Book recommendation: The Last Song

I know I’ve mentioned that I’m having a movie drought for the lack of movies I’ve been able to watch this year. I know I’m bound to be persecuted, but before you cast judgment, let me assure you that there is no need for Seattle personal injury attorneys here, for not all is lost. I may not have watched a lot of movies, but I’ve been reading a lot of books.

So I’m recommending another book, again by Nicholas Sparks [gosh, I’m having Nicholas Sparks overload]:

 Seventeen year-old Veronica “Ronnie” Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father… until her mother decides it would be in everyone’s best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie’s father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms – first love, the love between parents and children – that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts… and heal them.

I loved the book because it was engaging and touches the emotional side of people. It will stiry up so many emotions: anger, irritation, kilig, happiness, and sadness. When my sister told me that she cried buckets while reading this book, I told her, “Ang OA mo naman.” When I read the book, I resisted the tears…and failed. It was truly touching…one of the most touching books by Nicholas Sparks. [Perhaps, one of the reasons why I was touched by this book is that one of the things that it tackles is the relationship between a parent and a child.]

On the downside, because I knew before I read the book that it was to become a movie, with Miley Cyrus acting the lead role, I could see her in my head all the time while reading! Not a good thing!

But Miley Cyrus or no Mile Cyrus, this is one of the best books of Nicholas Sparks.