The Notebook [novel: Nicholas Sparks, film: Nick … This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. I think that he mainly achieved his goal. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks is a combination of a love story and a thriller with a dog thrown in. This book did not draw me in as quickly as the others. And of course Singer, the Great Dane. I'm always so torn when it comes to Nicholas Sparks books. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2016. The book is a romance/thriller about a Great Dane named Singer who is the pet of a widow named Julie who is trying to find a new life partner. Romance stories are more fascinating to me when the main characters are already friends who fall in love. . Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Of the supporting characters, Jennifer, the rookie cop, is my favorite. A nice guy.”. After the Prologue, this book poked along for me until about half way through. It was predictable as well. If you can’t make it to an event in person, I hope you'll tune in online for my virtual event on September 30 with author Elin Hilderbrand. Doesn't take long to realize Richard is not quite what he seems. The main character is Julie, a young widow who works at a salon and finally decides to date four years after her husband died. P.S. Nicholas Sparks did an awesome job of moving the story along in this book, which is hard to do when tackling a thriller AND romance in the same novel. The love between Julie Barenson and Mike Harris and secondly about danger. This was about the dumbest book I think I've ever read. A Sparks book that didn't put me into a coma. Nicholas Sparks takes a turn from his usual, sometimes sappy romance stories in The Guardian: still a romance, this book has a definitive thriller edge to it. The book follows them through various adolescent rituals, while highlighting the personal challenges that each of them face. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks is a combination of a love story and a thriller with a dog thrown in. Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? Mike war mit Julie und Jim gut befreundet, anfangs war er wie ein Bruder für Julie und konnte sich nicht vorstellen, mit ihr eine Beziehung zu beginnen. I’d initially begun to read them because my mom had recommended them to me; strangely, it took me a long time to notice that when my mom settled in to read for the night, she often chose modern story-tellers such as James Herriot, Dick Francis, and Agatha Christie. I like some of Nicholas' books, the ones that have a bit of grit to them and bought The Guardian on the strength of excellent reviews. Das Buch erschien im Jahr 2003. The danger of Richard Franklin the Jealous stalker who Julie once dated and then there is the love of the singer the dog a great Dane who was a gift from Julie's husband Jim after his death, who later proved to be the real Guradian of Julie's life. Start by marking “The Guardian” as Want to Read: Error rating book. And how he fought tp save her to the very end. Like the majority of his books the sadness of death is expressed through his writing. To do this, I created an obsessive character (not too original, I’ll admit), but that I made him obsessive almost immediately (original). The danger of Richard Franklin the Jealous stalker who Julie once dated and then there is the love of the singer the dog a great Dane who was a gift from Julie's husband Jim after his death, who later proved to be the re. The Guardian (Hörbuch-Download): Amazon.de: Nicholas Sparks, Isabel Keating, Brown Book Group Little: Audible Audiobooks THE DOG. .I just can't handle it. . After dating several men, she discovers her husband's best friend is the man she falls for. Perhaps. Julie lives with her dog Singer in a small town in North Carolina where she meets Richard, who is hiding a dark secret. Mike was a fun character to write and, to be frank, I liked writing about someone who wasn’t completely comfortable with the opposite sex. I’ll reach out again as soon as I have updates for this fall - until then, be well.Sincerely yours. Provide your email below to join the list. This book was poorly edited and was written by someone other than Nicholas Sparks. Only later would I find out how wrong I was. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, 29-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. It was The Stand—destined to be a classic in the horror genre, I believe—and the ever-mounting tension compelled me to read long after I should have gone to sleep. Okay so I think this book was veryyyy different from Sparks' other novels! With any in-store purchase of The Return, you can receive your choice of a free Nicholas Sparks audiobook (details will be on your store receipt). This book though slow in the beginning was pretty good and I recommend it to others whom enjoy thrillers, with romance etc. This is an amazing story, but the ending is sad, I cried quite a bit during the last chapter, so get your tissue ready. "You're Trey Clarke?" The premise is lame and unbelievable...how many dying husbands make pre-death arrangements for a dirty puppy to be delivered to the grieving widow on Christmas--in a cardboard box, no less? And up until the last chapter and epilogue, I was going to give it 3 stars. In the past, I’ve written about everlasting love, love after loss, first love, love as rescue, love and forgiveness, love and sacrifice and for The Guardian, I simply chose to write about love and danger. Now, four years later, twenty-nine year-old Julie is far too young to have given up on love. She may be ready to risk caring for someone again. The official website of Nicholas Sparks, American novelist, screenwriter and producer. The saddest part of the book for me was about the poor, loyal dog. This is a book every dog lover will like. Es ist eine Mischung aus den Genres Romanze und Thriller. This would normally be the time that I’d be announcing a list of signing appearances for my latest novel, The Return, which will be available in stores on September 29. So far, nothing. It tells about the true loyalty and friendship between Julie and her dog Singer. Sein plötzlicher Tod trieb sie zur Verzweiflung. But by the middle of the book it had me completely captivated!