It was cute and slow and charming. It was a very casual feel good easy read. I didn’t need to be engaged the whole time and the mystery led to a different direction towards the end. It was a sweet ending that for some reason, I didn’t see coming even though the author left Easter eggs throughout the entire book hinting at it. Very cute. All small town stories always make me consider living a small town life one day.

To be honest, I feel defensive of Nicholas Sparks sometimes. No his books aren't great literature, but a lot of them are actually really good stories. Why do you think they made so many movies based on his books?

However, this is not one of those stories. There is not enough plot to justify the number of pages in this book, and it really needed another editing pass (if it had one at all? I found a typo.) And the action that did take place felt messy and thrown in. Why have a character run away from home only to have someone find her and bring her back the very next day? Why have a character tell a huge lie at a pivotal moment only to have the character's mother expose the truth a day later? The plot points didn't make sense, nor did they feel true to how a real human being would react.

Sorry NS, but I can't defend you on this one.

Kitabın orjinal ismi True Believer. Ben gerilim kitabı diye aldım aşk romanı çıktı. İyi ki de gerilim zannetmişim yoksa böyle güzel bir kitaptan yoksun kalacaktım. Sonuna kadar zevkle ve ilgiyle okudum. Neden gerilim zannetiğimi de kitabın orjinalinin arka kapağını okuyanlar anlayacaktır.

Kitabın isminin Aşka İnanınca olarak çevirilmesi uygun olmamış. Kitabı okumayan kimseler mi bunları çeviriyor anlamıyorum. Hiç bir iyi çevirmen kitabı okuduktan sonra True Believer ismini Aşka İnanınca olarak çevirmez. Gelişigüzel olmuş.

Kitabın iki baskısının da kapak fotoğrafı rezalet ötesi. Adam ve kadını tarif edildiği gibi seçmemişler bile. Yayıncıyı çok özensiz buldum. İnşaat firması çevirse böyle plur. İnsanların güzel kitaba ulaşmasını engellemişler bir bakıma. Çünkü kimse ismine ve kapağına bakıp bu kitabı almaz. Kimbilir raflarda böyle kaç tane güzel olup da isim ve kapak yüzünden okuyucuyu kaçıran kitap var…

Leggere questo libro è stata un'agonia. Inutilmente lungo, lento, pieno di fuffa. Il difetto peggiore sono i personaggi, che hanno tutti l'intelletto di una cimice (senza offesa alle cimici). Sono fastidiosissimi, hanno dialoghi inverosimili e al limite dell'imbarazzante, detto anche cringe.
Non parliamo poi dei protagonisti. Lui, tale Jeremy, il classico bellone ma dal cuore tenero; lei, Lexie (odiosa già dal nome), lo stereotipo della donna tosta ma fragile. Insopportabili. Lui è un ratto ossessionato dal formaggio (= Lexie), ma invece di ossessione lo chiama "amore" per non rischiare l'arresto. Lei uno dei personaggi femminili più sbagliati che abbia mai incontrato: saccente, lunatica, maschilista quanto basta, una piaga.
Quello che non capisco è a chi sia indirizzato questo "romanzo". Alle adolescenti che sognano l'amore? No, perché questo libro descrive un sentimento finto e noioso. Inoltre i giovani lettori faticherebbero ad immedesimarsi nei protagonisti, visto che Jeremy e Lexie hanno più di trent'anni. (Sì. Questi due cerebrolesi HANNO PIÙ DI TRENTA ANNI.) Ma allora il lettore ideale è forse un adulto, magari proprio una donna sulla trentina innamorata dell'amore? No, perché a pagina 10 avrebbe già capito che è più interessante leggere le istruzioni d'uso di uno shampoo. Sostanzialmente non capisco proprio chi potrebbe leggere ed apprezzare questo libro. Sarò cinica io, che non credo nell'ammore maggico? No.
Peccato non poter gettare questo libro alle braci perché l'ho preso in biblioteca (non ho speso soldi per questo spreco di carta), ma, a meno che non abbia un impulso masochista in futuro, questo è il mio primo e ultimo romanzo di Nicholas Sparks.

Красива казка про любов ☺️

This is my 12th Nicholas Sparks book that I have read.

Honestly I don't know why but most of Nicholas Sparks characters give me the creeps and I don't know what it is about them that gives me the creeps.

To be honest I wonder if this man ever gets writer's block, when he is writing a book. Out of all his books I think 'The Wish' has been one of my favourites. He does know how to cook up a decent love story and a mystery sometimes. I like that this book had talk of a library in this small town, it was so cozy and comforting. The ending of this book was sweet and cute. The one thing you can trust with his books is that they will make your heart melt. I felt like this book was some kind of soap opera that my mom would watch.

I think I enjoyed the plot line of the lights and the cemetery more than there love story in this book. I am kind of surprised that no one died at the end but also remembered that there is a second book after this one. Reading this book felt a little slow, so thank goodness for audiobooks. I also listened to the audiobook which helped a lot with this story. I like how he describes his character and brings them to life. I loved how fluffy this book was and how it was more focused on the romance aspect of the story. The one thing I hate about the audiobooks, is the music that they play during it, like I don't want to hear the music I just want to hear the talking of the person narrating the book. I didn't feel connected to the character in this book they were just very meh characters. I don't think I would read this book again though it just was not for me.

I’ve never read any other Nicholas Sparks books or seen The Notebook but I sincerely hope they’re light years better than this. I will give the author the benefit of the doubt and hope this is his first novel and that he’s still working out the kinks. Everything about this book - plot, characters (ESPECIALLY Jeremy - no, you shouldn’t stalk women in cemeteries, and no, you shouldn’t have had to learn that the hard way), the writing, the terrible metaphors, the beyond stereotypical southerners who have never been to ‘big ol’ scary New Yawk’ - made me CRINGE. UGH. I love me some brain-cotton-candy books and some predictable chick-lit but this was just the worst. The only redeeming quality was the library building, which sounded fantastic.

Just like most of Nicholas Sparks books, this one was a good story of love. The story kind of took some time to get to a good spot and it wasn't sad as other books. I found myself fighting with the female character a lot and on the male character side which was weird for me. But it was a good read and interesting story.

Jeremy Marsh is an investigative journalist who is in the business of finding frauds connected to the supernatural.
This specialty and his column in the Scientific American take him to Boone Creek, N. C., where he is determined to find the real reason behind ghostly lights supposedly created by an old curse. His research leads him to the local library of the small town and a meeting with Lexie Darnell, who happens to be the granddaughter of Boone Creek's psychic.
After a time, Jeremy finds there is more to this investigation than just ghostly lights as he is drawn to Lexie and his interest is returned.
Nicely paced as would be expected from Nicholas Sparks, who always presents an interesting story with good characters and little twists and turns to make this relationship not as easy as it first appears.

As with all of Nicholas Sparks books, you can count on a heart warming read with a happy ending.

I have read all the other books by Nicholas Sparks besdies Three Weeks with my brother,and this book does not disappoint. Jeremy Marsh is a thirty something media journalist who resides in New York. In addition to writing stories he travels to New Bern Carolina to cover a story on ghostly lights that appear appears to be legend. Lexi is the woman is the southern woman he meets, while invesitgating the ghostly lights, he has to make a decision that would change his wife. Unlike many other books by Sparks, this book is a journey, it is romantic but it has a surprising twist.

Demorei 1 mês pra ler esse livro, porque novamente achei a história um pouco arrastada. Eu só consegui dar continuidade, e fico feliz por isso, porque eu gostei muito do protagonista, o Jeremy. Porque eu não gostei nem um pouco da Lexie. Achei ela bem chatinha, ainda bem que o centro da questão foi o Jeremy e o fato dele ser cético e ir atrás de um mistério que envolvia algo sobrenatural em uma cidadezinha na Carolina do Sul. Eu amo esse tipo de história, mas não conseguiu me prender muito. Mas quando eu descobri qual poderia ser o plot twist eu fiquei tão chocada e me encheu de curiosidade pra saber se eu tinha acertado! E descobri somente na última frase do livro rs. Mas eu gostei bastante do final. Não sei se lerei a continuação - À Primeira Vista - mas continuo fã dos romances açucarados do Tio Nick. Só esse que não me convenceu muito.

Mais um livro desencalhado da estante, este desde 2010.