Dear John

Reader reviewed by lindsay

Absolutley beautiful! Loved it from beginging to end. Nicholas Sparks writes a heart-wrenching novel, once again. This book is about working hard for what you want but at the same time making sacrafices, in turn. Shows true love and beauty within a relationship. Aweseom read!

Reader reviewed by Dede

Dear John has an incredible ability to get you invested in the main characters of the book early on and continues throughout. It's about love and sacrifice and the consequences of them. John joins the army after being a ruffian most of his teenage years and it gives him a place to feel wanted/needed. He has a strained relationship with his dad, that goes a little beyond the normal father/son alienation. On leave one summer, he meets Savannah and falls for her almost immediately. Savannah does the same. They spend an innocent time together and John goes back to the army and they write to eachother. When he comes back for leave again, they spend time together and they can sense that something has shifted, but they still have their passion for eachother. John leaves again and Savannah waits, he only has a certain amount of time before his enlistment is up. Then comes 9/11 and John re-upps and it changes the course of their love story.
While John is completely believable and relatable in this book, at times Savannah is not at all. When they have a special moment during one leave, Savannah reacts unexpectedly and I didn't really understand why. For such a young couple and so early in their relationship, at times their ability to just let things slide and not ask about what they wonder about is a little off putting. Savannah does something during a visit from John that I can't quite forgive her for. However, this is a great little story about love, forgiveness and sacrifice that hits a chord for me.