561. Title & Author: The Wish by Nicholas Sparks (387 pages)
Genre: Fiction–Romance
Completed: 18 March 2023
Summary & Review:
A successful photography and gallery owner, Maggie is blindsided by her terminal cancer diagnosis. Thankfully, a young man recently hired at her gallery is there to help her. As the two bond and get to know one another, Maggie tells Mark the story of her unexpected teenage pregnancy, the months spent with her aunt on a remote island in North Carolina during that pregnancy, and her first–and only–love.
Paige absolutely loves this book, and I can see why. It’s much more substantial than many Nicholas Sparks’ books and delves into very serious themes. It had intriguing, believable characters and a sad but satisfying ending.
In the book, the love of Maggie’s life is tragically killed during the war in Afghanistan. That whole period ticks me off. Thousands of young men were killed for absolutely no reason fighting a war that was ultimately pointless. Every politician and general responsible for the war and for prolonging it should be strung up from lampposts.
Rating: 8.0
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