25 August, 2014

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

My eyes welled up, tears rolled down the cheeks, I was lying on bed flipping through the last few pages of the novel when the story is at its climax. My eyes couldn’t hold tears. I let it flow. Until this, I haven’t realized how emotional I am. How easily I could break down. As Nicholas Sparks took me through the height of his novel, each line is a droplet in the ocean of my tear-filled eyes.

The novel is intricately woven with threads of love, family and friends. Of course the waves and tides along the ocean ride of life.

The main characters include Kim, Steve, Ronnie, Jonah, Will, Blaze and Marcus. Kim is a single mother finding her way for her second love with Brian. She has a daughter and a son; Ronnie and Jonah. Their father Steve is away from New York, living a solitary new life in Wilmington, North Carolina. The story in between, connects the characters: Will,  Tom, Susan, Megan, Blaze, Marcus, Lance, Teddy, Scott, Pastor Harris, and others as Ronnie and Jonah sets for summer vacation with their father in Wilmington. The story gains momentum here.

The story turns wavy: low to high, high to low, sad to happy, happy to sad in Wilmington on vacationing their summer with  father whom they haven’t met for last three years, since he had moved from New York. Ronnie had never talked and responded to letters and calls her father made. She hadn’t been in good terms with her mother at home. Visiting her father isn’t her best time to see off summer. However, under duress, she consents to her mother to spend summer with her father who had been desperately starving to see his daughter growing to become a woman in a year and his growing son who is ten. He wants to make sure that his children understand why he’d moved away from them though that wasn’t his option. 

Ronnie falls in love with Will. Both of them love each other despite knowing the fact that the summer vacation shall set them apart. However, they remain adamant on their love. They’ve found common ground of love that synced. The summer seems flying as she spends time with Will.

With time she also starts loving her father whom she hated seeing. In a speck of few weeks of summer, she has changed a lot. She has undergone hell and heaven modification in her behavior, her attitude in a whole. The love around beautiful summer at Wilmington has done a lot to her as much as happiness between father and a daughter. She has seen different person in his father whom she thought otherwise. She thinks he is the best father she could have, a father who sees lot in his children. The summer goes beautifully with ambient love in family and Ronnie’s love with Will.


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Their happiness is found short lived when Steve, the father feels ill of cancer which was known to himself, Kim and Pastor Harris. That was the same reason why he’d insisted Kim to send them with him for summer vacation and she has accepted his request. He wanted to spend his remaining days with his children whom he missed those three years since he moved away from New York.

Finally he succumbs to this terminal illness leaving his daughter and a son. But he has taught them a lot in a short summer they spent together. As a father, he did his duty to instill life lessons. Those were miracles.

The story ends on happy note: Will comes to New York for his studies and meets his charming Princess Ronnie.

The story is wrapped with lessons. I have enjoyed going through. My eyes were literally glued to the pages of the novel until the last page. The novel has lot to say of love, family and friends. Hate can turn into love and vice-versa. It largely delves into how relationships can turn sour and revert to its normalcy of sweetness. How relations once hurt and wounded can heal again. It also lessons how vital is the time of parents to their children to read correctly of each other.

I can bet many would break into tears if you read this novel, Nicholas Sparks is capable of it. Message in a Bottle is no less than this. Next in my to-read-list is The Note Book which is unfortunately out of stock in many stores last time I visited. That is really popular selling Novel and I should find it sooner. I can’t wait to read it soon but I have some preparation to do in between. I will read it one day sooner.





39 comments:

  1. Will find this book one day! Keep reading Sangay! :)

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    1. Madam Rima, you won't regret going through. Your eyes shall water to burst into tears.

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  2. Sir geee...I really liked your usage of the words...really wonderful. I enjoy reading your articles...yeah! this book is really wonderful...Nice

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    1. Thanks Sancha sir for your words. Keep visiting.

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  3. It seems you have enjoyed this novel thoroughly. I also love his novels - eloquent and rich in sentiments. So far I have read his 'A bend in the Road' and 'A rescue'. They offered me good read. BTW my resolution for 2014 was to read all his novels. But it seems I am already on my way to drifting them away. Sangay thanks for the reminder. I will pick one copy and read it for myself. Your review will help me now. Thank you!

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    1. You have rightly put of him, about his novel. His novels are sentimental. So, far I have read two; Message in a Bottle and The Last Song. What you read looks tempting. I should read those too. Thanks bro for the comments.

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  4. Usually, I don't read novels but your beautiful description encourages me to read it. Beautifully woven writings brother. Keep it up. Take care. :)

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    1. Thanks Ugyen for your beautiful words. It only fuels my energy to read and blog on. Reading must be one habit in common. Keep visiting.

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    2. Nice review and is inspiring. I have seen but never read even one of his books. I am afraid when will the time teach me to read one.

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  5. I too read only the philosophical, religion and leadership related books, however having inspired by Sir Sangay's words will go for novels too.

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    1. I don't know many great authors as I've read very little. But I know when I have completed two novels by Nicholas Sparks, he surely sparks a lot of feelings for the readers.Thanks Norbu sir for the comments. Novels are interesting indeed.

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  6. Beautiful and open post. I think tears help us release emotions and cleanse our hearts. Your post is thoughtful, thank you for sharing it with me!

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    1. I couldn't further hold tears nor my eyes deep enough to store pacing tear drops. Definitely it helps as you said. Thanks for your comment. Keep visiting.

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  7. I have seen this. Looks really amazing. Thanks for sharing your point of view.

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    1. Lady, thanks for the comment and your visit.

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  8. I did read a few of my books but I didn't like that they all ended the same. I'm told a couple of his books have happy endings, but I haven't found one yet! It became a little predictable after a while. I think men who write romantic novels have to make it end unhappily to add some testosterone to it!

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    1. Stephanie Faris, You're correct about The Last Song. It has happy ending but if you could read 'A Message in a Bottle', this has unhappy ending. Thanks Stephanie for the visit and comment.

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  9. Everyone says his books are really good - I need to pick one up.

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    1. Literally your eyes would be pasted. Pick one and validate. Thanks L. Diane for the visit. Keep visiting

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  10. It's a wonderful book ...
    Very good post ....

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    1. Thanks Margie for your Comment. This book is wonderful and I expect no less of other books of his authorship. Keep visiting.

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  11. Your words had my heart captured Sangay sir. The descriptions you had put into are simply amazing. I too like his novel. His works are overwhelming. Of all I like 'A walk to renember' and 'Dear John', of course the one you mentioned is as good :) Loved your post. Good Day!

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    1. 'A walk to remember' * typo error :p

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    2. Thanks Leki for your beautiful comment. My appetite is no less for his novels. I would love to read 'A walk to remember', it looks appealing, thanks for bringing it up. Thanks.

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  12. the book is good... loved the story, like every other story of Nicholas spark. However the end was a little off. The suspense about the mother was an interesting flip. It was a nice wiggle knowing that all emotions she had initially harbored about her father were based on wrong assumptions, But the end- I found that a little bit of cliché..:)

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    1. Monica, thanks for the comment and dropping by. I enjoy reading his books. Keep visiting.

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  13. I discovered Nicholas Sparks and his novels a couple years ago-He is an awesome writer-I usually end up crying too by the end of his books-I am waiting for one to come out in paperbook next month

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    1. Kathyinozarks, I agree with you, he is an awesome writer at least for my taste of reading. Thanks for the visit and leaving comment. Keep visiting.

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  14. this post is the most capturing one i found in your blog, i would love to read that books for sure. I already made a lot of list through blogs i follow to read. i don't know when but i will read for sure. Keep reading and keep writing sangay...Nice!

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    1. Thanks Tshewang sir for your words, it only fuels up my inspiration to read on more. I am sure you would love the book. Keep visiting.

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  15. I saw the movie, but have not read the book. It sounds like the book was better than the movie. I love when novels stir you to tears.

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    1. More than movie, I prefer books. Movie, the flavor is gone in few hours but books, longer I can savor. Thanks Sherry for your comments.

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  16. I LOVE Nicholas Sparks' books, and "The Last Song" is one of my favorite. It sounds like you reacted to it exactly as I did.

    Happy weekend!

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    1. Susan, thanks. Our tastes are same here. You reacted no less than me. Keep visiting.

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  17. Sangay, I really like the way you write. Please keep writing, and never ever stop. i can see energy and some edge in you. I appreciate the consistency of your blog. Note that many bloggers, who are hungry initially looses track later on and they disappear. I used to write frequently, but I lost the interest and now I am trying to write again, and this time it seems really hard and void. Don't let writers/bloggers blog get you. You are really a fine blogger.
    As for me, I never read Nicholos Sparks. heard that his writing style is really good. BTW do you read/ like John Grisham or Stephen King? If you have read their works, good. If not please, please do that. I bet you will like it.

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    1. Thanks Dawa for your wonderful words, though it comes undeserved. I can only deserve those words of yours on the ground to read more and keep blogging going. I would definitely love to read your mentions but for now I am with "At First Sight" by Nicholas Sparks again. I have added your mentions in my To-Read-List. Thanks.

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  18. Sangay, I really enjoyed your heartfelt review of "The Last Song" by Nicholas Sparks. I think I would enjoy this book very much. Have a great day!

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    1. Thanks Fundy, for stepping in and leaving comment. Keep visiting.

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