Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
From Play.com:
When John met Savannah, he knew he was ready to turn over a new leaf. Always the angry rebel, he had dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army, not knowing what else to do with his life. Then he meets Savannah. The attraction is mutual and quickly grows into the kind of love that leaves Savannah vowing to wait for John while he finishes his tour of duty. What neither realises is that 9/11 will change everything, prompting John to re-enlist and fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country and fellow soldiers. And, sadly, as so often happens when lovers are young and separations are long, Savannah falls in love with someone else. 'Dear John ...' the letter reads, and both their lives are changed for ever. Years later, when John returns to North Carolina, he must come to grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still the only one for him. Now John must make the hardest decision of his life ...
My thoughts: This really isn't my usual genre of book. I often go to the cinema with one of my friends and we saw a trailer for this film. For one reason or another, we didn't actually go and see it so I thought that I would give it a read and I am really glad that I did! It was a lovely story and although I could kind of guess what was going to happen about half way though, I still really enjoyed it. I like how the story is split in to three parts and you can see how John changes as the story develops. I will definately be reading more books by the sam author. Romantic, thought provoking and heart warming.
Mark: 8.5/10