Book Reviews of Message in a Bottle

I had a lot of ups and downs reading this....you go through so many emotions...you're happy, sad, angry, and all the ones in between. You really feel like you're there and you feel what the characters are feeling. Loved it! (Much better than the movie)

Way better then the movie! Hands down Sparks at his best! Great Great Book!

This is yet another great book from Mr. Sparks. Keep the box of tissue handy.

Such a Love Story.Great book.

Another Sparks tearjerker. Such a great love story. Great book and I even love the movie also.

This was a nice story but was a bit disappointing. Very predictable and somewhat unrealistic. Not my favorite Nicholas Sparks book.

I'm not much into romances but well written.

great love story

A good read.

A typical Nicholas Sparks love story with just a glitch here and there. I really love his books. This was no exception.

Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signed simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous - an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

As usual, the book is better than the movie. But, I'm glad that I saw the movie!

I simlpy HATED Theresa!!!!!! and I feel like the book ended the way it did because she was such a RAT!!!!
Other then that it was an easy flowing book... The usual N. Sparks!!!

Nicholas Sparks never fails to write a great book. This is another one of his great stories. It was very capturing and I really got to know the characters. I didn't want to the book to end.

This is one of my favorite books.It will make you laugh and cry but you always that they will love each other no matter what.

Good book. Kind of predictable in the beginning. Towards the end there are dips and turns that catch you off guard. Ending was quite different than I could've imagined. Well worth 1 credit.

This is a book about love, secrets, bottles, and life.

It's a good book to read on a rainy day. It's clever, dramatic, romantic, and compelling.

Another great tearjerker from Nicholas Sparks.

An interesting story

This was the first Nicholas Sparks book I read. I couldn't put it down! Loved it!!

Beyond sweet and gut-wrenching!

A truly wonderful read! A book that I did not want to put down until I was finished!

Amazing. Nicholas Sparks has done it again!

From the back cover:

Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. what happens next isu nexpected, and perhaps even miraculous--for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

From the back cover:

Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. what happens next isu nexpected, and perhaps even miraculous--for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

I liked this book. Romances aren't usually my thing, but this one was believable and very very heart felt. Actually bittersweet. The prologue was worth the whole book.

Sparks fans will not be disappointed.

I was disappointed in this book. I an ususally totally sucked in by Nicholas Sparks, but this book just didn't have enough depth to the characters for me. The story is well known, possibly due to the fact that this book has been made into a movie. Girl finds bottle on beach, reads love letter inside written by a widower sending off missives to his deceased wife. Girl seeks out guy, they fall in love, blah blah. Sorry Nicholas, this one just didn't do it for me.

Theresa Osborn is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps miraculous- for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

Great story. Good summer read while on the beach. Just watch out for bottles!

I did not enjoy this book at all - felt it was one of the biggest wastes of time I had ever read - the writing is okay, but I don't believe there was enough build-up to them falling in love

This book has been read alot! The binding is worn and the pages are yellowed. However, it is in good condition and still has a lot of use left in it.

"Message in a Bottle is a unique romantic story and a fine novel. It all starts when Theresa Osborne is vacationing in Cape Code and comes across - you guessed it - a message in a bottle. The message is from a man "Garrett" to his wife about his intensely felt love. Osborne, a middle aged divorcee with little romance in her own life is intrigued enough to start searching out others who may have found similar messages. As she collects them, she herself falls in love with Garrett (although she has yet to admit it to herself) and decides to search for him. She finds him in a small, North Carolina town and the romance emerges. But of course - they are such different people that problems crop up. He is a widower feeling guilty and not over his wife and a small town kind of guy. She's a big city gal with a career. But the relationship develops with ups and downs nonetheless.

Sparks is excellent in fully developing the personalities of his characters and building empathy in the reader. He has done a fine job here. If you didn't like the movie - read the book anyway. It's much better."
- C. Baker

Another great Sparks book! This book is registered at bookcrossing.com

I like all Nicholas books

I loved this book. It is a quick and easy read that will have you smiling thru tears!

This is better than the movie, will bring tears to your eyes.

Theresa Osborne si divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside.............

Book is in fair condition

another great book by nicholas sparks

This is the book the movie by the same name (with Kevin Costner) is based off of. Author also wrote 'The Notebook' which was also made into a movie.

Love story really good.

Divorced and disillusionded about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to Catherine signed simply Garrett. Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life.

Wow, what a powerful, moving story. Did I say moving? Read with LOTS of tissues nearby. LOTS.

If you thought The Notebook was a tearjerker, get out the hankies, pull up a chair, and get ready to have your heart monkey-wrenched by Nicholas Sparks's second star-crossed love story, Message in a Bottle. When Theresa Osborne takes a much-needed summer holiday at Cape Cod, she finds a lot more than a break from the hustle and bustle. On an early-morning jog along Cape Cod Bay, she comes across a corked bottle with a scrolled-up message inside that reads, "My Dearest Catherine, I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is especially hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together..." It bobbles around in the same vein for several more paragraphs and ends with "...am alone on the pier and I do not care what others think as I bow my head and cry and cry and cry. Garret."

Garret may eat quiche, but no bother--before you can say "Look! I found two more letters!" Theresa is hot on his trail and determined to find this mysterious yet sensitive message-in-a-bottle man. She finds him at a sleepy North Carolina port, working on his beloved sailboat, The Happenstance. From there, a romance buds and blossoms into a colorful bouquet of emotional baggage. Theresa has problems with her past--or, more accurately, her past is a problem. She is so scarred from her "I'm a super churchgoing guy now that I've run out on my wife" ex-husband that she hasn't tried to date since her divorce some three or four years before. And who is Catherine? And what's Garret's bag, anyway? When Theresa finds out, she plunges to the depths of her soul and uncorks a whopper of a secret about herself, bringing Garret to terms with who he really is.

Message in a Bottle has the earmarks of sentimental tongue-wagging at its finest and should please romantics and cynics alike--it's sure to bring romantics to their knees, while cynics will be slapping theirs in laughter. --Rebekah Warren

Divorced and disillusioned Theresa finds a bottle containing a message on a beach. It changes her life...and her outlook. This was made into a movie with Kevin costner and Robin Wright Penn.

Very good book. Great romance story!

Excellent story! I love Nicholas Sparks' novels!

From the back cover: Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps even miraculous - for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting....

Theresa Osborne is divorced annd disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected and perhaps even miraculous - for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.

I did really like this book. Damn Nicholas Sparks making me cry!

Not my type of book, I guess. I enjoyed about half of the book, then got tired of the slow pace.

I thought it was okay, i am not a big "sparks"fan, But the characters were believable

Kevin Costner just didn't do this book justice!! As fantastic as any Sparks book!

If you saw the movie then you have to read the book to get the rest of the story. If you never saw the movie then read the book first. I absolutely love this story.

Different cover, same great story!

If you are a romantic you will like all his books

While jogging along the Cape Cod shore, a thirty something single mother struggling to recover from a difficult divorce stumbles upon a half-buried bottle containing a touching love letter that sends her on an uncertain odyssey of self-discovery and renewal.

"The novel's unabashed emotion and an unexpected turn --will put tears in your eyes."-- People

Probably the best known of novelist Nicholas Sparks' best selling books. Also a Warner Brothers movie. Sparks has also written THE NOTEBOOK and A WALK TO REMEMBER.

Veyr good read

very god read, I have 2 so this one is up for grabs

Even if you've already seen the movie, this is a good read!

A beautiful love story!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this book .I read it in an afternoon and cried an cried!

This is a great read. Nicholas Sparks knows how to tug at the reader's heartstrings.

Every one of Sparks' books makes me cry!

Another excellent love story.

Didn't read it.

After reading this book, I am looking forward to the movie. It is a heart-wrenching novel, with a wonderful message. "Live life as though tomorrow may not come."

This is one of the greatest love storys ever written. If you haven't read it you should.

This book brings out a lot of emotion in me, not all of it pleasant. The author really gets the reader involved in the character's lives and decisions the made. I found myself in a state of dread as the characters made what I thought were poor decisions.

Theresa is divorced and disillusioned, but all that changes when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside...
A great read!! Very poignant and meaningful!!

Absolutely wonderful story!

A gentle love story. According to People magazine, "The novel's unabashed emotion - and an unexpected turn will put tears in your eyes".

Read once on a plane, in excellent condition.

Sparks' second novel proves that his best-selling The Notebook (1996) was no fluke as, once again, he offers his audience a deeply moving, beautifully written, and extremely romantic love story. Theresa Osborne is a divorced mother and Boston newspaper columnist, disillusioned with the single men she meets and yearning for someone special. When her son goes to California to stay with her ex-husband, she decides to go on a vacation to the Cape with Deanna, her editor and best friend. While jogging on the beach, Theresa discovers a bottle with a letter tucked inside from a man named Garrett to a woman named Catherine in which he describes the heartache of losing her. The letter moves Theresa to tears, so Deanna convinces her to print it in her column, thereby setting off a surprising chain reaction: it turns out that others have also found letters by Garrett. Imagining that this is the sort of man she has been seeking, Theresa sets out to find him, following various clues found in the letters. She succeeds and discovers that, indeed, he is everything she hoped he would be, including sincere, and therein lies the problem. His profound attachment to Catherine is a serious threat to their burgeoning relationship. Sparks' tale about the obstacles people face in second relationships is sensitive, wonderfully bittersweet, and ultimately hopeful.

Now a major motion picture.

Amazing book - Not like the movie - BETTER!!

Loved this book. Have gone back and read it several times. Great love story.

Sad yet heartwarming! I really enjoyed this book even though it made me cry.

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i THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFULLY ROMANTIC BOOK WITH A GOOD STORY AND ENDING

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i THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFULLY ROMANTIC BOOK WITH A GOOD STORY AND ENDING

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i THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFULLY ROMANTIC BOOK WITH A GOOD STORY AND ENDING

A good story, nothing spectacular, until the end. At the end, Sparks pulls together all kinds of seemingly insignificant details from the beginning of the book and whallops you with emotion. Wow.

If you have seen the movie, you really need to read the book, it is way better.

love it.

Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps even miraculous-for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting....

Was made into a motion picture w/Kevin Coster, Robin Wright Penn, Paul Newman

Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine," signes simply "Garrett." Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous--an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless & everlasting....

Really touching story

Just bought it and finished it today. Excelent condition.

good beach book, taking a chance with a great ending

I loved this book........Nicholas Sparks is the best.

I liked the book better than the movie - there were far more details in the book, it was such a quick read because it held my interest.

Excellent reading

Nicholas Sparks is our very best chronicler of the human heart. His stunning first novel, The Notebook, has been given by friend to friend and lover to lover all over the world as a testament to the timeless power of love. But if we thought he could never again move us so deeply, he now shows us he can-in a story that renews our faith in destiny...in the ability of true lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when... Message In A Bottle Thrown to the waves, and to fate, the bottle could have ended up anywhere. Instead, it is found just three weeks after it begins its journey. Theresa Osborne, divorced and the mother of a twelve-year-old son, picks it up during a seaside vacation from her job as a Boston newspaper columnist. Inside is a letter that opens with: My Dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together...For "Garrett," the man who signs the letter, the message is the only way he knows to express his undying love for a woman he has lost. For Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shattered her trust, the message raises questions that intrigue her. Who are Garrett and Catherine? Where is he now? What is his story?Challenged by the mystery, and pulled to find Garrett by emotions she does not fully understand, Theresa begins a search that takes her to a sunlit coastal town and an unexpected confrontation. Brought together by chance-or something more powerful-Theresa and Garrett are people whose lives are about to touch for a purpose, in a tale that resonates with our deepest hopes for finding that special someone and everlasting love.Shimmering with suspense and emotional intensity, Message in a Bottle takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love. For those who cherished The Notebook and readers waiting to discover the magic of Nicholas Sparks's storytelling, here is his new, achingly lovely novel of happenstance, desire, and the choices that matter most...A Main Selection of The Literary Guild and of Doubleday Book Club "Nicholas Sparks...will not let you go. His novel shines." -Dallas Morning News "Proves that good things come in small packages....A classic tale of love."

An enjoyable read and unique love story. From the back cover: "Theresa is divorced and disillusioned, but all of that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside". I also enjoyed the movie!

I could not put this book down. Don't forgett he kleenex!

Anything by Nicholas Sparks is great!

The book is better than the movie!

I love all Nicholas Sparks books and this was no exception. It was actually one of my favorites of his!

One of Spark's best. A great romantic story.
from the back cover: Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps even miraculous--for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

One of my favorite authors.

It was a beautiful, romantic story with a twist at the end I didn't expect.

A wonderful, heartwarming read that will leave you in tears.

This book is a great love story. ABout love, a divorced women who is disillusioned about realtionships finds a bottle on the beach. Inside the bottle is a letter of love and longing for "Catherine" from "Garrett". Intrigued by the mystery, Theresa sets out to find this man who will change her life forever. What happens to her is unepected and perhaps miraculous, an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting...

EXCELLENT!! If you haven't read the book, try it! Somehow reading the story is so much better than watching the movies! Can't go wrong with Nicholas Sparks!

GOOD BOOK

Good sappy schlock!

Page Turner....I read this book in 2 days. I had seen the movie a few years back but the book is much more intense. Loved It.

Theresa is divorded and disilllusioned, she finds a bottle on the beach with a message inside. She finds the person who wrote the message and her future at the same time.

Its Nicholas Sparks! Of course its great!!! Sobbed... what a love story!!!

Great book!
Theresa Osborne is divorced and disillusioned, but all that is about to change when she finds a bottle on the beach with a mysterious love letter inside. What happens next is unexpected, and perhaps even miraculous - for it embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.

A sweet story of love lost, love found and the power of hope.

While I don't normally read romances - (sometimes the sex scenes are a little gratuitous and un-necessary) I do enjoy a good love story, and that's what this was. The ending just got to me, and this book made me cry. It's good. Read it.

Very good book. Again, made me cry.

Message In A Bottle was a wonderful story to read. I read it before seeing the movie, and enjoyed reading the story more.

A romantic Nicholas Sparks book about a lonely writer seeking the truth behind a message found on the beach.

An easy and romantic read.

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