Sunday, September 5, 2010

Dear John, I'll Be Your Savannah-anytime


I read Dear John by Nicholas Sparks recently.
The Verdict?
It is not cliche i must say, not the stereotype no-matter-what-we-will-be-together kind of story which makes it all the better read. Why i liked it was the fact that the innocence of Savannah didnt make her naive, which it usually should. Because of how huge the sacrifice of John made, it made all her actions insensitive albeit, subtle. In an ordinary context, it would have been logical how childhood friends Tim and Savannah found love eventually despite the slight detour when Savannah fell in love with John. John's absence and service in the army easily gave Tim and Savannah the reason to find love. And how John gave up his father's coin collection a.k.a his only memories with his father, to save Tim should also be regarded as acceptable overlooking the fact that Tim was potrayed a good-natured man. Nevertheless, Tim and Savannah did scream betrayal and insensitiveness loud enough to be sensed by readers however, sadly, not by John himself. Which leaves John believing that Tim is the best person to take Savannah's love if not him and also leaving him to believe that Savannah will continue loving him along every full moon of the coming years.

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