Dear John ♥

I just finished reading yet another novel by Nicholas Sparks. This is the kind of book which you pick up and you can never be able to put it down. It has a story that catches your heart, most especially if the lesson of the novel hits you straight in the heart. Haha, I know it did to me. :)) 

I should warn you, this after the two asterisks later, I'll be giving out spoilers in which you wouldn't gain the right amount of surprise once you read the book. So unless you really want to have the whole reading experience, then I suggest you stop reading. :)) Okay, so here it goes. 

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John Tyree was a rebel since he was a kid. Mostly because his father was submissive to him and all he cared about was collecting coins. Not long after highchool, John enlisted in the army wherein he turned into a man. He learned about maturity and all that stuff. He now understood what his father meant to him and well, bottom line is that joining the army was good for him. When he had a leave, he mostly spent the time on the beach, surfing, since he and his father were not much of speakers. He saw a girl walking by and he was struck by her beauty. I don't know, maybe fate interrupted so when the girl's bag fell down to the sea, John went to go retrieve it. That's how they met. 

The girl's name was Savannah Lynn Curtis. 

I guess they hit it off and not long after they met, they fell in love. And that was when John knew he was in deep trouble. He was leaving in a few days. Army duty yet again. 

Distance did some good to Savannah and John's relationship. John's love grew stronger and so did Savannah's. But sometimes when everything's perfect, something comes along and ruins it. 

The original plan was after a few months of enlistment, John would come home and they would get married and spend their lives together forever, but the 9/11 incident happened. And that was the time John was obliged to enlist on yet two more years. From then on, Savannah grew more distant. She wrote every other week, not the usual every 7 days. John was growing suspicious but said nothing. 

When a war broke at Iraq, John and his team went to help. John was devastated because of the blood that sprawled within his sight. He was disturbed with the sight and all he sought now was the love of Savannah. Once he received the letter of Savannah, he was beaming ~ but the details of that letter devastated him.

Unforunately, Savannah was in love with someone else. 

Because of this, John enlisted in the army again even though all his friends retired. He only went home when his father's condition was going bad and he needed John by his side. John spent more time with his father and with that, his love for him grew. But again, John experienced loss. His dad left him with nothing but the coins that made his whole life and a single picture of them together, wherein they were the happiest father and son in the world. 

John sought for Savannah's care. He looked for her and once he found her, that void wasn't filled. Unfortunately, Savannah was married to Tim, a childhood friend of Savannah. John met Tim not long after he met Savannah. And from the moment he saw Tim, he knew that he was also in love with Savannah.

Savannah didn't live a fantastic life coz' Tim acquired melanoma and her life went downhill from that day. Tim told John that Savannah's love for him never disappeared and that when he dies, he wants him to take care of Savannah. That was when John realized that true love isn't just about being happy with the one you love. It's about making the one you love happy despite the fact that you might not be in his or her happiness. 


That day, John said goodbye to Savannah, promising that she will never see him again. And shortly after, John sold his Dad's coin collection in order to give money for the treatment of Tim. 


Ending? Tim lived and had a wonderful life with Savannah, while John watched Savannah from afar ~ knowing that he'd do that forever, coz' his love for her will remain til' the end. 


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SPOILERS END HERE! 
 
I'm yet another chick, falling in love with a book. :))
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