The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks

Jan 2000 · Sold by Grand Central Publishing

About this ebook

The unforgettable, heartbreaking love story from a New York Times bestselling author about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart—now an iconic motion picture starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams.

At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal North Carolina after World War II, is haunted by images of the girl he lost more than a decade earlier. At twenty-nine, socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer, but she cannot stop thinking about Noah. Thus begins the story of a love so enduring and deep it can turn tragedy into triumph, and may even have the power to create a miracle...

Every so often a love story so captures our hearts that it becomes more than a story—it becomes an experience to remember forever. The Notebook is such a book. It is a celebration of how passion can be ageless and timeless, a tale that moves us to laughter and tears and makes us believe in true love all over again...
 

Ratings and reviews

I said it for the movie and I'll say it for the book, the old people ruin for me. The book moves along nicely and the story engages the reader easily. A fast read, but it details after the fiance comes into town. No more explanation as to what leads to their lives together. Just hits a timeline wall. Either way, I hate the addition of the old people and wished it would have stayed with them as a younger couple telling the story of starting their lives together. Not a bad book, just left me wanting more.

unlike Brandi Pittsenbarger ⬆️ who's obviously a loser complaining about not getting 2 free chapters (your a loser) this book is great for true romantics and people that want a taste of the simple life even though it wasn't simple back then but only comparatively. read it and get lost in it. "if your a bird I'm a bird"

In The Note Book by Nicholas Sparks it tells of Allie and Noah, who met in their teenage years and fell in love but were soon separated. Years later Allie is engaged and by chance finds something in the newspaper about Noah and goes to find him. They fall back in love, and Allie has to choose between her fiancé and Noah. The author’s main point in this book is to tell of the timelessness of love. The author portrays timelessness by showing the different stages or their love. Noah tells Allie after their summer romance, “Only the summer is over, Allie, not us, we’ll never be over.”(Sparks 25). Even though their time is cut short, they know that their bond is strong and nothing could change that, not even growing up. When Noah and Allie reunite she tells him, “You’re older of course, with more life behind you, but you’ve still got the same gleam in your eye.” (Sparks 115). This shows that even though they have been apart they still love each other for the same reasons. Also it implies that their love gets better with time, they find out more things that they like about each other. In their old age when Allie gets Alzheimer’s during a period of her remembrance Noah says to her, “I’ll never leave you. What we have is forever” (Sparks 190). This implies that their love is so strong that even when she forgets him he will always love her for who she is. It shows that time may be destructive to people but their love cannot be harmed. This book is very convincing and very unique. It tells of a love story that could have happened but in a way that no one else has told it before. Noah talks about his married life, which most couple has, “I think about how lucky I am to have been married to her for almost forty-nine years.” (Sparks 155). This shows how normal and happy their life was. It makes it easy for the reader to relate. However their story is original in the way that they fell in love twice or rather loved each other for so long without realizing it. This book tells us a story of an ageless romance in a unique but convincing way. It is very well written to appeal to your sensitive side. People who would enjoy this book would be those who enjoy tearjerkers and romance and primarily women.

About the author

With over 100 million copies of his books sold, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. His novels include sixteen #1 New York Times bestsellers, and all of his books, including Three Weeks with My Brother, the memoir he wrote with his brother, Micah, have been New York Times and international bestsellers, and were translated into more than fifty languages. Eleven of Nicholas Sparks's novels -- The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven, The Lucky One, The Last Song, Dear John, Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle -- have been adapted into major motion pictures.