Sweet story telling with meaningful relationships. ( )

Romance

So this story starts off with a man named Ira he is married to a girl named Ruth. Ruth passed away years ago. Ira is trying to go up to their cabin in a snow storm. Ira loses control of the vehicle winds up in a ditch for a few days. Because of the snow storm. Then we come into the point of view of Sophia she is a college senior, she is a sorority girl. Which she doesn't act like one at all. She is trying to finish college and get a job in the museum industry. The POV of Luke. He is a cowboy. A bull rider. He works on farm that is going under. He rides bulls now to pay for him and his moms farm that is going under. That pretty much sums up the story without giving too much away.
I instantly fell in love with these characters. These people in this book were just so easy to love. So easy to read. Which I feel like all of Nicolas Sparks books are like that. I felt so bad for Ira he was in a car for 3 days trying to survive the storm. He did his best to try and survive, he sees his dead wife in the seat next to him. So he is pretty delirious. That is just a horrible experience. I felt so so bad for him.
I loved Luke and Sophia together. They are just so different from each other. I love how they somehow came together and found a connection to each other. These characters are just so easy to fall in love with. Their story together it gets rough and hard. With the fact that Luke is having trouble with the farm and what he goes through. Which he goes through alot. He overcomes a lot in this book. But together I loved their relationship.
The ending of this story was just so beautiful. I thought something different would happen. I am glad I was surprised when I didn't know the ending. But I love how all 3 characters came together. How they all found each other. This ending is perfect to me.
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Really liked it! Just right mix of romance and mystery and action! Was not as predictable as I thought as I tried to figure out the ending! ( )

I'll be forthright. The reason I gave the book 3 stars is because I kept comparing it to the book......and I liked the movie better.

Did I say that? A librarian admitting that she liked the movie of something better?!

So much of the book was as I expected. Luke and Sophia. The rodeo cowboy and the art history student. People from different worlds coming together. Then there is Ira and Ruth--their love story in the 40's. The pain and sorrows they went through because their love endured
Things in the book NOT in the film: Sophia's ex-boyfriend and her roommate. Really I felt there was not much added to the plot with their characters. Granted it was how Sophia and Luke had their "meet cute" (Luke stepping in to help Sophia). Luke's mom was more of a presence as was the background of the ranch. I did LOVE that.

In the book, Ira spends most of the time seeing visions and recollecting memories of Ruth. There is barely any interaction between him and Sophia, which is a precious relationship in the film. I found myself missing it.
Still, I wanted something heartwarming and sappy. Nicholas Sparks always fills that order! ( )