Reviews for Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

The average rating for Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-11-13 00:00:00 James Chapman You can also see my review @ Katie and Matt had the perfect relationship. They had much in common and a completeness, but when Matt suddenly leaves the relationship, Katie is left with many questions and wonders what went wrong. Matt is someone Katie could've shared the rest of her life with. How could she have been so wrong about their relationship? Not long after Matt's departure, she receives a package in the mail. She recognizes Matt's handwriting on the package instantly, and when she opens it, she finds a book titled Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. As Katie reads the diary, she's shocked. All at once she learns about a woman named Suzanne and her son Nicholas. In the diary, Suzanne writes about her life before Nicholas, her journey through relationships, and the joyous times she had with Nicholas from his birth up through the first year of his life. She writes directly to Nicholas and shares memories with him about his father. She wants him to understand how much she loves him and his father, and just how special their life was together. I first read this book in 2006 when I was pregnant with my second child. In hindsight, there's no doubt that hormones played a part in my reaction because I bawled and bawled over the book which is why I decided to read this one for my February #UltimateReadingChallenge-tear jerker. I can still remember gushing over it to everyone and influenced all my friends to read it. I honestly couldn't say enough about it. I think the majority of my emotions stem from the fact that it's a mother writing to her baby son about old memories and how her life was complete once he came into the world. It's something I've always wanted to do (write to my children about our time together so they can read about it later in life). Another reason I was moved was because I personally went through similar health experiences, just like Suzanne, and her story felt real to me. I know some might say the writing isn't spectacular, but I thought the narrative was, particularly Suzanne's writings. Just when you think you know what's happening, a surprising twist is thrown in-even at the end. I was thoroughly involved in this story for the second time and flew through it, however, I don't think I was as emotional when reading it this time around. Don't get me wrong, I teared up for a bit, but I didn't feel as affected by it this time. There were parts that I forgot and the story felt quite fresh to me, but I prepared myself ahead of time for the end because I remembered how emotional I was after the first reading. There was one part in the book that felt a little confusing and maybe a little unrealistic to me, but it was easily overlooked. Regardless, it still gets five stars from me. 5*****

Review # 2 was written on 2007-07-26 00:00:00 Evangelos Makriniotis This book was the worst I've read. I actually felt less intelligent when I finished it. I feel empathy for people who think this is quality writing. Put it this way, the book was so bad that the movie was better. I actually liked the movie a lot, which means it wasn't the story, it was the author. Patterson needs to stick to mystery or whatever he does... ...Did I mention I didn't like this book at all?