Nights in Rodanthe

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy; of sacrifice and forgiveness -- a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined -- until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort -- and in one weekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.


Did You Know?---
The main characters' names were Christmas presents to Nicholas's in-laws (Paul and Adrienne)?
This was Nicholas's first book to debut at #1?

212 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002

About the author

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Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved storytellers. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 92 million copies in the United States alone.

Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020), The Wish (2021), and Dreamland (2022), as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. His twenty-fourth novel, Counting Miracles, will be published on September 24, 2024.

Film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. The Notebook has also been adapted into a Broadway musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.

Sparks lives in North Carolina. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4×400 meters, as well as US High School National Records in the 800 Medley and 1600 Medley. Click to watch the Runner's World video with Nicholas.

The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2011, to provide scholarships and fund educational programs for underprivileged and disadvantaged youth. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.

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April 17,2025
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Nicholas Sparks Definitivamente este hombre tiene la habilidad de romperme el corazón y estoy pensando seriamente que los finales felices no son lo suyo. Nicholas desde que lo conocí se convirtió en uno de mis autores favoritos, tiene una pluma genial que escribe historia maravillosas, de esas que te lees en menos de tres días y que disfrutas demasiado, su manera de escribir el romance es único y te deja muchos sentimientos bonitos aunque muchas veces el final no sea lo que esperabas. Simplemente te sorprende y por eso es que me encanta.

Con Noches de tormenta no fue la excepción, es un libro corto, demasiado diría yo que contiene una historia de amor frustrada en dos ocasiones y es que si algo tiene Nicholas Sparks es que el no se mide nunca si se trata de hacer sufrir a los personajes, y aquí tampoco es la excepción, sumemos el hecho de que sus historia no se vuelven tediosas o aburridas.

En Noches de tormenta conocemos la historia de Adrianne y Paul, una historia que me ha parecido super original de esas que te hacen pensar mucho en vivir las cosas que tienes en el momento por que de la noche a la mañana los planes pueden cambiar y de manera drástica. Muchas veces creemos que los finales felices los tenemos asegurados pero la vida no se cansara nunca de sorprendernos.

Es justamente lo que Adrianne tiene que vivir, y en dos ocasiones, creo que cuando Nicholas pensó en este personaje sabia que no iba hacer feliz, y es que es precisamente eso lo que el autor nos quiere dejar, que las segundas oportunidades existen, pero que no por ser una segunda vez tendrá la felicidad que se espera, para mi Adrianne es un personaje sufrido, me pongo a pensar en lo que ella ha tenido que pasar y la verdad es que para nada me gustaría que pasara en mi vida, es lo que me gusta de Nicholas que sus historias son reales y pueden llegar a ocurrir en la vida real.

Paul por un lado es la cara de la moneda de muchas personas, adictas al trabajo y a la perfección, personas que se olvidan de las cosas que de verdad importan y las dejan a un lado por el hecho de querer tener una carrera brillante, cuando Paul encuentra a Adrianne es su segunda oportunidad.

Me gusto mucho que la historia no se volviera tediosa, es enganchante (te atrapa), te muestra un romance muy lindo, cero dramas innecesarios y para nada relaciones toxicas, un romance muy lindo, con un final que a mi gusto lo veía venir antes de la mitad del libro, creo que eso definitivamente ha hecho que le restara una estrella.

Aunque sentí un nudo en la garganta me espera un poco mas de dolor y sufrimiento como estoy acostumbrada a leer a Nicholas, me dio tristeza claro que si, pero siento que le falto un poco de mas drama del bueno, ese triste que hace que tu corazón se ponga a dar vueltas.

Sin embargo es una historia muy linda, para nada común y cliché, que te hace pensar que las situación de Adrianne la puede vivir cualquier mujer y la situación de Paul también la puede vivir cualquier hombre.

n  RECOMENDADA: n Definitivamente si, la recomiendo es una linda historia de amor, que deja muchas enseñanzas y que se lee de manera rápida, no es que sea la gran historia pero definitivamente si te la pasas bien, cuatro estrellas por que me parece que al final le falto un poco mas del drama bueno de ese rompe corazones, por todo lo demás Nicholas como es experto ya, no necesita llenar hojas y hojas de historia para que entiendas a sus personajes y llegues a conocerlos, el te muestra lo necesario para entender la historia.

n  Cuatro Estrellas ****n
n  "Solo espero que estés corriendo en dirección a algo y no para escapar de algo"n
April 17,2025
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This book sucked. Sorry all you Sparks fans! Don't mean to offend, but I can't believe a retired high school English teacher recommended it to me. Maybe they thought I wanted something "light". It was very True Romance in my view and his characters were sappy and overly sentimental and sweet. Nicholas Sparks has a great following, maybe I'm just too old to like romance books anymore! After I finished it, not sure why I did, I felt guilty that I could have been cleaning my bathroom with the time I spent on the book.
April 17,2025
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Ahhhh…. Nights in Rodanthe. I saw the movie many moons ago and loved it (I mean, Richard Gere and Diane Lane…two of the most handsome/beautiful humans on planet earth in my opinion.
April 17,2025
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At first I couldn't get into the book, but eventually the story picked up. This book has amazing characters and an amazing love story. The ending did break my heart though! Overall this was a great book that I highly recommend! :)
April 17,2025
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3/5 Read this over Spring Break and just now giving it a review. Here's the thing: I was visiting California for Spring Break, and I realized that I actually had time to read. But I didn't want to read one of the many books that are on my kindle or one of the two I had packed for the trip. Books that I have been struggling to read for months. I was on vacation, so I wanted to read a vacation book. I went to the local Barnes and Noble in the town I was staying in, and my requirements for this book were two things: I wanted a cheesey, fluffy romance and I wanted it to take place near a beach. This book fulfilled all of my requirements. And I knew it would, as it's not the first Nicholas Sparks novel I've read. The plot was completely unrealistic, the characters sort of unbelievable, and the setting too romantic to be true. But I seriously enjoyed myself while reading it. If you're looking for a cheesey romance novel with no groundbreaking surprises, and only really an attempt at depth, this is a good book to pick up.
April 17,2025
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Demi menyadarkan putrinya yg sedang depresi sejak ditinggal mati oleh suaminya, Adrienne menguak rahasia asmaranya dgn seorang dokter di malam² sunyi di Rodanthe.

Saat itu Adrienne sedang kesulitan keuangan dan dibantu temannya utk menjaga penginapan milik temannya di Rodanthe. Penginapan ini saking sepinya hanya punya satu pelanggan yaitu Paul Flanner yg ternyata seorang dokter bedah yg sedang memiliki 2 masalah. Masalah pertama adalah tuntutan dari keluarga pasiennya yg gak rela krn ibu/istri mrk meninggal usai operasi yg ditangani Paul. Masalah kedua adalah Paul ingin memperbaiki hubungannya dgn anak lelakinya, Mark yg juga dokter.

Walaupun mrk baru bertemu, chemistry mrk langsung nyambung. Dan atas dukungan Adrienne, Paul pergi ke Ekuador utk bergabung dgn anaknya. Hubungan mrk singkat tapi Paul berubah mjd lbh baik berkat Adrienne.

Well, spt biasa alur cerita author lamban dan membosankan. Romantis sih kalau baca surat² Paul utk Linda (tapi rasanya koq gombal ya utk ukuran yg cuma kenal bbrp hari
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