The Last Song A2

Name: Ashlie Jenkins
Class: A2
Book Title: The Last Song
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Pages: 390
Rating:****

Recommendation: This book is great for those who like a romance and crying. This is a book full of love, hate, and sadness. Sparks is very good at making you feel how the character is feeling. He brings out the soft side in you.

Summary: In this book, Ronnie and her little brother, Jonah, go to their dads house for the summer to spend time with him. Ever since their parents divorced, Ronnie hasn't been able to forgive her dad, since he left them. When she was younger, Ronnie and her dad used to play the piano and write songs together. Her dad was a professor at Juliard and could play really well, along with Ronnie. She hasn't played the piano ever since then. She has been dreading this 'vacation' and really didn't want to go. For the first part of the summer she didn't talk to her dad, and when she did, it wasn't talking...it was yelling. She especially hated when he would sit there and play the piano while she was in the house. As the summer proceeds, Ronnie meets a guy that she falls in love with and spends most of her time with him. The summer just starts to get better when the bad news sets in.

Explanation of Rating: Nicholas Sparks is an amazing writer and has written many books that have been top sellers. This book however, was not one of his greatest books. Although, they did make a movie out of it. It was really good but some things could have been better. Sparks has a great talent of bringing out the emotions of the characters and making you feel what they feel and it really shows in this book.

Favorite Passage: In this part of the book, Jonah is talking to his dad about Ronnie.
"Mom says its because she has PMS."
Dad: "Do you even know what that means?"
Jonah: "Im not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at-men syndrome."

This is my favorite part in the book because for one, its funny, and for another, it just shows how this book has some humor. Its not all about love and hate.