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Title: Don't waste your time.
Review: I can't believe how many people liked this book--they must not do much reading or they'd know how completely unremarkable this is. The characters are cardboard and the story is 100% unoriginal. The numerous descriptive and explanatory passages are unimaginative and try the patience. Somebody in my book group selected this; what a joke--there was absolutely nothing to discuss. Plus, the ending was completely manipulative, pouring on the sentiment to try to get you to care about characters that are completely unreal. I guess Nicholas Sparks is laughing all the way to the bank, but as a writer he has no talent. The only kind of book I can't stand is the kind that insults my intelligence, and this one does. To the people who loved this: please, browse around amazon.com and expand your horizons a bit. If you do more reading, maybe your taste will improve.
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