♪♫♪I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended too soon. CRY, Mandy Moore

The song Cry, perfectly describes A Walk To Remember. It was short, but it would definitely be etched in my cranium for forever.

Who wouldn’t know Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan? In the movie, they were cast as Mandy Moore and Shane West.

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I remember it being a hit when I was in high school years ago. I watched the movie and loved it. I knew there was a book, but I only had a chance to read it recently. And I have to say that the book was just as good. Though I have to admit that I found the movie better than the book, but still both had their appeals.

Jamie Sullivan, is miss goody two shoes. She’s too GOOD to be real. She gives donations to the poor, goes to the orphanage to volunteer, saves critters on the streets and almost never says “no”. She’s selfless and she was ridiculed for it.

While Jamie is the ultimate role model, Landon Carter is the complete opposite. He’s a bad boy, who has a persona that doesn’t give a care about the world. He litters at the cemetery and he’s one of those who ridiculed Jamie.

And A Walk To Remember is told by the eyes of Landon. It started with him having to go to the homecoming ball with a date. He would have to die first than be seen with his mom as his date. So he asked Jamie, the last person on the earth anyone would ask. But what started with a necessity ended up as a constant want. He was once ashamed of being seen in Jamie’s company. But who could resist Jamie, when she is so sweet? He just had to please her. And ultimately, he’s fallen hard for her. We see how he was a boy who walked the earth without actually savoring and changing into a man who knew how to count his blessings and relish them for as long as he could.

Well, all I could say is: The love story was beautiful while it lasted. Well, I guess we all know that… Spoiler aheadJamie died End of Spoiler. But I swear that Jamie and Landon’s love story would touch my heart for as long forever. AS long as I don’t get amnesia or Alzheimer’s!

A walk to remember was the first Nicholas Sparks book that I read and that's when I thought that I would read anything and everything by this author.

This book has romance, tears, heart-wrenching and heart-breaking story and above all love like nothing else. This being my first Nicholas Sparks read, I didn't know all his stories have epic love with a lot of tears but I definitely enjoyed this and probably my favorite by the author.

4 stars

How does this man make money from writing and selling books? How? How?

My all time favorite Nicholas Sparks book! It was the first one that I read and remains the one I love the most!

Another good book from Nicholas Sparks.......but like all his other books, the ending was quite predictable
An enjoying read anyways~

"A Walk to Remember" is about Landon Carter, a senior in high school who doesn't really have any goals in life besides going to UNC. That all changes when by an odd turn of events he has to take Jamie Sullivan to his school's dance. And although Jamie is a "nice" girl, there isn't really anything special about her, escpecially by being the minister's daughter. But for some reason after that night together Landon is sweeped into a plethora of activities that have him and Jamie spending time together, and just maybe Jamie will be able to change him for the better.

This was a sweet, easy read. The characters were intriguing and fleshed out quite nicely. he twist at the end really surprised me, it's one of those twists that you don't really see coming. The storyline was nice, Landon's point of view was refreshing because even though the book takes place in 1958, I totally felt like I understood where he was coming from every single time. This was my first Sparks novel, and my friend highly recommends "The Notebook", so I'll probably be starting that one soon. =)

given that i have watched the movie multiple times before, this book is not what I expected to read. the are so many differences between both the movie and the book. the book is special but I love the movie way more. The movie meant a lot to me than the book did.

“You have to promise that you won’t fall in love with me.”

I actually think the movie is better, but this still hurt a lot.

My favorite fiction book of all time. <3

I am not a Nicholas Sparks fan. I like my love stories with a little more pizzazz, wit and humour. I want the heroines to be headstrong and dripping with pithy comebacks. I expect the heroes to be unassuming to begin with and memorable by the time I shut the book. And most of all, I want...no, I DEMAND a happy ending. So, keeping all these requirements in mind, n  A Walk To Remembern is not my cup of tea.

And yet, dare I use a dreadful pun? The books had it's occasional *sparks*. It helped that I read the book and watched the movie based on it simultaneously.

In a nutshell, the book is about the quintessential bad boy falling for the Reverend's holier-than-thou daughter. It's about cheeky Landon Carter losing his heart to the angelic Jamie Sullivan. It's about one glorious summer in the lives of two teenagers and their journey to a heart-breaking end.

Shane West plays Landon Carter in the movie. With the angular thrust of his eyebrows and his devilish smile, Shane West was better than the paperback Landon. Mandy Moore plays the parish's golden girl, Jamie Sullivan. Let's just say that paperback Jamie was better than the celluloid one.

Amalgamating the two sources, I give you my favourite moments:

Spark #1: This may seem like a very pompous thing for Jamie to say, but taken into context with what her future holds....it's poignant.



Spark #2: There's something endearing about the way Shane West nuzzles Mandy Moore's shoulder. It was symbolic of how hormones were not the governing factor in their relationship. And it helps that it was Shane West doing the shoulder-nuzzle.



Spark #3: The last line wasn't in the book. But it was a perfect addition. Bible carrying Jamie Sullivan was the girl brimming with faith in God's plan. Falling in love with Landon throws a curve ball that makes Jamie vulnerable.


Spark #4: A version of Jamie's favourite passage from the Corinthians that she would have liked to be read out at her wedding. And which does get read at her wedding. It was also, pretty much, the essence of Jamie Sullivan.



Spark #5: This line sounds super-cheesy but considering the fact that Reverend Hegbert spent a good part of the book disapproving of Landon Carter and his heathen ways, it was pretty special for Landon to hear this at the end of the story.



So yes, the book is not for those who want a fast-paced read. It's not for those who don't want their religion thrust in their faces. And give it a miss if you don't fancy bittersweet endings.

But, if you want a change of pace; if you want to imagine an entirely likeable Shane West as the appropriately cast Landon Carter falling fathoms deep in love; if you want to just savour a different facet of love....then this book (and movie) is the one for you.

Wow! What a surprisingly book
First I want to say that I really didn't have high hopes for this one, I watched the movie and then remembered and I was, why am I reading this? But meh, I did
This is one of the cases that the book is way better then the movie, I think it has something that the movie can't transmit you, Idk if is pain, love, suffer, happiness, or what
Sometimes I thought about being a "Chessy" book but.... Yeah I'm really interested to see how it goes with this Nicholas' journal
I freaking cry, like WTF? And in the movie I was like

So much better than the movie. I mean, the movie's good, but this is beyond better.