Reviews with content warning for Dementia - The Notebook

Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

13 reviews

xvicesx's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

It's a pity that negative stars are not available, because this thing deserves them. What the hell is this?! I lasted precisely one chapter and 5 paragraphs. The first chapter on account of it being some sort of introduction so I thought it might get better when it wasn't that specific character talking. But merciful gods, the next chapter does not get any better and it's painfully boring to read. I've read authors who barely get middling ratings who would still write better than this while sitting on the toilet for a number 2.

Ugh. The hype is not real, do not torture yourself with this.

Content Warnings

shams96's review against another edition

Go to review page

funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

I still really love this book. Noah and Allie have my heart.

Content Warnings

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

Rating: 3.5/5 stars

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

Content Warnings

leysoular's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 ⭐️

This was a good read. It was short, and it was really good to read it knowing the plot of the film. It’s one of my favourite films, again it’s a forbidden romance and it’s the trope that will always interest me the most. (The forbidden romance I like is the kind where two people are so obsessed with each other and are literally made for each other however there is something stopping them being together, I am not interested in forbidden romance like age gaps or anything dodgy like Credence 😭cus I think that’s what people automatically assume with the trope lol)

I think the trope resonates because it’s what I have always suffered with the most myself. It’s part of my healing. In a way I wanted to read this book right now to teach me certain things and make me question things or provoke certain thoughts and growth.

I’ve added so many tabs to bits I either find really poetic or just damn cute or idk seeing both of them obsesses with each other, inside and out is always what I love most. Bits I’d love to look back at really and remember what romance is like lol.

If you’re talking writing wise it’s interesting to see the differences in the way the book is written vs the film. I prefer the film for the flashback scenes of them young in the 1940s that are written in literally one small paragraph Lmaoo. They did an amazing job adapting the depth of the book into film. I still like the film more but reading the notebook was a good experience. I did like the book, Sparks does write some amazing poetic and beautiful words especially when being so heartfelt with certain characters in their dialogue feelin so real and romantic, however in certain scenes I find his writing to be a bit long and idk too descriptive maybe when he’s writing settings or describing moments. I don’t see myself reading any of his other books though, I just have an interest in the notebook specifically I think.

Noah is one of the best MMC just husband material af, of course lol. Allie feels like a bit of me in a way, even if she is more confident than me etc. I see myself in her for certain things. In the way she is an artist, the way she always has to make the hardest decisions in her life :( and being brave

Most of this will not make sense for anyone else but myself without the context I have in my head Lmaoo😂. This is more like a reading journal for me ig. 🤫

Content Warnings