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The Choice Editorial Reviews
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#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make.
Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life-- boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies--he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him . . . and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn't help. Despite himself, Travis can't stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, THE CHOICE ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?
The Choice Customer Reviews:
Average Rating: 4.0 (264 reviews)
Rating: 4 (If you loved THE NOTEBOOK, you will love THE CHOICE!) Was helpful to 47 from 53 votes
I love Nicholas Sparks' books. I am an avid reader and rarely am moved to tears by a male author, but find I am always reaching for the tissues when I read a N.S. book. I love the emotion, the "realness" of his characters. The plot centers around two people who meet and fall in love and the choices and promises they make to each other during their relationship. If you loved THE NOTEBOOK, and it's sequel, THE WEDDING, you will love THE CHOICE. I read this book in a day since it's a short book, but also because I was drawn into the story and couldn't put it down.
Rating: 3 (An Average Choice) Was helpful to 76 from 86 votes
Reviewed by Christina Wantz Fixemer
on 09/22/2007
In a small coastal town, Travis Parker has almost everything he could wish. He loves his job, he gets to hang with long-time friends, and he enjoys water sports, motorcycling, and travel. All in all, it's a good life.
Everything he knows is thrown off-kilter when he meets his new neighbor, Gabby Holland, who happens to be in a relationship with another man. For her part, Gabby is excited, scared, and confused by the things she feels around Travis. She's been dedicated to her golf-crazy boyfriend for a long while, but Travis makes her feel new things. At some point, she'll have to make a decision.
Famous for his take on the sensitive hero and tender love, Nicholas Sparks latest offering is THE CHOICE, in which unexpected feelings lead to unexpected things. As the fun-loving guy with a big heart, Travis is easy to like from the beginning. Gabby, on the other hand, is a very mixed bag.
On the surface, Gabby seems to be kind hearted, but she comes across as someone who is easily upset, has doormat tendencies, and can't quite control her emotions. Travis sees her as sweet and having a great sense of humor. Readers are likely to see her as lacking a sense of humor until later, and even then it's sketchy. Characters are supposed to grow throughout a story, and Gabby does, but her introduction makes it difficult to sympathize with her from the beginning, especially in regards to her relationship with family and, well, her steady boyfriend.
A tragedy in the last hundred pages of the novel almost redeems all that went before. It's hinted at in the prologue, but Sparks elects to play a trick on the read, leading them to expect something quite different from what actually happens. It'd difficult to explain without giving it away, other than to say that it straddles the fence of cheap versus clever.
THE CHOICE is an average read for an average day. Sparks fans are likely to feel a bit let down, but there are far worse things a person could read.
3-Books
Rating: 4 (Romance about faith and hope) Was helpful to 7 from 9 votes
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks is the story of Travis and Gabby and their history of their love. The book begins as Travis brings flowers to the hospital where Gabby works. They've been apart for months, and it's tearing him apart. Exhausted by the ordeal about to come, he reflects on how they met and fell in love. The story moves along quickly as they move from antagonistic neighbors to the first kiss and making a life together. All too soon, Travis is shaken from his reverie and brings the flowers to his comatose wife and faces a decision about a promise Gabby made him make her years ago. This was a sweet romance camouflaging a deeper story about faith, promises, and death. Sparks brings up excellent points that force the reader to consider what they would do in a similar circumstance. The decision Travis has to make nearly tears him apart, and the power of this book lies in him and his faith. This was a great romantic read, guaranteed to bring a few tears.
Rating: 5 (Beautifully Written) Was helpful to 3 from 5 votes
Another heartfelt love story by Nicholas Sparks. As always I recommend all of his novels & I will be awaiting his next story.
Rating: 5 (Must-Have Book For Any Nicholas Sparks Fan) Was helpful to 3 from 4 votes
I have been anticipating this book since I finished his last book and it did not disappoint. I found it a bit predictable, but aside from that, I found the book to be surprisingly unlike his other books. The ending brought tears to my eyes (which is nothing new with a Nicholas Sparks book) and I found myself contemplating what I would have done in the same situation Travis was in. The Choice easily falls into my top 3 favorites of all his books and now I find myself looking forward to next year and his next book. Great read for any Sparks fan.
