I didn't struggle at all with the book. Sometimes, it takes me a while to get "into" the book. This one was Nickolas Sparks predictable, but that's why I forecasted liking the book.
The main character is Taylor. He is mid-thirties and unmarried when we meet him. He falls in love with Denise and her four-year-old son who has an undiagonsible condition that affects his speaking and processing abilities. They meet on a stormy night as Taylor finds Denises' wrecked car without Kyle (her son) in it. The book focuses on Taylor and Denise falling in love, but also Taylor's three decade struggle with his loss of his father.
Aside from the facts, the book itself made me a little aggitated at some points. I couldn't believe the crap that Denise put up with at some points! For about a month Taylor becomes distant with Denise and Kyle. He doesn't pick her up for work one night, blowes her off at lunch on mutliple occasions, and disapoints Kyle when he doesn't take him to a baseball game... on his birthday! That was Denise's last straw but even then she gives him opportunities to fix his problems.
It turns out that he is still blaming himself for his father's death as a child when their house caught on fire. What I did like was everyone in Taylor's life told him that he was wrong. I feel like this was the only thing that was going to save him from loosing Denise, Kyle, or some one else in his future.
Denise and I were similar in the way that I hate to feel desperate. I understood how she felt when Taylor was ignoring her and she didn't want to feel desperate. I've felt like that before and it's not of my proudest moments.
I realted to Taylor when he felt obligated to some one (in his case Kyle) even when you don't want to continue the relationship. I've felt like that with people I don't particularly want to be friends with but will do it anyway.
Wants my absolute favorite book because I didn't always relate, but it was simple and a fast read.
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