I made the mistake of reading this book on the plane ride home from Orlando last weekend. To the very polite twenty-something sitting next to me by the window, I must apologize for crying like a fool as I read the ending to this book. With not the first tissue in my purse, either. What an idiot I am. Who reads any Nicholas Sparks book without tissues?
I must admit that I am a hit or miss Nicholas Sparks fan. I love some of his books, and I mean LOVE, and others I have taken out of my permanent collection. The Longest Ride is going into the permanent collection (once I get it back from my mother-in-law who borrowed it from me). The Longest Ride is right up there with The Walk and The Notebook and I am praying long and hard that this one becomes a movie. I will be the first in line on opening night.
The book tells the stories of Ira and Ruth and Sophia and Luke, alternating between the two. Ira is an older man, in his seventies. He has crashed his car and while he waits, freezing in the snow, for help, trapped inside his car, he begins a long conversation with his wife, Ruth, who passes away years before. It is through these conversations that we hear their beautiful love story. Meanwhile, on and off the campus of Wake Forest University, we meet Sophia and Luke. Sophia is an art history major; Luke is a professional bull rider, whose paths cross and are never the same again. Like only Nicholas Sparks can, he manages to weave these two individual stories into one brilliant story that I know will touch your heart.
I will not say anything more except this...(for those of you who have read this book already, you will know what I mean. For those of you who haven't, I hope I spark your curiosity enough so that you will pick up this treasure and devour it (with tissues!)) Ira...I totally understand. And, I would've bought the painting, too. First off, right away. It truly was the treasure.
Happy reading everyone!
:) Dodie
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