It's been a while. I know. I realize I've been saying that often. Sometimes life just takes over. I haven't been reading much since September. I miss it. The last book I read was The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks, but I never got around to writing a post for it. Here it is, finally.
The Longest Ride came out in September, the latest Nicholas Sparks book. As many of you know, I'm a big fan of Nicholas Sparks. However, I've been tempted to jump off the bandwagon after the past few books. They're just not doing it for me anymore. They've been unrealistic and predictable. Unfortunately, that's the case again.
The Longest Ride is a story about two couples. A college-aged boy and girl. The girl takes her studies pretty seriously and is family oriented. The boy is a professional bull rider. The other couple is an old man and woman. The man is involved in a serious car accident and has hallucinations about his wife who has passed away. The story is about the young couple falling in love and how their lives cross paths with the old man in the car accident.
I found the old man recounting his days with his wife boring. I was much more enthralled with the young couple. The story goes back and forth between the two. I was skimming the chapters on the old couple and absorbing the chapters on the young couple. About two-thirds into the book, I knew exactly how it was going to end. It was so predictable. And that's where I stopped reading.
My rating for The Longest Ride: 1 star out of 5. Get it here.
P.S. Books on the shelf: The First Phone Call From Heaven by Mitch Albom, David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, Allegiant by Veronica Roth, A Game of Thrones by George Martin, The Zahir by Paulo Coelho, Lord of the Flies by William Golding