly through letter composing and flashbacks, this caught the core of the readers as the ending was unexpected.
The general story line/plot was not just touching; it was likewise awful and heart-wrenching as it pulled the reader's heartstrings. This wasn’t much like a fast-paced novel; Sparks took as much time as necessary setting up every angle of the story, the genuine characters and giving it all a reason. This was a novel about true love, the sort that makes you believe in love.
The epistolary structure has been around for quite a long time, obviously. And in any case, letters are a great vehicle for feelings, whenever utilized successfully and sparingly. In the case of a novel written in the third person, for instance, a letter may permit the reader for a more profound understanding of a character's sentiments or thoughts, since a letter is written in the first person
It was a decent and good way to get to know the characters and comprehend them better. The characters Sparks made had numerous dynamics that were created with love and hope and we as readers couldn’t help but want to read more about them.
It was in the little things that these characters discovered love in one another, and Sparks did a great job of showcasing that all through the novel.
Famous Quotes
“The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.”
“You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.”
“We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.”
Disclosure : I own my copy of The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, distributed by Grand Central Publishing. It certainly isn't in pristine condition; it has voyaged and very much adored. All conclusions expressed in this review are entirely my very own feelings.
The Bottom Line
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This story is far beyond this epic, EPIC romantic tale. It's about love, affection, steadiness and understanding. About picking each other daily. About picking yourself.
The depth of this book blew my mind and took my breath away. And having read the book now, I understand how much love went into every aspect of this story. But the story still hits me. Every time!
My ratings for the book - 4.2 on 5
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Written By - Prakriti Chaudhary
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