3.5
I had no idea all this stuff happened to him. It was very interesting most of the time, but sometimes boring honestly.

A sad and true story written beautifully by Sparks brothers.

The Sparks brothers decide to travel around the world for 3 weeks. While they describe different places they are visiting, they remember their life and family, and unveil their story since childhood. Basically the book is autobiography but its done so beautifully that I have to warn you, it will bring tears in your eyes. The book tells the story of how their parents taught the value of education and importance of siblings, their journey from financially difficult childhood to becoming millionaire in manhood. Those of you who complain that Nicholas Sparks always has sad ending, this book is for you. This story tells the reason behind that.

While story unfolds, he will introduce you so many events from which he was inspired to write the books that made him the bestseller. Even if you are not a fan of Nicholas Sparks, you have to read this book to understand and appreciate your life better. There are actually lots of things to learn from this book. For me, the lines that actually touched my heart were-
'What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.'
'When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.'

This memoir is one of the saddest I’ve read/listened to. Everything Nicholas & Micah went through.. my heart just breaks!

I definitely liked Nicholas Sparks’ autobiography more than I thought I would (and considering I am only giving it two stars, that doesn't say much). This book is kind of two stories wrapped together: the first being Nick’s 3-week trip around the world with his brother – the only other living member of his family; the second story is how they got to be the only living members in their family (aka their family life and the separate deaths of their mother, sister and father). I found myself much more interested in the second, flashback-style story about their lives. I think much of that interest has to do with the fact that you are told in the beginning that Nick and Micah had parents and a sister who are no longer living, and so out of curiosity, you keep reading to find out what happened to them. The other story about their trip was pretty close to a meaningless distraction for me. Some of the transitioning between the two parts was a little cheesy. Still, I will give the Sparks some props on portraying their family in an interesting way so as to encourage the reader to invest his or her time in finding out more about them, but the writing definitely seemed kind of cautious as opposed to the raw-depth I’ve admired in other memoirs.