𝕵𝖆𝖒𝖎𝖊:
𝕴 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖓 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖚𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖑, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘, 𝕴 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖉𝖔𝖓’𝖙 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖆𝖌𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖇𝖊. 𝕯𝖔𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚?”
𝕷𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖔𝖓:
“𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑,” 𝕴 𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖉, 𝖙𝖗𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝖇𝖑𝖚𝖋𝖋, “𝕴 𝖉𝖔𝖓’𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖊’𝖗𝖊 𝖒𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖎𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊. 𝕴 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖜𝖊 𝖏𝖚𝖘𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖙𝖍.”
𝓐 𝓦𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓣𝓸 𝓡𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻
I can still remember the feeling I had had as a child when I first saw that movie starring Shane West and Mandy Moore… Back to the days when we still watch as a whole family in the cinemas #Pre-NetflixEra 😂✌️ I remember feeling so wistful and thinking, “I want to have a pure love just like that one, minus the sad ending” ♥️
So this is one of the rare books that I got to read only after I watched the adaptation. And what I noticed was how different it was from the movie. I don’t know if it’s just me but in my opinion, the book has a totally different vibe. It’s set in the 1950s, and it’s really a slow, quiet book, typical of a Nicholas Sparks novel. On the other hand, the movie was, hmmm, somewhat fun and exciting?😅 But I suppose it captured exactly what moviegoers would go for, though. But I have to note, that I didn’t picture Mandy Moore at all while reading it. For me, Mandy Moore has that mischievous-sort-of-sexy look, no matter how plain they made her look in the film 😂 And I just couldn’t picture her as Jamie as I read). And Landon, in my mind looked like a young Nicholas Sparks and not Shane West (imo he’s too good-looking, when Landon is such an average guy in the book). And oh, Landon in the book isn’t really a rebel/bad boy, unlike how he’s portrayed in the movie.
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Other notable differences include: 1. There is no diving involved in the book, like that opening scene where one of their gang nearly died. 2. Landon was not given punishment/community service in the book. Rather, they exchanged favors and just got close through all the walking and talking they did after the play rehearsals. 3. There is no kissing scene in the play (I remember how my mother even covered my eyes in the cinema back then! 👀😂) 4. Instead of the star-watching they did in the film, they watched a spectacular sunset instead. 5. The minister is 72 years old “with an almost translucent skin* in the book but the minister looked young (and even handsome) in the movie ✌️ 6. They added a confrontation scene with Landon and his father in the film I also thought the book missed on that 😊 Well, tbh, I understand all the changes, for it would be such a boring movie if they didn’t revise the scenes.
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With no “Only Hope” song or “Dancing in the Moonlight” background music, this is a no-frills, confessional, coming-of-age/romantic novel… But when I didn’t cry at all in the movie, I cried buckets at the end of the book. An ugly cry, really, with the snot and all 😢😂. But it’s such a good cry.🥺
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Overall, It’s a short novel with tons of lessons in its pages.💛 I’d definitely recommend it to everyone, young and old, and whether you have watched the movie or not. 4.5/5 📖
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P. S.
It’s been raining cats and dogs here in my area for the past two days. But I’ve been warming myself up with afternoon tea and a cozy read… I hope you’re all staying safe and warm in your area, too 💛 And I know everything looks dismal (especially here in PH), but like Jamie, let’s all trust in the Lord’s plan for now. 🙏 Happy weekend, bookworms! 🤗 #books #book #awalktoremember #nicholassparks
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