The Notebook

lawyer, Allie couldn’t wonder no longer. She traveled afar to seek the only one who could answer her remaining questions, Noah. From the minute Allie arrived, they were inseparable. They talked, reminisced, laughed, and enjoyed one another’s company. Allie asked of Noah’s father who passed away months before and of Fin, a childhood friend who lost his life in war. Allie saw that Noah only had Clem, his three-legged dog that he saved from abandonment and Gus, a seventy-year-old black man who lived down the road and visited occasionally. All Noah could think about was her engagement to Lon and trying to keep it cool between the two. He wondered of why she wasn’t pursuing her dream as an artist and found that no one saw her talent except her college professor and himself. At Noah’s surprise, Allie agreed to meet again the next day. They spent the day together and the night in each other’s arms. The next morning Anne Nelson, Allie’s mother who kept all of Noah’s letter from the summer they left New Bern to the very last, arrived with unexpected news. Allie had to make a choice, a choice she couldn’t bare, a choice that would change both Noah and Allie’s lives forever. Should you follow your heart or should you do what’s right in other people’s eyes?         My favorite part of this book would be the three days of reuniting and the letters they wrote to each other throughout their life together. I think it’s so romantic how they rekindled their love so easily like there was no separation whatsoever and yet at first they tried denying it. The best and most heart-felt part was when after Allie left the first day, Noah whispered, “She’s engaged,” and broke down and cried. And the letters were so touching, especially the last letter Allie wrote to Noah. I just want to cry every time I read it.         I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to cry because this book will make you cry. Also to whoever wants to hope for love because though this love may seem unbelievable, Nicholas Sparks had to be inspired by the same kind of love to be able to put it down on paper.