Nicholas SparksThe Return

The Return is a new low for Mr. Sparks I found myself re-reading complete paragraphs previously encountered earlier in the book. Even more peculiar were incidents described in minute detail before they had even occurred in the chronology.My only conclusion is that Nicholas Sparks overused the copy/cut and paste feature of his word processor. I envisioned him using a collection of paragraphs much like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. his problem was that the pieces did not quite fit together.At the hefty price tag for this book, He and his publisher are insulting his readers. The story itself is mundane and uninteresting. He could have told it in a novella. After slogging through chapter after chapter, I finally reached the unsatisfactory conclusion.Assigning a book only one star is rare for me. If The Mistress had been written by a first-time author, I might be more forgiving. Mr. Sparks, on the other hand, knows exactly what he is doing.

When I saw the interview on Good Morning America Tuesday morning, l was a little concerned because l had ordered the book on my kindle, but had not started reading it yetI have read every book Nicholas Sparks has written, but when he said that this one was different, I was a little concernedNo worries to all his fans----it is wonderful! The mystery he referred to just added to it----and I loved reading about the bees.....It is definitely another winner.

Nicholas Sparks has brought us back to New Bern, North Carolina for another heartwarming story about love, compassion, sacrifice and self-exploration…Oh, and a bit of romance and mystery. There is no doubt about how much I enjoyed reading this book. From the moment I picked it up, I knew I was in for a special treat.The Return is a multi-thread story that explores real life issues such as PTSD, loss, and heartbreak (but not in the way you think…going to have to read the book to find out what I mean). Sparks keeps these threads flowing throughout the story smoothly while incorporating beautiful scenery and real emotions. The characters are fully developed, and you feel as if they are your own friends. You will care about everything they are experiencing and feeling…Especially Callie.This story really spoke to my heart. In our current world, we seem to be surrounded by hate, animosity and fear. The characters in The Return brought so much kindness, generosity, compassion and warmth to the story, and this is something I really needed. I love how Sparks has a way of describing the intricacies of relationships within both families and friendships and even those looking to make a connection with others. How Sparks can create so much in the realm of emotions in one book is beyond me.Sparks did an amazing job with his research, and the story was full of amazing and fascinating details pertaining to PTSD and bee keeping.

The book I received had no cover on it!!!!! Imagine my surprise to open my box that was so anticipated, to find a plain white book. Where is the cover? Why did I not receive a complete book????/

I just love a good romance. Sparks has done it again. If you love romances and happy endings then you should grab a copy of this one. I bet we see this one on the big screen in the future.5 stars and I HIGHLY recommend this book.

3.5 starsI've said it a million times before that Nicholas Sparks is my all time favorite author. I preordered this book and by the time it came in the mail I had been fighting off a slump for over a month. I decided to pick it up in the hopes that it would help me out of said slump and I think it did the job.It was a little slow going for the first half of the book but I was intrigued enough to want to keep reading and find out what happened.Like I said the first half was pretty slow going but the last half things picked up for me. I loved Callie's story the most. That was what I was most interested in while reading this. The romance however fell a little flat for me and was way too rushed. I would have more time with it.I did enjoy the mystery included though. There are 3 characters that all have secrets of sorts and we learn them throughout the book. That was another thing that kept me reading. I had to know the truth about each of the characters.Overall it was an enjoyable read and while it's not my favorite book by him I still had a fun time reading it and got teary eyed toward the end.

This was a great read. I finished the book in 2 days. I will admit that there were some slow parts to the beginning of the book, and parts I skimmed over because of the excess detail, however I could not put the book down for the rest. It had a heartwarming story line with some mystery. It was good to get lost in this book. Would definitely recommend.

From: Carolyn Linderman <ladyoftheloons@hotmail.com>To: "Amazon.com Customer Service" <cust.service03@amazon.com>Subject: Re: Great news! You saved additional money on your Amazon pre-orderI am an avid reader of Nicholas Sparks (the reason for five stars) and I'm happy to have saved money, but probably spent that much in gas to retrieve my purchase from a former address!! I am quite disappointed that my change of address more than six months ago -- which has worked for our several purchases since then -- wasn't applied to this purchase. Someone there really dropped the ball on this one!

I’ve read every single one of his books but I would put this at the bottom of pile and one never to be read again. I found the love story so bizarre and really couldn’t understand how they fell in love or why. In the end I was only invested to know the story behind Callie and literally couldn’t care less about the main character. Really disappointed.

Did not like this at all. Close to 1*. Very laborious and tedious story. Have never seen so many semi colons, hyphens and em dashes and very lengthy (6 line) sentences. Because of the overuse of the aforementioned punctuation, it sometimes makes a nonsense of a sentence. Having read 10 books by this author, I would never have dreamt such a poorly written book with loads of holes in the story, was written by him. Trevor is far from brilliant. In my book, he was seriously "thick" and I'd never want such an intellectually challenged man as my doctor. I had to skip read as the book was padded with ridiculous minutiae of his daily life. And the info on bees!!! Reads like it's just been lifted out of a beekeeping manual. Will never reread.

Nicholas Sparks.......My favourite author!! Never disappoints! I love the scene setting and always feel like I'm there in the text!Great book to escape to during isolation too, so thanks!!!

I’ve always enjoyed NS books. This was a slow burner and never really had any more than a few sparks (sorry..just had to!) and no flash bang. It was almost formulaic: this belongs here, he does that, she does this, let’s add an extra story line in between as a filler, and decide if it will have its HEA..to keep the reader going until the last page. It’s clean, almost too sterile. Basically, it’s the same as any romance out there and unexpectedly boring for such a good author.

The book was a great disappointment