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Another beautiful story told by Sparks. This bittersweet love story about a young couple, John and Savannah, who are determined to keep their love alive despite distance and circumstances. Beware -- this story will tug on all your heartstrings.

This book is absolutely amazing. Nicholas Sparks does a wonderful job in telling his stories. Any book that can make me laugh and cry both (which I cried plenty at the end of it) is well worth the read. I love how from beginning to end while I'm reading along, I can actually see in my minds eye, everything that is going on. From John and Savannah sitting on the pier, sitting huddled together on the crates in the Habitat house while it's pouring rain, John reading the last letter she ever sent him, everything he went through with his dad, him sitting in the hospital room talking with Tim, all the way to John perched just outside Savannah's ranch waiting to see if she still looks at the moon on the first night of the full moon and to his surprise she does. I can always picture what the characters in a book look like and what not but to be able to actually visualize everything in this book...WOW!!! It truly is a great book. I would post my copy but I just don't think I'm ready to let go of it yet, I may want to read it again sometime.

I loved this book! Which I was not expecting. I loved the fact that it was real. It really had a chance of happening and did not include a lot of over done drama that so many books seem to have, though I admit I do like to fit them in there too. I just felt like I had to find out why (loved the way Sparks started it). Took a turn or two I was not expecting and it showed a few relationships I was not expecting, which I loved.

Like watching the movie, reading Dear John made me laugh, cry, sigh, and smile several times throughout the book. Although I was not fond of the cliches (i.e. "my love for her grew stronger and stronger") and some of Sparks' stylistic choices, my overall impression of the book was highly favorable. The images he creates astound me, and the ending was heartbreakingly fitting.

I love this book and recommend it to all hopeless romantics (whether you admit to it or not ;D ).

Great book. Gave excellent detail about the situations in which each character was in. Kind of a tear-jerker. Read several parts over and over just because they stick with you.

Very touching story about love and loss.