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The Notebook
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Besides the awful writing style (just to mention unimaginative, spiritless and full of clichés), I found the story just a little too contrived and far too predictable. I couldn't get over the premise where Noah and Allie meet when they are teenagers, spend one summer together and meet again after 14 years to realise they are still utterly in love?! What?!
It irritated me to no end that Sparks felt the need to not leave anything unexplained, describing things in excruciating detail, boring me but more so putting me off reading any of his other books. In the end it just felt like it was dragging on and on and on - I just wanted it to end.
Also, since I listened to the audio version I must say that the choice for the reader of the audio book isn't the most brilliant one. His voice is kind of suited for the old Noah but his imitation of a young Allie is just really off-putting. Plus, he's got that kind of voice that makes me want to fall asleep straight away. Combine that with the terrible style and plot, this book can only be described as indigestible. No more Nicholas Sparks for me, thank you!
It irritated me to no end that Sparks felt the need to not leave anything unexplained, describing things in excruciating detail, boring me but more so putting me off reading any of his other books. In the end it just felt like it was dragging on and on and on - I just wanted it to end.
Also, since I listened to the audio version I must say that the choice for the reader of the audio book isn't the most brilliant one. His voice is kind of suited for the old Noah but his imitation of a young Allie is just really off-putting. Plus, he's got that kind of voice that makes me want to fall asleep straight away. Combine that with the terrible style and plot, this book can only be described as indigestible. No more Nicholas Sparks for me, thank you!
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August 10, 2008
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August 17, 2008
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Started Reading
August 28, 2008
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Finished Reading
October 13, 2008
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December 7, 2008
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July 14, 2016
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Aug 12, 2008 10:56PM

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ja, aber ich konnte mich nicht an die Antwort erinnern. auf jeden fall weißt du dann aber auch schon, dass du den mal gucken sollst ;)



ich glaube das ist ein Fall von "Film ist besser"...

also erst mal Abstand nehmen, vergessen und dann irgendwann Film genießen ;)


Und ich fand die Handlung einfach nur so unglaubwuerdig... wenn die beiden aelter gewesen waeren, vielleicht so 19, 20 Jahre und sich dann zehn Jahre spaeter wieder getroffen haetten, haette das die ganze Sache sehr viel besser gemacht, glaub ich. Und die Dialoge waren ja einfach nur mies!
Ach, ich weiss nich, irgendwie nur schmalzig... :) Hab zu viel Lebenserfahrung jetzt... hehe ;) aber den Film guck ich mir vielleicht mal an.



Yeah, I still remember it now and it's been a while since I've read it!! Gee, I still remember the waffling and excruciating detail... Glad I'm not the only one! ;)

And seriously... the last book I read with that much God-awful description was one by Tolkein and it was almost 500 pages long. My copy of The Notebook was 213 pages long and somehow still felt like an 800-pager. It just shows you how little he had to write about if he can use that much description and still only get 213 pages out of it.
I have had nearly all of his books on my shelf at one point and have only finished two of them... all the rest I have given away about halfway through.

I don't think I could have put it better: "unimaginative, spiritless and full of clichés"! Absolutely to the point. You're not alone, Muphyn!

Haha, thanks MrsRK! It's been so long since I read that I can basically not remember a thing (other than that I thought it was incredibly boring).
Muphyn wrote: "It's been so long since I read that I can basically not remember a thing"
Sometimes the best thing is to forget a bad experience...
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Sometimes the best thing is to forget a bad experience...
;-)