Dear John

I read a book called Dear John. It was written by Nicholas Sparks. I chose to read this book because I've heard it was a good book and I've read other books by Nicholas Sparks and they've been good too. "Dear John" is mainly about two people...true love...and a heartbreaking ending...

John Tyree is a man in the army. He is on leave for a few weeks and is staying with his dad. He has never really been close to his dad, ever since they stopped talking about coins (his dad's collection and pretty much the only thing he talks about). One night John is at the beach when he sees Savannah Lynn Curtis. She is with some of her friends when her bag falls in the ocean. They tell her to leave it but she is about to jump in the water when John finds himself running toward the ocean and jumping in to get it for her. She thanks him and when their eyes meet he knows that there is an instant connection between them. The others go on and she stays with him. She invites him to go with her to the house she is staying at with all of the her friends she is staying with for the summer. As they spend more and more time together they begin to fall in love. By the end of John's leave him and Savannah are madly in love and she promises to marry him when he gets back in a year. Well 9/11 come and he ends up re-enlisting in the army for another two years. He is still in love with her and wants to marry her when he gets out of the army. He is having a hard time because his dad has just died and he receives a letter from Savannah starting with "Dear John," and ending with "I'm so sorry"...and with that a heart is broken and both of their lives are changed.

I enjoyed reading this book. Two things I like about it were how it always had you wanting to keep reading and how it never got boring and you were always wondering what would happen next. I didn't dislike anything about this book. I would recommend "Dear John" to my friends and anyone who likes to read about love stories. It was an overall good read and I'm happy I chose it.