Okay, at first i was like the story in this book is average and nothing surprised me at all.
But i kinda wrong at the ending part. It really shocked me for a second, made me want to read twice what really happened to Suzanne and Nicholas here.

Although The book is thin but it will be remain in your heart for a long time..

And here I thought that LDS fiction was bad. Wow. This book is what happens when an old guy who writes suspense tries to write a book about a thirty-something woman's love story. Wow. So bad. So, so bad. I feel used. Words like: ravishing, french braid, blouse and goof (as in Matt and Katie used to ride the circle line as a goof.) have no place in a book written in the 2000's. Emotional Manipulation at it's highest and most nauseating. The only thing I can think that would come close to rivaling the horrific snivel of this novel would be if James Patterson and Debbie Macomber co-authored a book.

Once you open this book, you can't put it down. Beautifully heart-wrenching

I absolutely LOVED this book from start to finish.

Katie Wilkinson has found the love of her life and couldn't be any more in love with Matt if she tried. Matt is a writer and a house painter and he is also very much in love with Katie. But then one day out of the blue Matt disappears with no explanation and Katie is left wondering what went wrong when things were so perfect between the two of them. Then Katie finds a package on the front door step which turns out to be a diary left by Matt. With the diary Matt leaves a note which says, maybe this diary will explain things better than I ever could. If you have the heart, read it. It's about my wife and son and me.
And so Katie begins to read the diary and she finds out so much more about Matt than she could ever imagine. At times whilst reading the diary Katie is overwhelmed with what she reads and learns about Matt's life.

Although this story was heart wrenching, touching and at times quite sad it was still a beautiful love story. I have no hesitation in recommending this wonderful page turner. Don't forget to have a box of tissues handy.

﹙★﹚

I hate how this God-awful book had me bawling my eyes out.

This book is the worst example of This Kind Of Thing that I've ever read, and also maybe has the distinction of being the single most Tell-Not-Showiest thing I've ever read.

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Book on CD narrated by Becky Ann Baker
ZERO stars (but I'll give Baker 1 star for her narration)


Quick, I need a blood glucose test to be sure I haven’t developed diabetes! Think Nicholas Sparks and Robert James Waller, but nowhere near so good – and that’s saying a lot, as they aren’t all that great. This is just too awful for words. Patterson is shamelessly cashing in on the trend for male authors to write saccharine tear-jerker love stories. Kate has just been dumped by her perfect boyfriend, Matt, without warning, but he sends her a package – it’s his wife’s diary and is supposed to explain why he’s left Kate. The whole thing is predictable, melodramatic, and just plain stupid. Mercifully (for the reader) this is a quick read (or listen), so the pain doesn’t last too long.


The saddest part is when the dog dies – and that’s not all that sad. At least the dog didn’t have to put up with these idiots any longer!

If I could give this book zero stars I would. It was seriously so awful. The writing was atrocious, the perspective was terrible, way too cheesy. I can't believe how bad it was for an author who is so well known. Never read it. I cringed the entire way through and it took like an hour to read. Bye.

I still rue the day I picked up this book from the library and even more, reading the first page. The overly-contrived plot contains unbelievably "perfect" characters and comes off as just hokey and ridiculous. Oh, how I regret reading to the end. The sappy sentimentality. The over-the-top crude attempts at "tear-jerker moments." I resent James Patterson's theft of the three hours of my life it took to read this (although it would have been less had I not kept putting it down to debate whether to invest any more time). When the book ended, I hated the characters. My contempt for this book ranks right up there with the movie "City of Angels", which I still regret going to see. Any tears I shed were from rage and frustration.

4.5✨ crying in the club. What a heartbreaking story with a sweet wholesome ending. Just wish we had a tiny bit more. I wanted an epilogue for Katie.

I just had an inkling to read this one again because I could not remember the ending. Wow I did not change my opinion of this book since the first time that I read it. It is disturbing that there are so many people that felt this book was awful. I can sincerely understand the reasoning behind Patterson's want to write this book of love and loss and many more of life lessons that people struggle with. Makes you feel like you are in a cold-hearted cynical world but i suppose that could be the case. This book was a definite tear jerker for me. I could not imagine going through some of the struggles the characters did in this novel so emotional. At least there was some light at the end of the tunnel. What a good reminder through tragedy light and good will prevail. Great book to read for anyone looking for a book to identify yourself with.