Mooie boodschap van het boek. Maar het einde is wel een beetje jammer vind ik.

DISAPPOINTING!!!!!! This poor guy gives literally everything he has to a woman he loved for a few months when he was a kid and leaves himself with nothing by the age of 30 so she can help her sick husband live? Sorry - not the romantic story I was looking for. Yeah, it's great for little Miss Savanah, but poor John ends up 3o with his whole entire life ahead of him and nothing to show for his past (including the only things his father held dear) or to share with the family we have to hope he eventually has.

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks is one of those books I've developed a love/hate relationship with. I love, love, love the first part of the book, and I immediately fell for the main character, John Tyree. But when he gets his Dear John letter, it was all down hill from there, and I have to say I was left in angst. The ending is to some extent depressing, but I do have to give it to Sparks because he paints a realistic picture. However, someone needs to let the man know that he's writing fiction and sometimes, it's okay to have a happily ever after. His readers would surely appreciate it.

About the book… John Tyree's life is spiraling down hill when he decides to join the army. During a leave, he comes home and meets Savannah, and that's when his life takes a turn. They fall in love, and because of her, he learns how to forge a relationship with his father. He returns to his base in Germany with the hopes of coming home to Savannah when his tour is over. Then 9/11 hits, and he makes a choice that will change his life forever.

Great story, with a realistic yet off-of-the-charts sad ending. Let's just say, I'll proceed with caution when choosing another Sparks book in the future.

I loved this book. I found it really moving.

3.85 out of 5 stars

as much as i enjoyed this book, it just wasn't quite a 4 star.
i loved so many things about this book and it's one i definitely recommend, but i honestly think i'm going to enjoy the movie more.
it's not because i think it might be better, but just that i generally enjoy contemporary romances on screen better.

Sometimes you just have to read a sappy love story.
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks is a somewhat predictable love story between John, who is stationed in Germany on 9/11 and re-enlists in the Army, and Savannah, a naive college student who dreams of owning a horse ranch for people with autism. While their love seems deep, it is challenged by the distance of John's deployment.
Many details in the story's resolution were rather predictable, but that didn't make it any less enjoyable. In my opinion, Nicholas Sparks stories follow a certain pattern, and this one was no different.

Another great Nicholas Sparks romance novel. I love his work because he makes you laugh, cry, fall in love and always wish for the best in every novel that he writes. This story was a love story that people could relate to. It is a story about true love and is a wonderful read.

LUCIDI

É possibile fare un'analisi lucida di un libro letto ormai dieci anni fa? Per di più con gli occhi leggermente annebbiati?
Direi proprio di no. Quindi conviene spegnere del tutto il cervello, tralasciare la trama, ed accendere soltanto il cuore, raccontando solo le emozioni trasmesse.

Dopo aver letto qualche decina di pagine avevo intuito che era un libro della categoria "perfetto per essere gustato in un piccolo parco, seduto nell'erba umida, con la schiena appoggiata a un albero, ed il vento sulla faccia". Questo perché i personaggi erano realistici e tutti abbastanza sentimentali. Purtroppo era primavera, era una splendida settimana e non ho resistito. La definizione, che all'inizio avrebbe dovuto restare solo teorica, è diventata pratica. Dopo due giorni ho terminato il romanzo. Doveva esserci parecchio polline quella primavera, perché avevo gli occhi lucidi.

Un pregio dei libri di Sparks, in confronto ad altri autori sentimentali contemporanei, è che non puoi essere sicuro su come andranno a finire i suoi romanzi. Ti coinvolgono quindi maggiormente rispetto, ad esempio, ai divertenti libri di Sophie Kinsella. Se non vuoi correre un minimo rischio di soffrire (o di prenderti qualche allergia), non leggere Sparks. Se invece sei coraggioso, questi libri possono regalarti grandi emozioni. Per fare un esempio banale, tra i miei quattro libri preferiti di Nicholas Sparks, due finiscono bene, due non troppo. A questo punto non posso dirvi tutti i quattri titoli perché, per esclusione, potrei rivelarvi troppo. Il primo é sicuramente "Ricordati di guardare la luna" (il titolo originale è "Dear John"), il secondo non lo dico (potreste aver già visto il film), il terzo è "Ogni giorno della mia vita".

Consiglio sicuramente questo libro a chi è andato su internet a cercare la parola più bella del mondo. La risposta era Yakamoz, una parola turca che significa "spicchio di luna riflesso nell'acqua".
Romantici i turchi! Non come Sparks, ma romantici! Se vi capita di guardare al tramonto in un lago...

Segundo libro que leo del autor, aunque no me ha conquistado como Noches de tormenta, me ha gustado bastante por el hecho de que la mayor cantidad de páginas hace que los personajes tengan un desarrollo mucho más interesante.
Sufrí mucho con lo que pasa John, pero no hasta el extremo, probablemente porque él logra asimilar lo que le sucede y sigue adelante con su vida. Savannah fue la que no me terminó de conquistar del todo en ningún momento, aunque no sé a ciencia cierta porqué.
El romance es a su manera inocente y muy llevadero, con el correspondiente drama que al parecer no puede faltar en las historias del autor. Como el narrador es John vemos mucho más su historia que la de la protagonista, por lo que me resultaron más cercanos los hechos, especialmente cuando hablaba de su experiencia en el ejército y junto a su padre.
Hay momentos lindos, y momentos que son puro drama, pero la historia a pesar de ser de alguna forma simple, resalta por su realismo y el gran caudal de sentimientos que posee. Una vez más he terminado encantada con la prosa de Sparks. Muy recomendable.

4/5 ⭐️
Love finds you in the most unexpected times. Roller coaster of emotions with this book, most good.

I watched the movie before I read the book yeah yeah I know!

So... this book felt like meh for me... It's like nothing really happens in this story.
I don't care about war or military so when John was in Germany or Irak or whatever I was bored.
I hated Savannah so when they were together I was annoyed.

I loved John's dad.
I loved how real the story felt.
I loved that it's not a typical happy ending.

But... in my opinion... the movie was a little bit better than the book (even if I didn't LOVED the movie)

John comes from a single parent home, and had a rough relationship with his father. He joins the army a few years after high-school, because he realized he didn’t like where his life was headed. John meets and falls in love with Savannah one week’s time while he is on leave. They make plans to spend the rest of their lives together; however the world gets in their way. John, feeling patriotic after 9/11, re-ups in the army and heads off to the middle-east for 3 years. I thought the story was realistic in the way they grew apart. Well, Savannah grew, and John didn’t because he is stuck in a war zone and all he has to focus on is his love at home. I have no doubt this happened too many times throughout this war.

John’s relationship with his father was really interesting. Savannah, a special education psychology major, helps John understand that his father has Asperger’s. Knowing this, it changes how he’s felt about him his entire life.

The heroine is a little too sugary, and the story is a little sad, but I did really like Dear John. The title alone is enough to make you depressed. Apparently I am a glutton for punishment, because I am now a fan of the author. Whatever, Mr. Sparks.