Elyse+D

=Elyse D's 9th Grade Book Review=

Passion. Love. War. Heartbreak. These are just a few of the things that are in the book "Dear John" by Nicholas Sparks. This is a touching book that is about a young solider named John that meets a young women named Savannah. The readers with follow the two to see if their love can stand through the absence that war brings. As in most books, "Dear John" has its high points and low points. Over all this is a good romantic/sad novel. There are many things I liked about his book. One the main things I liked was the detail in the book. It describes there love so well, Nicholas Sparks really tried to show readers how the characters were feeling and it worked. Also the why he wrote about their love was something you can’t get out of a movie. Another thing that was good about this book was the fact that is was sad and romantic. It didn’t have the happiest ending but that is why I liked it so much. It didn’t have the flowery ending like most love story books do. For example when john had to leave Savannah for the first time, Sparks made it seem like it was the hardest thing John had to do. At some points I found myself smiling when something cute or funny happened, and I also found myself sad every time John had to go back to war or even when they broke up. Dear John was one of the books were you couldn’t put it down you wanted to keep reading and find out what was the next step in the characters lives was. Like most books, there were things I didn’t like about it. One thing I didn’t like was that it was kind of slow and didn’t pick up until the end. Another thing I didn’t really like was the dialog of the book, it was kind of slow and uninteresting but got good at sometimes. The ending did not fully satisfy me. Over all it was a good book and I recommend it to readers who like sad romantic books.