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The Longest Ride pages 16-52

I have been introduced to the four main characters this book. In the first chapter, I met Ira and the spirit of his beloved wife Ruth. Now I am getting to know Sophia and Luke. Sophia is a senior at Wake Forest University who has just ended a long-term relationship. On the advice of her roommate Marcia, she has agreed to attend a redo in a near by town. After an altercation with Brain, her former flame, a mysterious “cowboy” comes to her rescue.

Both the Sophia and Luke characters seem like loners who need companionship. They exchange family histories and l am interested to see where their budding romance goes. At this point though, they are nothing more than casual acquaintances. It would be nice to know how the character of Ira is going to interact with the two younger characters. I find the plot of this book a little that I hired to understand at times but I'm going to keep going. Hopefully the face of it will pick up soon so I don't have to put so much time in between blog posts. I was going to talk in detail about what was going on in these chapters but then I thought that it would give too much away if any of you decided to read this book.

One of the things I really admire about this book is the level of description involved, especially when it comes to setting. Even though I have no clue where Wake Forest University is and have never been to North Carolina, Sparks always has the uncanny ability to put me right there, metaphorically speaking of course. His characters sometime become almost real to me. However, I haven't felt that way since the days of Alley and Noah in The Notebook or Landon and Jamie in a walk to remember. That might be why they are two of my very favorite movies of all time.


As an aspiring writer I am quickly coming down with a case of "description envy”! I can't wait to read the rest and give you all my impressions of it.

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