A Walk to Remember

Reader reviewed by P. G. Sherrie

Nicholas Sparks' A Walk to Remember is not the typical high school romance novel.  Following the story of goody-goody pastor's daughter Jamie Sullivan and bad boy Landon Carter, their relationship challenges the social code of their high school then and of teenagers today.  Complications such as Jamie's cancer and Landon's relationship with his father, Sparks weaves a novel that addresses loss and connection in human relationships.  Although I found this novel easy to read, it is not easy to forget. 

Reader reviewed by Irine - NZ

This book will haunt me for life. I fell in love with the story and the characters. It has one of the saddest story yet joyous at the same time. I recommend this book specially for young adults as I believe the story can make you a better person.

Reader reviewed by Ashley

Landon Carter is a senators son.  He has money, he has the look and the popularity.  One thing that he doesn't have is Jamie Sullivan, The preachers daughter.  Jamie is the girl that everybody makes fun of.  She puts everybody before herself.  After Landon does the school play with her he falls in love.  Before the play she made him promise not to fall in love with her.  Obviously he didn't keep that promise.  He fell in love with her not knowing why she wouldn't let him in the first place.  As the author said that first you will smile and then you will cry.

This book is one of my favorite book that I have ever read.  It's a very sad yet happy book.  I loved this book because it tells a unique story about love and saddness.  This book is alot like the Notebook but also very different.  I would recommend this book to any teenage girl.  Girls would understand this book better than guys.

Reader reviewed by VictoriaD

A Walk To Remember was such a fantastic book. Once I started to read it, it was like it was impossible to set down. This story about a daughter of a pastor named Jamie and a boy who is with the "in" crowd named Landon. The two opposites never pictured falling in love with each other until that one moment when Jamie said, "Promise me you won't fall in love with me." And so their life-long adventure began.

Reader reviewed by Kaci

Reader reviewed by Shelby

This book was a uniquely written book about sophisticated young love. It approaches teenage love through with a religious atonement quality which is unparalleled. It chronicles a period in young and dynamic Landon Carter's life where he finds love in an unexpected place followed closely by heartbreak. The movie did not do it justice.

Reader reviewed by Sammi

this book was one of the best that i have read. Spark relates carson story in a way that would make the reader want to continue not likeothers where after the first chapter you want to put th e book down.

The things that happen in the story sadly are thing that are relatable to many teens. i would definetly recommend this book to anyone who is will to have an open mind while reading it and not judge the characters upon first meeting them.

Reader reviewed by Kelsey

Every April, when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's Baptist minister. A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it. Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood. . .




This book was astounding, but it was way to short. Sparks caught me in with the very first paragraph. I was interesting from beginning to end.


You know, there so much rep about Nicholas Sparks and him being one of the best story tellers of the last few decades, so I had a lot of expectations with this novel. Let me tell you, it did not let me down a bit.


From what i've heard his telling of the 50's was acurate. Landon Carter seemed like the typical High School prankster. Jamie Sullivan was like the sweet girl that every class has. When they were drawn together it gave this book the perfect spark. The ending had that problem that you knew was going to happen but didn't really expect it. This novel was astonishing.


I completely cannot wait to go to the library to get another one of his books to read. I'm exstatic.

Reader reviewed by Jax

Normally im not a fan of Nicholas Sparks, but after seeing the movie version, I had to read A Walk to Remember. THe story line is incredible, especially to a hopeless romantic like myself. I found the love between these two teenagers so amazing, even at such a young age when I first read it.

I recommend this to EVERYONE..the story teaches you so much about not only yourself but others as well. also, even if you don't like sparks, go for it. its the only book of his i enjoy...

Reader reviewed by Laura

This book was absolutley amazing. It kept me on the edge of my seat. It was a story of how strong teen love can truly be and the love conquers all. Landon and Jamie come from different backgrounds and had nothing to do with each other until an incident where Landon needed a date. From getting to know each other in new ways, Landon learns what life is really about. It is only when Jamie becomes very weak and ill that Landon learns miracles can happen.