Not for me either, but my teen daughter likes the movies and has even read a couple of his books, even though she's not big on pleasure reading.

Why? I can't stomach that crap and won't pretend to. Nothing wrong with you, OP.

I've never read the books, and the movies I've usually watches as a background for doing something else.

However, I gotta say I actually liked the movie version of The Lucky One. THe end was typical, but there were a few very redeeming scenes - specifically when the female lead finally stood up to her ex and took what she wanted.

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Anonymous wrote:Attended a BBQ yesterday and all of the other female guests over age 16 were raving about Nicholas Sparks. Specifically, The Notebook and Safe Haven. I'm mildly interested in Safe Haven because it sounds like a thriller, but I'm guessing it is also damsel in distress, which doesn't appeal to me. Am I missing something?

I heard someone describe these books as the literary equivalent of a Thomas Kinkead painting.

I'm OP. The first time I saw a Nicholas Spark's novel in a bookstore, that's what the cover art looked like so I always avoided them. I guess that's the literary version of aposematism (warning coloration).

Despite the cliche, sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover.

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Anonymous wrote:Attended a BBQ yesterday and all of the other female guests over age 16 were raving about Nicholas Sparks. Specifically, The Notebook and Safe Haven. I'm mildly interested in Safe Haven because it sounds like a thriller, but I'm guessing it is also damsel in distress, which doesn't appeal to me. Am I missing something?

I heard someone describe these books as the literary equivalent of a Thomas Kinkead painting.

I'm OP. The first time I saw a Nicholas Spark's novel in a bookstore, that's what the cover art looked like so I always avoided them. I guess that's the literary version of aposematism (warning coloration).

http://jezebel.com/i-just-watched-the-notebook-and-am-here-to-ruin-it-for-1598415652

You are not missing anything.

Anonymous wrote:Attended a BBQ yesterday and all of the other female guests over age 16 were raving about Nicholas Sparks. Specifically, The Notebook and Safe Haven. I'm mildly interested in Safe Haven because it sounds like a thriller, but I'm guessing it is also damsel in distress, which doesn't appeal to me. Am I missing something?

I heard someone describe these books as the literary equivalent of a Thomas Kinkead painting.

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Anonymous wrote:I read The Notebook nearly 11 years ago while heavily pregnant and suffering from placenta-on-the-brain. Not a real condition but none the less I was feeling tired, unfocused and had lapses in memory. I really thought I liked it until I tried to watch the movie.

The movie version of The Notebook is the only palatable thing Nicholas Sparks has ever done, for one reason only: Ryan Gosling.

Nope. Not even then.

Anonymous wrote:I read The Notebook nearly 11 years ago while heavily pregnant and suffering from placenta-on-the-brain. Not a real condition but none the less I was feeling tired, unfocused and had lapses in memory. I really thought I liked it until I tried to watch the movie.

The movie version of The Notebook is the only palatable thing Nicholas Sparks has ever done, for one reason only: Ryan Gosling.

I read The Notebook nearly 11 years ago while heavily pregnant and suffering from placenta-on-the-brain. Not a real condition but none the less I was feeling tired, unfocused and had lapses in memory. I really thought I liked it until I tried to watch the movie.