Book Review: The Last song

Book Review!

Title: The Last Song
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Genre: Romance

I Watched this film and I really liked it so I wanted to read the book. Lots of people had recommended it and I usually prefer the book to the film anyway. I also watched Dear John which was by the same author. I was amazed by how similar these two films/stories were.

<<<MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!>>>

The Last Song is about a teenage girl who hasn't spoken to her father for 3 years but then spends the summer with him. She is miserable, grumpy, selfish and tries to spend as little time with her father as possible. Then She falls in love with a popular, rich, beach volleyball player/ aquarium volunteer/ mechanic called Will. Everything is going well until she finds out her father has cancer and the main reason that he has  brought his children, Ronnie and Jonah to his home to say goodbye to them. Jonah has been working with his father, Steve,  on a stain glass window for the church, that Steve believed he burnt down, all summer. 
           When Ronnie arrived, she began to hang out  with some rebellious fire throwers, who's leader was called Marcus. Blaze was Marcus' girlfriend but Marcus began to fancy Ronnie. Blaze thought Ronnie was trying to steal Marcus from her so she stole CDs and put them in Ronnie's bag which meant Ronnie would end up in court. . . again.
           Will and his friend Scott go to Steve to tell him that it was them and Marcus' gang that were to blame for the Church fire. Ronnie found out and was furious because her Dad had been living with the guilt and rumours that he had burnt it down because he was practising the piano when it happened. She Told Will that she never wanted to see him again so he left for university.
            On the day of Steve's funeral Ronnie played a piano piece that her and her Father had been working on. Music was Ronnie and Steve's connection and Steve wanted to be a concert pianist but never quite made it so he wanted his daughter to make it. Ronnie hadn't played for 3 years but she began to play again when she found out about her father's illness. 
           Will turned up for the funeral and he decided he would move to a university nearer to Ronnie and he said it would be great if they could meet up one day, when she's ready.

I normally hate endings like that, which aren't all wrapped up but in this book I think the unknowing and the possibilities of what might happen next worked really well. This book was about love, family relationships and trying to make the most out of life.

I really enjoyed this book so I will probably read Dear John and the notebook as well because Nicholas Sparks seems like a very good author.

I would give this book 4.5/5