The Notebook

In my communications class we are asked to make a couple blog posts a week. This week I decided to do a review of The Notebook, which I recently just finished reading. In the novel, The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks, yet again, appeals to any readers emotional side. Throughout the book the reader feels gushy over Noah and Allie's love story, angry at Allie's mother for hiding the letters and compassionate for Noah and Allie's situation as they are growing older. I recently finished reading the notebook this past weekend and couldn't help but feel touched by Noah and Allie's story. The setting of the book in New Bern, South Carolina, a small town and in the countryside at an old plantation house along the river, adds to the magical feel of the story. The best chapter of the book is when Noah and Allie are reunited after years of being separated and Noah takes Allie in his canoe up the river to feed hundreds of swans. Noah and Allie's story was truly inspiring. Publishers Weekly stated, "Early on, Noah claims that theirs may be either a tragedy or a love story, depending on the perspective. Ultimately, the judgment is up to readers be they cynics or romantics. For the latter, this will be a weeper."