The Notebook

For the Wednesday Class Entry...

Isn't it interesting that a book can disappoint you. I've read quite a few books that have a lot of great things going for them, then all a sudden something happens and it kills the story. In fact, there have been 2 cases in which I have actually stopped reading a book for this very reason. I guess it’s just the way I view the book, because one of the ones I quit reading was a noble prize winner.
Anyways, getting to the point, The Notebook isn’t as great as I had first thought it would be. I don't think it is bad, it is a good book, but it just doesn't have that flare that I thought was originally there. I guess it disappointed me by being good not great. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I think the reason for my disappoint was that it gave away the ending pretty soon. I was expecting a climaxy-suspenseful, seat gripping book that would make me wonder what happened to Noah and Allie until the very end. But I'm on the 153rd page and I already know that they get married. That’s great; that is what I wanted. But I would have had liked to be guessing what happened all the way through to the end of the book. However, Nicholas Sparks didn't decide to write this book like that. And that's fine, because it still is a good book. I was just a little disappointed that’s all. I wonder what the rest of the book has in store for me...