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shams96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Dementia
Minor: Child death
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The second chance love story of Noah and Allie that inspired the hit movie.
I’m not a huge movie person, but THE NOTEBOOK is one of my favorite movies of all time, and one of fairly few I have intentionally watched without reading the book first. I set out to read the book at LEAST a decade ago, and never got through it. Fast forward to my 2024 goal of finishing all my past DNFs and it was finally time to revisit this one!
This is one of the rare unicorns out there—that is, a situation where the movie is better than the book. Mild spoilers ahead for why!
I felt like the book cut out so much of the early parts of Noah and Allie’s relationship, which is the part of the movie I love the most, and skipped over huge chunks of dialogue (honestly, they don’t talk much), which is what makes the movie what it is. It also felt more focused on cheating…yes, Allie does technically cheat on Lon in the movie too, but *for me* the presentation there made me feel wholly different than it does here. And finally, the ending: the movie ending is gorgeous, and the book just feels…odd, and slightly icky.
CW: Dementia/Alzheimer’s; infidelity; death
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Dementia
thatgirlgeorgia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Dementia
ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, and Abandonment
sylvermist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
For me, a book review also means the story behind my reading of that particular book. This book was sitting unread on my dorm table for a couple of years, and I borrowed it from my friend Fariha on whose tabke it sat for another couple of years, and before that she had borrowed it from her another friend (...). So at this point, none of us has any idea who the original owner of this book is!
I've felt three things reading this book-
- A deep urge to live like Noah, surrounding by the nature, doing things that make me happy, enjoying the little things.
- Really afraid to get old.
- Realizing again, that Romance is not my genre :'3
Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol and War
alyssapusateri's review against another edition
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Classism
Moderate: Alcohol and War
_alyannaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
jfield351's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Dementia
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
jennsp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Dementia, and Grief