The Best Of Me

The Best Of Me

Author: Nicholas Sparks

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Year published: 2011

Pages: 292 (hardback)

Rating: 2/5

Yes, I'm here again with another novel from Nicholas sparks, this one being the best of me.

I was quite disappointed when I finished reading this novel firstly because I loved the story line but after a few chapters I got bored of reading it because I felt like it was dragging. Secondly this book also does not end happily, like okay its okay to have some books not end happily as realistically not everyone has a happy ending but come on Amanda and Dawson were childhood sweethearts and they still clearly loved each other and were meant to be together.

This story is about Dawson and Amanda; they are childhood sweethearts but can’t be together because Amanda comes from a good family whereas Dawson doesn't. Dawson does not live with his family he lives with some man named Tuck who sort of took him in, but when he dies his funeral brings both Amanda and Dawson back to their home town and after years apart they finally see each other again. 

I did like the story but I found it got boring after a while; I liked reading about the younger versions of Amanda and Dawson, but other than that the book literally dragged on with nothing really happening. Then you get to the last few chapters and then things happen so quickly and then the story is over. The last few chapters were sad and what happens did make me a bit emotional, but other than that there was no other emotion within the book. The overall story is good but again I didn't like writing style.