Walk to Remember
Nicholas Sparks’s romantic novel takes place in Beaufort, North Carolina in 1958. The protagonist, Landon, is a rebel raised mostly by his mother because his father was never around and always working. Even though Landon was a religious guy, he always broke the rules, mocked the minister, and insulted his daughter, Jamie, because of her maturity. But suddenly, Landon starts to notice Jamie because of her physical changes, which surprised him.
They start to develop a friendship with each other, but at the same time Landon’s friends tease him saying they are a couple, and that makes him slow down the process of Jamie and Landon’s growth in the friendship. When the schools play began, Landon agreed to join the play for Jamie. He did it even though he didn’t want to because Jamie had done so much for him and others, making him want to be able to thank her. When the day of the play arrived and Landon sees Jamie like he’s never seen her before making him like her even more. Landon falls in love with the girl he thought he’d never fall in love with, Jamie, but then he finds out the horrible news that permanently breaks his heart, as well as the hearts of the other people in the town.
A Walk to Remember is an inspiring but heart breaking novel that catches your eye from the first pages because of the beautiful and descriptive way the author writes. The emotions of the book are very impacting that you will even feel like you where Landon when he was upset, worried, happy, in love and truly heart broken. At the beginning my thoughts about Landon where horrible, but as Jamie and Landon’s friendship grows stronger, you can truly see the difference in Landon’s attitude. You will see how much he matures into a great person. The issue of the story will make you cry of happiness and sadness, but at the end you will always end up with a smile. This book I recommend for girls mostly because of all the drama and romance going on at the same time.