The Best of Me Mass Market Paperback – March 26, 2013
Author: Visit Amazon’s Nicholas Sparks Page | ISBN: 0446547638
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- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (March 26, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0446547638
- ISBN-13: 978-0446547635
- Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Psychological Thrillers
- #58 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary
“The Best of me” by Nicholas Sparks follows the love story of Dawson Cole–a young man from a never do well family, who is sent to prison after he accidentally runs over the town’s doctor, and upon release is nearly killed during an explosion in his new oil rig job–and Amanda Collier, his high school sweetheart who came from a wealthy family, and who, all those years later, is a married stay-at-home mom who occasionally ventures out to volunteer at the town’s medical center.The occasion for their union is the death of Tuck Hostetler, an elderly car mechanic who was their mutual friend and wished for them to scatter his ashes at a cottage owned by his ex-wife, the love of life who died before him, Clara. As Dawson and Amanda visit Tuck’s estate and fulfill his wishes, they fall in love with each other all over again. But twenty years have passed, and Amanda’s current married life and her mother’s disapproval creates a huge obstacle.
But this is not the only problem Dawson faces. Elsewhere in town, his cousins Ted and Abee found out his back in town and want to plot their revenge for Dawson beating them up all these years ago. Not satisfied with a confrontation, Ted plots to murder Dawson. Meanwhile, Abee is caught up in a romance of his own–one that ultimately turns dangerous for all the participants involved.
My thoughts: as in many of Sparks’ previous novels, this story is told from different points of view. This is an effective device that Sparks uses, letting the reader get intimately acquainted with all of the characters. Right off the bat, we know that Dawson wears his heart on his sleeve–and is a vulnerable character–weighted down by guilt, lost love, and loneliness.
I love Nicholas Sparks books, but lately have been disappointed. It is as if he has written every good plot he can think of so now, in desperation, turns to the cliches that are sure-fire tissue twisters. In Safe Haven, which I really did like because it was so different than his other books, Sparks added the element of suspense and a tiny bit of a ghost angle. Well, after experimenting with it and seeing it pleased his fans, he’s gone all out with it in this book, landing a ghost as a secondary character and throwing in a couple of back hill goons with a love for their Glocks.
Here’s the plot in a nutshell. Dawson Cole, the kid from the wrong side of the track and Amanda Collier, the rich pretty girl fall in love. Alas, their love is doomed, so they part ways, but this love was so very strong Dawson could never find it in him to love another and led a loner life. (I ask … how many guys would go their ENTIRE lives without ever being with a woman or wanting a family, content to keep company with a memory?) Amanda though, has married a dentist who drinks too much and makes her miserable. She compares herself to an otter asleep on the side of his cage at the zoo, knowing this isn’t the life she’s supposed to live but with no way out. Even on her wedding day, she wished the poor man at the end of the aisle away, longing for Dawson.
The book begins with Dawson knowing that he should have died when the oil rig he worked on had an explosion. But instead, after he flopped in the water, this dark haired man in a wind breaker appears and Dawson swims towards him to safety. Suddenly this wind breaker guy is popping up here and there, sometimes just a flicker in the corner of his eye, but Dawson can never get a close look at him before he disappears.
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