Finished this today..another great book by Nicholas Sparks.
I can't ever get enough of this guy. lol.
A simple story really, but made awesome by the quirky characters and the whole setting of Boone Creek.
Maybe it's just me, but I really enjoyed reading sotries revolving around small communities...it just feels so cosy. A neighbourhood where everyone knows each other and treat each other as family.
Some people would probably find it boring and who knows, I probably would find it boring too after staying there for awhile.
But until that happens, I'll continue wishing to want to stay in a community like that.
Maybe it coz I've stayed in Singapore all my life..all I ever known was the hectic city life.
I'm having my wish of going to study in Australia again..in ANU probably where it's a sleepy town.
The perfect place for me.
I think why I love Spark's books..is partly coz they are all mostly set in a cosy small town.
I would really like to visit North Carolina someday..go visit all the places he mentioned in his books.
Anyway, back to True Believer..
It's truely a simple story. The whole sequence of events took place within 2 weeks.
With the bulk of the stories focused on the first week. It makes you wonder, how could someone make a book for a story that last 2 weeks. But Spark's has done it!
I have to say though, the emotion quotient I felt in this book is subtle...not as intense as his other books like Dear John. But it's nice in a way..it's enough to keep u satisfied and to want to keep go on reading.
Overall, I must say I really enjoyed this book.
P.S. I just found out that there's a sequel to True Believer.
I'm so psyched to read it..I mean I always wanted to know more. Like what happens after they fell in love. What happens after they get married and stuff.
The sequel tells exactly that =)
I know why some people find these sorta books boring..I mean it's quite mundane actually.
It's narrates mostly, the mundane life the characters has. But I'm just intrigued to it.
If I could spend my life being a ghost, being transparent, and just observe how people go along their normal routine, I think I would be very contented.
It would be almost the perfect job actually.
