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Message in a Bottle (Mass Market Paperback)

by Nicholas Sparks (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (475 customer reviews)
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If you thought The Notebook was a tearjerker, get out the hankies, pull up a chair, and get ready to have your heart monkey-wrenched by Nicholas Sparks's second star-crossed love story, Message in a Bottle. When Theresa Osborne takes a much-needed summer holiday at Cape Cod, she finds a lot more than a break from the hustle and bustle. On an early-morning jog along Cape Cod Bay, she comes across a corked bottle with a scrolled-up message inside that reads, "My Dearest Catherine, I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is especially hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together..." It bobbles around in the same vein for several more paragraphs and ends with "...am alone on the pier and I do not care what others think as I bow my head and cry and cry and cry. Garret."

Garret may eat quiche, but no bother--before you can say "Look! I found two more letters!" Theresa is hot on his trail and determined to find this mysterious yet sensitive message-in-a-bottle man. She finds him at a sleepy North Carolina port, working on his beloved sailboat, The Happenstance. From there, a romance buds and blossoms into a colorful bouquet of emotional baggage. Theresa has problems with her past--or, more accurately, her past is a problem. She is so scarred from her "I'm a super churchgoing guy now that I've run out on my wife" ex-husband that she hasn't tried to date since her divorce some three or four years before. And who is Catherine? And what's Garret's bag, anyway? When Theresa finds out, she plunges to the depths of her soul and uncorks a whopper of a secret about herself, bringing Garret to terms with who he really is.

Message in a Bottle has the earmarks of sentimental tongue-wagging at its finest and should please romantics and cynics alike--it's sure to bring romantics to their knees, while cynics will be slapping theirs in laughter. --Rebekah Warren --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Avoiding a sophomore slump, Sparks follows The Notebook with another sentimental candidate for the bestseller lists. Boston parenting columnist Theresa Osborne has lost faith in the dream of everlasting love. Three years after divorcing her cheating husband, the single mother is vacationing on Cape Cod when she finds a bottle washed up on the shore. Inside, a message begins: "My Dearest Catherine, I miss you." Subsequent publication of the poignant missive in her column turns up two more letters, found by others, from the same mysterious writer, Garrett Blake. Piqued by his epistolary constancy, Theresa follows the trail to North Carolina, where she discovers that Garrett has been mourning his late wife for three years; writing the sea-borne messages is his only solace. Theresa also finds that Garrett just might be ready to love again... and that she might be the woman for him. There are few surprises here as we watch the couple learn to love in Catherine's slowly waning shadow. By the time they do, Sparks has proved that a man who romantically (and manually) pens missives to his lost lady love in the era of e-mail is a welcome hero in this fin-de-millennium fax-happy world. (Knowing that Kevin Costner has been slated to play Garrett on screen doesn't hurt, either.) Film rights to Warner Bros.; simultaneous Time Warner audio; Literary Guild main selection and Reader's Digest select edition; author tour.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Eek!, April 19 2006
I am a pretty big fan of Nicholas Sparks books and when I saw the book at a thrift store,I grabbed it up excitedly(it's not everyday you can find something you actually want to read in a second hand shop.) I read through it in just a couple nights. However, I was quite disapointed with Sparks writing style and at the beginning of the book, I was almost convinced that he had seen "Sleepless in Seattle" a few too many times. The plot does not seem to develop very well, the "trips" to and from Boston/North Carolina never added anything new. I also really did not like the ending. However, I would still recommend it to somebody who likes to read love stories, as it is entertaining and quite romantic/sad.And my own message, although it may not be in a bottle, is to any readers who pick "Message In A Bottle" as their first Nicholas Sparks novel to read: Stick in there! Pick up The Notebook, A Walk To Remember or The Guardian! Mr Sparks shows his true talent in these books!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Typical cheesy romance novel you'd see in markets, Jul 2 2004
By "purteeinpeach" (SoCal, USA) - See all my reviews
After finishing Message in A Bottle, I thought I must have a heart of stone. I did not cry once. The story itself was unrealistic, the dialogue was stupid and cliched. It's disappointing really because I felt absolutely no connection between the two main characters, Theresa and Garret, other than lust and desperation to have a real relationship after being alone for such a long time. They are not cute as Sparks intended during moments of flirting (she slyly did this, she coyly smiled, etc)...it's not cute, disgusting to read, really.

The only redeeming quality about this novel is Catherine. I could actually feel this longing and true love between Catherine and Garret. They truly loved each other and their love was real, which is probably why it was so hard for me to accept Theresa and Garret's love...yeah, I know that's exactly what the story is about, the moral - We can all move on. T & G's love showed Theresa that we can all move on. And people can, however much I don't believe in it. But Sparks just doesn't make it believable.

The whole time I was semi-disgusted with Theresa. Why did she never tell Garret about the letters? Come on, now really...even if I were so bold as to do what she did, I would have told him about finding the letters sooner. Disgusting. Ugh. I was rooting for Catherine the whole time. And the only parts I enjoyed in the novel were Garret's flashback of him and Catherine.

I have rambled for the most part, but this novel really didn't live up to what I expected.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Box of Kleenex is a must, Jun 17 2004
By Desiree (Illinois) - See all my reviews
The letters written by Garrett Blake to Catherine broke my heart. They were incredibly powerful and emotional. With every word, you felt the love,sorrow,and longing he had for his wife. I cried so hard when I read this book. Be prepared with a box of tissues because you'll need them. Fantastic,moving,emotional book by Nicholas Sparks. Just incredible.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Should come bundled with a handy Kleenex purse-pack.
I should qualify that I've never actually read a Harlequin Romance, but I feel now like I have.
It reads as though it were written by a very earnest 19-year-old, who's aced... Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004 by Thomas Breit

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Love Story
Keep the Kleenex handy when you read this book.

Theresa Orsburn, a divorced single mother and newspaper columnist, discovers a letter in a bottle on the beach while... Read more

Published on May 30 2004 by S. McLaughlin

5.0 out of 5 stars It makes me cry each time I read it
Wow this book is so amazing i can't believe that it was written by a guy. Call me sterotypical but before i read this book, i thought that guy's basically couldn't write romance... Read more
Published on May 16 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars struggling writer from Idaho
This was a terrible book. The dialogue was cliched, the characters uninteresting and trite. It was so obvious Sparks was trying to appeal to a mostly female audience. Read more
Published on May 15 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Theresa's Love Adventure
I enjoyed the book "Message in a Bottle" by Nicholas Sparks. In the story the main character Theresa is running along the beach and finds a message in a bottle... Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by Stephanie

5.0 out of 5 stars It was just - SIGH! =)
This book was without a doubt one of Nicholas Sparks' best books. It is a book about a deep love, one that seemes so out of reach while being completely possible at the same... Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004 by D. DiRusso

1.0 out of 5 stars Excruciating.
When the cable show "Dinner and a Movie" showed the movie version of this book, their recipe of the week was "Tear Jerky". Read more
Published on Feb 29 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars My Review 4 Message in a Bottle
Message in a Bottle is the only book that I've read in my life that had touched me at such an emotional level to become all teary-eyed after I finished reading the book. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2004 by Steph G

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
The imagery of the beach just enthralled me. I really got into the book, loving it. The end was a suprise, and I wish it never had happened. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2004 by Ashley Burnett

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive Writer
What a wonderfully happy, sad, romantic story. I wonder if Mr. Sparks is as loving and sensitive a man as his writing would indicate (my guess is 'yes'). Read more
Published on Feb 4 2004 by Gloria

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