Saturday, March 14, 2009

A Bend in the Road: Nicholas Sparks' Tale of True Love

Roberto Miguel A. Gaspar IV - Albert Einstein

Nicholas Sparks’’ A Bend in the Road is a story of true love, hope, tragedy, painful memories and a shocking secret. It is a story that is bound to cause an intense shift in reader’s emotional gear. You must feel love, sadness, anger and frustration to fully experience the story. The kind of love that Miles have for missy will always remain in his heart while the kind of love that he and Sarah have will always be forever.

The nearly thwarted but eventually triumphant romance of deputy sheriff Miles Ryan and second-grade teacher Sarah Andrews goes down as easily as marshmallow fluff and offers about as much real nourishment. Miles's high school sweetheart, Missy, was killed in an unsolved hit and run accident, leaving him to raise their son, Jonah, in New Bern, N.C. Sarah's politically ambitious husband, Michael, dumped her when her ovaries proved inactive, and she fled to New Bern to teach, and love, other people's kids. Miles and Sarah meet at a parent-teacher conference, and the sparks fly. But there's a fly in the ointment as well; an italicized voice threaded among the happy chapters alerts us that Missy's death was caused by someone whose identity, if revealed, could destroy Miles and Sarah's newfound joy. In Sparks' heaven, clouds exist to make silver linings look the brighter. As tough truth shadows their landscape, Miles and Sarah find depths within themselves, and their rekindled light illumines all. New Bern becomes a city of the reborn. Charlie Curtis, Miles's stickler boss, learns to bend; Missy's aimless killer morphs into a healer; and Jonah once again knows a mother's love.
The turning of point of Miles’ and Sarah’s love was when they both found out that Brian, Sarah’s brother was the one who hit Missy two years ago. It served as the test of their love. But lessons were learned and situations were understood that made Miles forgive Brian. Like what expected, Miles lived happily with his son, Jonah, and his love, Sarah.

The books of Nicholas Sparks, like this, are far more intimate than anything found in the typical romance novels because it goes beyond lust. It promises romance. It hints of the desire for a relationship. I feel the couples he brings together have a better shot at permanence then couples presented by other authors. It’s hard for me to believe that tangled sheets alone can ever bring about a fiftieth anniversary. Almost all the books he made were from true love. They all budded from undying and unconditional love.

It really did amuse me because even if true and love and mystery is not that good together, it still came out well and still, a page-turner. The author managed to maneuver the story well. He did not make it too sloppy or too murderous. It was just enough of everything.

It some nice stories in the book like the story of the two lighted candles which served as the highlight of the ending. It was really a good style to use the candle as their symbol of how true was their love for each other.

I find this book good though I was not that attached to its story. It gave a good impression to me though it was not too appealing for me.

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