The Guardian
Registered by WritingCrap of Kuwait City, Kuwait City Kuwait on 7/12/2004
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This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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On Christmas Eve, Julie Barenson, 25 years old and newly widowed, finds an unexpected present-a Great Dane pup that her late husband, Jim, had arranged for her to receive after he died from a brain tumor. On that melodramatic note, bestselling author Sparks (Nights in Rodanthe) begins his latest love story, one in which he combines elements of romance with those of a thriller. Julie's new dog, Singer, turns out to be a better judge of character than she, which is unfortunate because the dog nearly gives away the book's ending when he growls warily at Richard Franklin, the new man in Julie's life. On the other hand, the pooch loves to be around Mike Harris, Jim's best friend, who has grown to love Julie. Richard's increasingly bizarre behavior causes Julie to break up with him, and his subsequent stalker tactics make for compelling action, especially when he plots to destroy the budding romance between Julie and Mike. But the writing is lax at best, with multiple point-of-view shifts in the course of one page or even one paragraph. Secondary characters are two-dimensional, such as Pete, the dumb cop who is taken in by the scheming Richard, and Andrea, Julie's co-worker at the local hair salon, a low-class broad from the wrong side of the tracks who might as well have "next victim" tattooed on her forehead. Yet Sparks fans clamor for his brand of love story, and, with the added punch of suspense, this one will be another bestseller.
On Christmas Eve, Julie Barenson, 25 years old and newly widowed, finds an unexpected present-a Great Dane pup that her late husband, Jim, had arranged for her to receive after he died from a brain tumor. On that melodramatic note, bestselling author Sparks (Nights in Rodanthe) begins his latest love story, one in which he combines elements of romance with those of a thriller. Julie's new dog, Singer, turns out to be a better judge of character than she, which is unfortunate because the dog nearly gives away the book's ending when he growls warily at Richard Franklin, the new man in Julie's life. On the other hand, the pooch loves to be around Mike Harris, Jim's best friend, who has grown to love Julie. Richard's increasingly bizarre behavior causes Julie to break up with him, and his subsequent stalker tactics make for compelling action, especially when he plots to destroy the budding romance between Julie and Mike. But the writing is lax at best, with multiple point-of-view shifts in the course of one page or even one paragraph. Secondary characters are two-dimensional, such as Pete, the dumb cop who is taken in by the scheming Richard, and Andrea, Julie's co-worker at the local hair salon, a low-class broad from the wrong side of the tracks who might as well have "next victim" tattooed on her forehead. Yet Sparks fans clamor for his brand of love story, and, with the added punch of suspense, this one will be another bestseller.
I bought this book because I liked the two previous novels that I read by Sparks. The sypnosis written on the back of the book was not very intresting, and the book looked kind of long for a romance novel. But when I started reading the book, I found out that Sparks added some thrill and suspense to this novel, making it one great romantic thriller. Recommended for those who hate cheesy romantic novels.
This is going out as a bookring now. Participants are not yet in order.
different-girl --- Kuwait --- (Ships Anywhere)
snowy652 --- USA --- (Ships Witing the US)
hennismm --- USA --- (Ships Within the US)
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different-girl --- Kuwait --- (Ships Anywhere)
snowy652 --- USA --- (Ships Witing the US)
hennismm --- USA --- (Ships Within the US)
xallroyx --- USA --- (Ships Anywhere)
its lovely book. thnx flamingice for giving me the chance to read it.
thanks for allowing me in this bookring -- I have 3 books ahead of this one and will then read -- comment -- and pass on to the next person
what an amazing story -- I loved it and I was enthralled in the ending -- thank you so much for sending it my way -- I will be shipping to the next in line tomorrow
Next in line on this bookray. Thanks so much to snowy652 for sending this to me and the little goodies she included with the book!!
I too loved this story. I was a bit leary after reading True Believer by Nicholas Spark which I didn't think was Spark's best book. I will be contacting the next in line so that this book can be on its way.
Journal Entry 9 by hennismm at - By Hand in Given To A Friend, Friend -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (11/29/2005 UTC) at - By Hand in Given To A Friend, Friend -- Controlled Releases
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Will pass around at work
Will pass around at work
Back to me. This book is available.
Journal Entry 11 by hennismm at Paperbackswap.com in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Florida USA on Friday, August 4, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (8/4/2006 UTC) at Paperbackswap.com in -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings, trades, Florida USA
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Hopefully there will be a new bookcrosser as a result of www.paperbackswap.com
Hopefully there will be a new bookcrosser as a result of www.paperbackswap.com
