Bookworm Review, Romance- A walk to Remember

[legna]

A Walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is one of those authors that you tend to pick up by accident. Luckily for me, I did.

Set in the 1950's, A walk to Remember is the story of an old man, remembering the love that would change his life forever. Landon, for 1950's standards, is a rebel- He sneaks out of his house to eat peanuts on graves. The local ministers daughter- Jaimme- is known for helping sick animals an volenteering at the local orphanage. Landon and Jaimee are thrown together when Landon decides to take Drama as a "gravy" class instead of Chemistry.

Unfortantly, this book shows none of the usual panaz that I have come to respect Sparks for. At best it's a light read with some touching moments thrown in. Moments that should be touching and heartwreching are not dwelt on enough, nor do we get a full respect for his feelings for Jaimee.

I would rather classify this book as a teen novel than one for adults.

Rating
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5 stars out of 10

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*****SPOILERS BELOW!*****

Notes on the Movie vs the Book
There are some glaring differences between the movie and book, and other than the basic storyline, not much is followed- which actually makes the movie better than the book in many ways.
The first major difference is the time. The book is set in the 1950's, while the movie takes place in modern times. Also, When Jaimee tells Landon she has cancer, the movie this takes place over the summer, while in the book it is over winter break.
In the movie, Landon is forced to do the school play which is writen by a student, however in the book he takes drama because it's easy and the play is writen by Jaimee's father about her mother. The tutoring replaces the orphanage.
Jaimee doesn't have a "list" in the book, she only wants to get married. Also, when they marry, she has to be supported down the aisle and pauses in the middle because she is so weak. She sits in a wheelchair during the ceremony, and Landon and her father kneel so they are at eye level.
Landons father has a different career.
All in all, there are many many small differences, that make the movie move along quicker and end up being more intresting and powerful.

[Film Hobbit]

When you mentioned Landon's father's career it made me think.

It really was an incredibly powerful moment, when Landon finds out she has incurable cancer and he races to his estranged father, a doctor, expecting him to fix her and make it "all better". It's when he realizes there is no way to make it all better, and that his father can do nothing, that he really for the first time "grows up." What a great device! If his father had a different career in the book, that little nugget would have been totally lost in it. That alone is enough to convince me that the film is better than the book.

[legna]

Yes. That moment is totally lost in the book.
The book has Landons father coming home and paying for her to stay at home with nursing, but nothing like the movie.

[Film Hobbit]

Mmm. I'll avoid the book. Good movie though. Especially considering who is in it.

[legna]

Normally Sparks things are a lot better. I do like this book, but it's more of a light read.