A review by clairebartholomew549
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
4.0
Entering my reviews over from my old Goodreads profile I unearthed recently...here are some super sappy thoughts from 2010-era 15-year-old Claire!
What's so frustrating about this book - and Nicholas Sparks in general - is that it all starts out so amazing and then ends horrifically and unhappily. And it makes a lot of sense, because if we don't get a happy ending, it's just a simple love story. Which is wonderful, of course. But Sparks wouldn't be able to keep his job if he just kept writing "simple love stories." So really, I understand the need for an unhappy ending. It's poetic and makes you cry and all that. And it especially made sense with this book. I knew it couldn't end happily. And by the end of the book, I didn't want it to.
What's so frustrating about this book - and Nicholas Sparks in general - is that it all starts out so amazing and then ends horrifically and unhappily. And it makes a lot of sense, because if we don't get a happy ending, it's just a simple love story. Which is wonderful, of course. But Sparks wouldn't be able to keep his job if he just kept writing "simple love stories." So really, I understand the need for an unhappy ending. It's poetic and makes you cry and all that. And it especially made sense with this book. I knew it couldn't end happily. And by the end of the book, I didn't want it to.