Title: FALLS SHORT! Trite, sugary, over-done wanna-be tear-jerker.
Product review: Too many coincidences. If you believe in modern day fairy tales...this is your cup of tea. I felt that it was overly done. This was a highly stylized knock-off of a previous book, The Bridges of Madison County. Except now, instead of BRIDGES, it's BOATS. It's all been done!!! The characters are definitely out of central casting. BUT, if you are in the mood for a sapppy summer read/beach book, without any thought required, I guess you could do worse. Majorly improbable plot....on many levels. Sparks takes the reader through bumpy twists and turns...and asks the reader to believe in all the incredible detours along the way..NO WAY would a sophisticated reader go for this. I feel that Sparks was waiting for a movie deal as he wrote this one, maybe even with the leading players chosen????? Too sugary....too sappy...take some insulin....before trying to buy into this love story. The ending was there for all to see by the end of chapter one.
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