A BOOK REVIEW ON NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NIGHTS IN RODANTHE

A BOOK REVIEW ON NICHOLAS SPARKS’ NIGHTS IN RODANTHE

By John Michael Padullon

IV- Sir Isaac Newton

I. Introduction

“Nights in Rodanthe,” the latest screen adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks story, is a picture smothered in syrupy excess. It shows a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it.

Gere, meanwhile, is the stereotypical pop-culture surgeon - all skill and no heart. When one of his patients dies during a procedure, he has a nurse deliver the news to the family. That coldness results in the final alienation of his son, who's also a doctor.

Traveling to the Outer Banks to regroup and to fulfill an obligation, Gere gets a room at the inn, and is its sole guest as storm warnings escalate. Connections ensue.

Unfortunately, the characters are little more than cardboard cutouts crudely designed to manipulate viewers, crushing the hope that "Nights" could be that rare big-screen creature - an enjoyable romance featuring mature actors.

In his feature-film directorial debut, George C. Wolfe, whose résumé includes award-winning TV and theater projects ("Lackawanna Blues," "Angels in America"), allows the movie to meander at a maddening pace. Writers Ann Peacock and John Romano's dialogue is laughable. ("You get now," one of the locals growls at Gere when he overstays his welcome.)

II. Summary of content

Emotionally guarded divorcée Adrienne (Lane) and troubled physician Paul (Gere) are brought together one fateful week when she agrees to house-sit a friend’s B and B on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and he’s the only guest. The arrival of a hurricane leads this pair into each other’s arms (because the threat of imminent death is an aphrodisiac, at least in romances), and the healing commences. Adrienne has been burned by a cheating husband (Meloni) and Paul is, well…it’s hard to say what he is. The script suggests he’s arrogant and uncaring but ripe for reform with the help of a good woman. But Gere plays him with such imprecision that he comes off mostly as drowsy. Maybe he just needed something with a little more caffeine.

The story revolves on love and how it makes a person aware of the entire possible thing that could happen tomorrow. This has surely made readers mark up about how love changes a person’s will, how it helps us realize that we do such things only to give the one we love the best thing we can give for we never know when they would leave.

III. Analysis of text

Nights in Rodanthe is written with apparent indication of emotions that you can feel what is being expressed. As Paul and Adrienne shows their love for one another, you can feel the sincerity and passion of what they are trying to prove for the thought are always straight to express, at the same time, to let the readers evaluate readily the lines of inspiration

The characters inevitably experience The Big Contradiction. Namely, that love is fleeting - and it is eternal.

Having read some of his other book’s plot- I can vouch that they are to tear duct what milking machine is to cow udder. Rodanthe is a reliably steamy stormy sultry story about Inner Change at the Outer Banks where strangers become intimates. More specifically, where Paul Flanner, emotionally detached doctor, creatively unlocks Adrienne Willis, thwarted artist, as she shows him how to attach.

IV. Evaluation of text

In NIGHTS IN RODANTHE Nicholas Sparks has written a timeless love story, reaffirming his reputation as America's foremost chronicler of the heart.

"Nights in Rodanthe" is typical fare -- a weepy romance dealing with love, death and other unstoppable forces of nature -- that has been turned into a tasteful melodrama courtesy of the easy chemistry between its two leads.

It is a touching love story that will bring a tear to your eye and a smile on your lips. Nicholas Sparks has captured the hearts of millions of readers, and Nights in Rodanthe is a perfect example of why. His books aren't deep and complicated. Instead, they are an easy read to take you away from reality for a brief time. This was, indeed, enjoyable and moving.