Dear John http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Dear-John-Nicholas-Sparks/9780446567336

By Nicholas Sparks

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Paperback, 352 pages

Release Date:

1 December 2009

Sparks's #1 "New York Times" bestseller is now the subject of a new major motion picture, directed by Lasse Hallstrom ("Chocolat") and starring Channing Tatum ("G.I. Joe") and Amanda Seyfreid ("Mamma Mia"), scheduled to open in February 2010. Reissue.

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Hot on the heels of True Believer and sequel At First Sight, Sparks returns with the story of ne'er-do-well-turned-army-enlistee John Tyree, 23, and well-to-do University of North Carolina special education major Savannah Lynn Curtis. John, who narrates, has been raised by a socially backward single postal-worker dad obsessed with coin collecting (he has Asperger's syndrome). John bypasses college for the overseas infantry; Savannah spends her college summers volunteering. When they meet, he's on leave, and she's working with Habitat for Humanity (he rescues her sinking purse at the beach). John has a history of one-night stands; Savannah's a virgin. He's an on-and-off drinker; she's a teetotaler. Attraction and values conflict the rest of the summer, but the deal does not close. Savannah longs for John to come home; her friend Tim longs to have a relationship with her. On the brink of John and Savannah's finally getting together, 9/11 happens, and John re-ups. Savannah's letters come less and less frequently, and before you know it, he receives the expected "Dear John" letter. Sparks's novel brims with longing. (Oct. 30) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
ISBN:	0446567337
EAN:	9780446567336
Dimensions:	17.27 x 10.82 x 2.39 centimeters (0.17 kg)
Age Range:	15+ years

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4.0 out of 5 based on 5 reviews. 4 of 5 Stars! – Customer review on 27/04/2010

Dear John starts in the present day with John watching Savannah from afar and thinking about how much he loves her and why their relationship dissolved. He then takes the reader back in time and narrates the story of their love.

There is, unfortunately, not much more to say about the book. Dear John has a pretty formulaic plot. Although Sparks is one of the first to set the age old boy meets girl love story in the modern, post-9/11 world.

The interactions between John and his father create a nice sub-plot, and the descriptions of North Carolina were interesting to me.

Overall, I would describe Dear John as light reading that is not painful to read. If you need some beach reading it will give you a few hours to escape.