Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Dear John
An angry rebel, John dropped out of school and enlisted in the Army,
not knowing what else to do with his life--until he meets the girl of his
dreams, Savannah. Their mutual attraction quickly grows into the kind of
love that leaves Savannah waiting for John to finish his tour of duty, and
John wanting to settle down with the woman who captured his heart. But
9/11 changes everything. John feels it is his duty to re-enlist. And sadly,
the long separation finds Savannah falling in love with someone else. Dear
John, the letter read...and with those two words, a heart was broken and
two lives were changed forever. Returning home, John must come to
grips with the fact that Savannah, now married, is still his true love--and
face the hardest decision of his life.
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I really enjoyed Reading Dear John. In a nutshell, the story follows a
twenty three year old in the military who met the girl of his dreams at the
beach: Savannah Lynn Curtis. They are together for a few years and then
after 9/11, he decides to stay in the army and she ends up with her best
friend.
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The beginning of the book was lovely. I have never been so engaged in a
book. Their connection is magical and when they were together it felt so
natural to me. From the first day they met at the beach, and when they
went back to 'the house' for Barbecue, to when they went to the hamburger
joint or the shrimp shack. You could tell that they were truly in love with
each other. They wanted to spend every moment together. She takes him
to the house her and her college friends are building, and tells him that she
had almost been raped and that she hadn't really been with anyone in a
long time. She also tells John she loves him for the first time.
One afternoon, John goes looking for her and finds her at the pier, crying
her eyes out. Basically, she was sad about him returning to Germany and
leaving her. But she also gives him a book and states her belief that his
father had asperger's. He didn't take it too well, and stormed off, and
ended up getting into a fight with Randy, but punched Tim, Savannah's
best friend in the whole wide world, in the nose.
Savannah takes John's leaving hard, but promised to write to him, and that
she did.
*When John returned to North Carolina their chemistry was still strong, but
less so than it was in the beginning. They fight a little because John
doesn't like her taking him to see her friends all of the time. He got real
mad one evening when she came home late from teaching. That night,
they make love for the first time, and the spark is rekindled.
*They John's dad has heart attacks and gets sick, bed ridden practically. It
breaks John's heart, but grows closer to his father and comes to
appreciated their relationship more than he had. While back in Germany,
after a few months, John gets a 'Dear John' letter. He is crushed to learn
she has fallen in love with another man. Then his Dad dies and he
arranged the funeral, and ends up in Lenoir, and after many years, sees
Savannah at her home feeding the horses. It really upset me that they
were still so in love with each other, but couldn't be together. She ended up
marrying Tim by the way, which was very annoying. She should have
waited for John. He is in the Hospital with Melanoma and is getting treated
for it. Savannah tells John about how sad it is, and everything. They end
up almost kissing, and then he sees her naked. That killed me. I knew they
both wanted to be together and her choice to marry Tim was even more
annoying. WHY DIDN'T SHE WAIT FOR JOHN? I know it's morbid, but i
was hoping Tim would die and they would end up together, but they didn't.
Their last words are spoken in a parking lot, and they never hear from
each other again. I really enjoyed this book. It was the first Romance novel
i ever read, and am starting The notebook. I am also looking forward to
watching Dear john the movie!
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