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A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks

3 reviews

l_butterflies777's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely love the ending and how they circled back to the love story they heard on Halloween with the candles</spoiler >

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livannereads's review

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

An odd choice for a favorite- but my favorite Sparks book. It’s one I come back to again and again because one) there’s no movie to warp my picture of it and two) the ending resolves naturally. Do I find some of Miles’s actions questionable? Yes but not in a completely far out way. I find the morality of Sarah a little off putting sometimes because she doesn’t really come across as a character with any flaws, but then again, even though this is a “romance” the story isn’t really about her.
I figured out whodunnit pretty early on, but was still hooked enough to want to keep going to see how everything unraveled.

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mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book by Sparks primarily kept my attention due to the mystery surrounding who killed Miles Ryan's wife, rather than the actual romance between Miles and Sarah. So my third star goes to that plot line; the romance especially towards the end didn't really sell me.

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