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Book Review of The Notebook

The Notebook
The Notebook
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


A fine idea that just turned into so much space-filling treacle. It seems the author had a quota of pages to fill for the publisher. I detected little effort on the author's part to tie the two phases of the book together emotionally or stylistically. There were some interesting notions about the specifics of Alzheimer's, but then of course we had to have a "miracle" in the husband's ability to beat the doctors at their game. Sheesh. This is a book that should have gone right to screenplay. I have a feeling the movie is an effective tearjerker.