Dear John

Sometimes I often hear people say "Why read the book when you can just watch the movie?" or "Put that book down I'll pull the movie up on the computer". It often upsets me when people never give books the real time of day. I feel as though sometimes movies can disappoint you because the leave out some of the specific details the books have. Or maybe sometimes the books are awful and the moving just made it better. One book that has a movie, Percy Jackson's the Lightning thief, that movie really upset me because I felt as if the movie could have been so much better. I left out to many scenes.Sure if every detail was included I guess the movies would go for hours and hours. After reading the book Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks, I had to watch the movie, or more like read the Wikipedia article to see if the ending was any different. To my surprise the ending was much happier and it showed hope and promise. 

 The Book

 I thought the book was simply just amazing. My friend pretty much challenged me to read every single Nicholas Sparks book, I find it a challenge only because most of the time people have checked them all out from the library. There was so much emotion and challenges. This book brought the idea that long distance relationships can be a struggle to reality. John, really wanted to marry Savannah but it is kind of hard to do that when she falls in love with someone else. John , an army soldier just trying to do the right thing, even if it means reenlisting putting his relationship with Savannah on hold. Savannah, is a sweet christian, college girl who has experienced a lot in her young age. She wants to help people with autism with the therapy of riding horses. She has a kind heart and doesn't want to hurt anybody. John gets to know Savannah after he  rescues her purse from the ocean and after a couple days of getting to know each other it's like they fall in love. "A life with out love is no life at all" 

This book does play with you emotions a little bit, because you want the main characters to be together you just aren't really sure how it's going to happen. Personally I wasn't a fan of how the book ended because I prefer to see how things are going to end. I guess a really good author can leave an ending with a suspenseful ending or cliffhanger. I felt as if the movie had a much more positive ending. But I do hope you enjoy the book.