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Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, Nicholas Sparks tells the story of Travis Parker, a small-town veterinarian who's perfectly content with the active and exciting life he leads. Since he uses his spare time bungee jumping and swimming with the dolphins, he can't shake the belief that a woman would simply slow him down. That is, until Gabby Holland enters his life.
Gabby, Travis's new neighbor, is in love with her boyfriend of three years, and wants nothing more than to start planning the wedding she's always dreamed about. However, there is a story within a story and the connection between Travis and Gabby is just a beginning. As their tale unfolds, their relationship becomes something different--with much higher stakes. With echoes of THE NOTE BOOK abound, listeners everywhere will fall in love. --このテキストは、 CD 版に関連付けられています。
Gabby, Travis's new neighbor, is in love with her boyfriend of three years, and wants nothing more than to start planning the wedding she's always dreamed about. However, there is a story within a story and the connection between Travis and Gabby is just a beginning. As their tale unfolds, their relationship becomes something different--with much higher stakes. With echoes of THE NOTE BOOK abound, listeners everywhere will fall in love. --このテキストは、 CD 版に関連付けられています。
From Publishers Weekly
In his 13th book, bestselling Sparks (At First Sight, etc.) limns the far-reaching implications of several seemingly ordinary choices made by Beaufort, N.C. veterinarian Travis Parker and his next-door neighbor Gabrielle Holland, a physician's assistant and recent arrival. After an inauspicious first meeting where Gabby accuses Travis's boxer of impregnating her purebred collie, the two fall hard for each other. Already dating someone else seriously, Gabby is faced with a dilemma: whether to stick with longtime boyfriend Kevin, or get involved with Travis. The first part of the tale paints a vivid picture of her decision-making process and its effects on Travis and Gabby's lives. That sets up Part II, which takes place 11 years later when Travis faces a life and death decision following a car accident. A tender and moving love story and a quick read, Sparks's latest does not disappoint.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。
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この作者、クラシックな恋愛ものが得意で意外なことにそれがアメリカでは人気を呼んでいます。ケビンコスナーが主演したMessage in a bottleなどは私からするとあまりに大甘でちょっとついていけませんでした。超自然的な幻火で話題になっている町に住む古風な女性と幻火の謎を解きにやってきた青年との恋をえがいたTrue believerもかなり時代がかった恋愛モノでした。
この作品も第1章はまさにそのような展開で、３０を過ぎたのに気ままにパラグライダーやスキーなど独身生活をエンジョイしているTravisと、隣家に引っ越してきた医療補助士のGabbyがひょんなことから次第に魅かれていく過程をまるでハーレクインロマンのように甘美に描いています。男と女の出会いの意外性（今回はGabbyの飼い犬がTravisが獣医とは知らず彼の愛犬に妊娠させられたと勘違いしてGabbyが隣家に怒鳴り込むことが発端）や、厳格にそだてられてきたGabbyがまったく正反対のTravisのライフスタイルに魅了されていくあたり（はじめてハーレーに乗ることを教えるシーンなどなかなかよいです）まさに恋愛モノを得意とする作者の面目躍如とするところで、それなりには読ませます。 2章になるとがらりとかわって、実はプロローグで示唆されているように結婚10年余たったTravisと Gabbyのまさに人生の大選択（the choice）のテーマが描かれます。甘美なメロドラマだけで終わらないで、必然と偶然、自然と科学など結構、深遠な大テーマを持ち込むのもこの作者の多くの作品に共通したドラマ構成ですが、今回の場合はあまりにも唐突すぎてとって付け足したようなご都合主義ととられても仕方がないと思います。
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この作品も第1章はまさにそのような展開で、３０を過ぎたのに気ままにパラグライダーやスキーなど独身生活をエンジョイしているTravisと、隣家に引っ越してきた医療補助士のGabbyがひょんなことから次第に魅かれていく過程をまるでハーレクインロマンのように甘美に描いています。男と女の出会いの意外性（今回はGabbyの飼い犬がTravisが獣医とは知らず彼の愛犬に妊娠させられたと勘違いしてGabbyが隣家に怒鳴り込むことが発端）や、厳格にそだてられてきたGabbyがまったく正反対のTravisのライフスタイルに魅了されていくあたり（はじめてハーレーに乗ることを教えるシーンなどなかなかよいです）まさに恋愛モノを得意とする作者の面目躍如とするところで、それなりには読ませます。 2章になるとがらりとかわって、実はプロローグで示唆されているように結婚10年余たったTravisと Gabbyのまさに人生の大選択（the choice）のテーマが描かれます。甘美なメロドラマだけで終わらないで、必然と偶然、自然と科学など結構、深遠な大テーマを持ち込むのもこの作者の多くの作品に共通したドラマ構成ですが、今回の場合はあまりにも唐突すぎてとって付け足したようなご都合主義ととられても仕方がないと思います。
英語は平明ですし、メロドラマも英語で読めばそう気恥ずかしくありませんのでお手軽にどうぞ。
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ニコラス・スパークスと言えば、悲劇的なエンディングでも有名だけれども、何をとっても男と女が恋に落ちるまでの会話、動作の描写が何とも言えず、巧みであるにもかかわらず、この作品はそこの部分がちょっと雑だったかな，と思いました。いつもの作品なら、恋に落ちる瞬間までの主人公と自分を重ね合わせて読みますが、今回はちょっと物語の外から読んでいる自分がいたような気がします。総合的には星４つでまあまあですが、ねっとりしたスパークスの作品が好きな人にはちょっと物足りないかも。
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An Average Choice
2007/9/24
形式:ハードカバー
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.
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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.
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Another love story from Sparks, slow beginning, good end, great characters
2007/10/8
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THE CHOICE by Nicholas Sparks is not a book I'd normally read. Not my favorite genre. My wife has read all of his books, and I've started reading them now too because they are easy to read and Sparks is a great writer. The summary on the inside cover tells you almost everything you need to know about the plot. Travis Parker is a 32-year old bachelor that loves having his married friends over for cookouts. Gabby is the new neighbor who is new to town, has few friends, and wonders when her boyfriend Kevin is going to ask her to marry him. Gabby at first doesn' t like Travis. He seems like an insensitive neighbor. From the plot summary, you know they are going to marry, so the first two thirds of the book covers a couple of days that Gabby and Travis spend together while Kevin is out of town. They go parasailing with Travis's friends. They ride motorcycles. And they fall in love. Sparks writes in a way that keeps you turning the pages, but the first part of the book seemed overly long because you know they are going to get together. There really isn't any conflict except Gabby's doubts about her relationship with Kevin. Even that isn't as strong as it could have been. The boyfriend doesn't really stand a chance when it comes to the true love Gabby and Travis discover. As usual, Sparks creates a girl in Gabby that is, while not perfect, a girl you could imagine falling in love with. Travis has similar qualites. He is adventerous, a gentleman, and although a bachelor, is great with kids and hopes to have them someday.
Part Two begins in the present, when Gabby and Travis have been married for ten years, and here, we find out what kind of "choice" Travis must face. Here, the plot thickens and the conflict increases. As with the two other Sparks books I've read, a lot of things have to be forced to happen for Sparks to come up with the kind of plot and conflict he wants. Still, the conflict Travis faces is real and sincere and there isn't really a right decision.
I enjoyed this book a lot. I wish that the first part, which lasts about two-thirds of the book, had told more of a story instead of detailing every last bit of interaction between Travis and Gabby over a two day period. Men, I'm sure your wives will love this book, and you might just enjoy it too if you are a sucker for a good love story.
Part Two begins in the present, when Gabby and Travis have been married for ten years, and here, we find out what kind of "choice" Travis must face. Here, the plot thickens and the conflict increases. As with the two other Sparks books I've read, a lot of things have to be forced to happen for Sparks to come up with the kind of plot and conflict he wants. Still, the conflict Travis faces is real and sincere and there isn't really a right decision.
I enjoyed this book a lot. I wish that the first part, which lasts about two-thirds of the book, had told more of a story instead of detailing every last bit of interaction between Travis and Gabby over a two day period. Men, I'm sure your wives will love this book, and you might just enjoy it too if you are a sucker for a good love story.
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If you loved THE NOTEBOOK, you will love THE CHOICE!
2007/9/21
形式:ハードカバー
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.
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