Sam's Letters to Jennifer 
asked by bestseller on November 27, 2006 9:30 PM
Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up to help a beloved relative-and ends up experiencing not one but two of the most amazing love stories she's ever known. The first is completely unexpected. In a series of letters that Jennifer finds, her relative reveals that she has concealed a huge secret for decades: Her great love is not the man she was married to for all those years. As Jennifer reads about this passionate partnership, she learns more about love's imperatives and secrets than she ever dreamed possible. And then comes the biggest surprise of all. At a time when she thought she could never love again, Jennifer lets her guard down for a moment-and is suddenly caught up in the greatest flight of exhilaration she's ever known.But, just as suddenly, she learns that this new love comes with an unbearable cost.Jennifer doesn't think she can survive the pain-but the letters she's been reading make her think that love may help her find a way.
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first let me say that I am the most pickiest reader! I wont just read any book! If I Like a book like the way I loved this one I read it from start to end in only a day or two! This author is one beautiful writer! They way he uses his words to describe ideas, people, and places in the this book made everything seem so real! The story line was a very loveable love story! I cried like a big baby at some parts and other parts I just sighed at how romantic and beautiful some other memonts were! This book is awesome! If ur into the very sweet and romantic novels please buy this! Read it and pass it along to other friends cause seriously this is one amazing story and this author really knows what he is doing! I recommend this to anyone!
reviewed by tsu on November 29, 2006 6:53 AM
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I picked this book up almost a year after I finished Inherit the Tide. I just wanted to read some of Patterson's work after not following his stuff in a while. I have never been a fan of mystery writing although others in my family are and they like Patterson. We had not discussed "Letters", so I thought I could get fresh insight to the man, and maybe some pointers on how his communication of pace is used to drive the reader.
In "Letters", PAtterson has successfully developed two marvelous women so effectively that I felt like I was with them both as the story pulled me along. I was amazed at how he was able to do this by developing them more by dragging me into what they were doing rather than telling me who they were. Anybody who does this so effortlessly and economically is a real master of story telling.
The chapters are short. There are no long conversations. The story is simple. It would seem such a book would be juvenile nonsense but this is a serious, brilliant, book complex in the author's deliberate simplicity. Yes, it could be easily read in a day. But the reader (if she is interested in studying the writer) really needs to stop and ask herself - How did he do that?
I am familiar with the challenge of trying to present a strong female character. Patterson is amazing in his bridge to presentation of real people. He is equally amazing in his ability to cross generations without crippling the pace or distorting the characters. "Letters" deserves 5 stars, no question about it.
In "Letters", PAtterson has successfully developed two marvelous women so effectively that I felt like I was with them both as the story pulled me along. I was amazed at how he was able to do this by developing them more by dragging me into what they were doing rather than telling me who they were. Anybody who does this so effortlessly and economically is a real master of story telling.
The chapters are short. There are no long conversations. The story is simple. It would seem such a book would be juvenile nonsense but this is a serious, brilliant, book complex in the author's deliberate simplicity. Yes, it could be easily read in a day. But the reader (if she is interested in studying the writer) really needs to stop and ask herself - How did he do that?
I am familiar with the challenge of trying to present a strong female character. Patterson is amazing in his bridge to presentation of real people. He is equally amazing in his ability to cross generations without crippling the pace or distorting the characters. "Letters" deserves 5 stars, no question about it.
reviewed by speed5599 on November 29, 2006 6:39 PM