“At First Sight” Book Review
At First Sight
Written by Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks is a well known author of books (and movies) like Nights in Rodanthe, The Notebook, etc.. I picked up this second hand book for $.50 at a flee market. It’s a good thing too because I would never pay full price for this novel. I expected to love it, he’s a NYT Best Seller. It was the most awful book I have ever read! I know that sounds harsh, but really, it was terrible.
The story starts off bumpy, a sad man pining for some lost love. Then poof to the past where this NY writer (so cheesy writing about a writer) leaves NY for a small town girl he fell in love with in a day. I am a believer in love at fist sight, that’s what my novel is about, but this was stupid. The book is written in a man’s voice, Jeremy. He’s an ok character but boring. He never really does anything. Most of the book is spent in his head talking about his thoughts, which are shallow and stupid. He loves Lexi, she is his soul mate. OK that’s great. But then he gets some random e-mails and begins to question her love, her honesty, and the baby she is caring. I mean, COME ON! If you love someone unconditionally why would some random e-mail upset you? It just doesn’t make since. Why wouldn’t you just talk about it? The whole thing was dumb. I found myself reading the first three pages of a chapter then the last three, all the crap in the middle just sucked eggs. 
He actually complained in chapter 15 about being rejected (sexually) after they got married. He remembered the exact date! What a tool. Then there is a problem with the pregnancy, which is drama but not the kind I like. Then when it was time to go to the hospital he took a long shower and clipped his nails. Who does that? What kind of husband/father is that selfish? Then he does the unthinkable, blames the baby. I won’t give away the end. I can say that the very last chapter was the best in the entire book.
Bottom line, Jeremy is a jealous hysterical man most of the book. You can just skip CH 1 through 18. Start at 19, it finally gets interesting. I can see what Sparks was trying to do. He wanted to show true love and true loss, but fell short.
I give this book two Bran Stars.
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Hi Brandi. I haven’t read this particular book by Nicholas Sparks. I read his first one, “The Notebook”. I was so disappointed with it I haven’t given this writer another chance. Should I?
1 Carol said this (January 19, 2010 at 3:52 pm)
yes, you should give him another chance. You may not like all of the books that you read by a certain author but it depends on what you like in a book. Movies and books are usually different, maybe you would like the movie “The Notebook” better. I think you should read some more of his books for instance, “Dear John” which is different than the movie, “The Lucky One,” “The Last Song,” which is different than the movie, and “The Guardian.” These are just some of the books that I have read by Nicolas Sparks. Give it another chance, you may find out you really do like the books. Just because you don’t like one of them doesn’t mean you won’t like another.
2 Whitney said this (February 23, 2011 at 1:36 pm)
I will give him another chance Whitney….promise.
Thanks for reading my blog, even if you don’t agree. But really what would the world be like if we all agreed all the time? Super borning for sure. Have a great day!
3 Brandi Schmidt said this (February 24, 2011 at 5:37 pm)
Thanks for the review. I’ll consider myself warned.
4 Catherine Denton said this (January 7, 2010 at 7:24 pm)