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Book Review Of The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks

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I read The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, a 250 page novel published on October 1, 1996. This book can be classified as realistic fiction, but is considered to be a romance novel due to the heart pulling plot line of two star-crossed lovers. My attention was caught quickly when I saw this book, because I had watched the movie with my girlfriend which motivated me to read it. It took me about three days to read behind Mrs. Kosters desk, each day during the same week; it was a quick and easy read. This work was completely fiction; however, Sparks was inspired by his wife's beloved grandparents. They had spent over sixty years together, with their story being shared with Sparks and his wife, inspiration from their love made its way into the book. Noah comes back, after fighting in World War ll, to his home in New Bern, Carolina. Where he spends his days building a house to distract himself from remencising on a girl he fell in love with over a summer shared together. Allie, who is about to get married, stumbles upon a newspaper with Noah on it; curiousity gets the best of her and she decides to visit him. Both have been separated for fourteen years due to social class, with Allie coming from a wealthy family, and Noah who worked at a lumberyard. Reuniting brings out a tidal wave of emotions and memories that have been long locked away from both of them, with Noah being in bewilderment and saying “I still can’t believe it’s you. How did you find me?” (Sparks 39). Allie slowly

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