The Best of Me: A Novel by Nicholas
Sparks
Genre: Mainstream Fiction, Love, Gentle
Appeals:
Pacing – Sparks builds emotion through slow scenes meant to capture the different moments of Amanda and Dawson’s relationship.
Characterization – Realistic characters that are
easy to relate to who face realistic challenges that are presented throughout the course of the story.
Storyline – A heartwarming and heartbreaking journey for two individuals who were told they were wrong for each other but yet truly loved one another.
Tone/Mood – Sparks book a tone that is realistic
and melancholy.
Frame/Setting – Small town North Carolina
Read Alikes:
In A
Class By Itself by Sandra Brown
Mike,
Mike and Me by Wendy Markham
The
Last Time I Saw You I by Elizabeth Berg
Bring
Me Home For Christmas by Robyn Carr
A Lady
of His Own by Stephanie Laurens
When I ask what authors people like when helping with installing the Overdrive app so they can read e-books on their tablets, Nicholas Sparks is one of the most mentioned names. I've never read anything by him, but I keep his name in mind when helping with Overdrive. (My go-to mental list also includes James Patterson because he has books in so many different categories, the Lightning Thief, and Bueno Nacho -- a Kim Possible story.)
ReplyDeleteThis was the first Nicholas Sparks I read. I found that it was about what I thought it was. I was surprised that the prose was a bit more than I thought it would be. In my opinion, nothing special but nothing wrong with it. Certainly something I could recommend to patrons if they are asking about a certain type of book.
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