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The Rescue 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Catalog: Book Release date: 2005-04-01 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780446696128 Book Isbn: 0446696129  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on July 11, 2007 Summary: Nicholas Sparks' nailed it!! I loved this book. As a mother, I cried and laughed at her story with her son, Kyle. This was the most touching story about a mother and her son. I've always enjoyed Nicholas Sparks' take on the love between a man and a woman, but he nailed the love between a mother and her child. He leaves me to want more of his books. I actually get sad when I read the last page. Thank you, Nicholas. Written on June 26, 2007 Summary: An Okay Read I just finished "The Rescue". The story was interesting and yet some of it was disturbing. For one the way Denise worked with Kyle. Strapping him in a chair for 4 hours at a time and making him say words. In my mind that was close to child abuse. I am a teacher and know a [..]has a short attention span and can't imagine making a [...] sit for 4 hours while I demanded he say words. There are other ways to work with a child even while you play with them and repeat words with much shorter spans of time. That bothered me and wondered where Mr. Sparks came up with that method. Also thought 27 years was a long time for Taylor to keep messing up his life because he couldn't get over his father's death. I guess it could be believable and of course there wouldn't have been a story without that element. I haven't read many Nicolas Sparks books but the couple I've read now are the same. A damaged man that something tragic happened to, meets the lady who can change his life, only to push her away. Then there is that element of time they are separated only to get back together in the end, naturally. Now I don't mind that scenario once in awhile but hope it's not the norm for all his books. The other one I read was "A Bend in the River" and a lot the same elements of "The Rescue". I am starting "The Guardian" now and will see how it goes. If it turns out the same I may have to move on to a different author. Meanwhile many will like "The Rescue" and I liked it up to the point that Taylor hurt Kyle and then I started to lose interest and skimmed a lot to get towards the end. As a teacher and a grandmother, I have a real aversion to children being hurt physically or emotionally. I was just disappointed in Taylor at that point that he was so wrapped up in his pity party that he would hurt a special needs little boy to that extent. However, I relalize it's the author's choice to make the characters as he wants them. I don't have to like it though. It's probably a good read and those things won't bother a lot of people as it is fiction. Written on May 7, 2007 Summary: The Rescue At times I could not put this book down. It is great!!!! Written on May 2, 2007 Summary: Sparks is the consummate storyteller Audio read by Johnny Heller - good reading voice - I enjoyed listening to him immensely. Denise is a young single mom with a 4-year old son, Kyle. He has some sort of learning disability that challenges their communication. This poses a particular problem when they are involved in an auto accident, and Kyle wanders off while Denise is unconscious. Taylor is the volunteer fireman who finds Denise and Kyle. They all begin to spend time together and seem to fit perfectly. Kyle even begins to improve his communication. Why, then, is Taylor sabotaging his "happily ever after"? I am always impressed with Nicolas Sparks' eloquence! His writing is so sensitive and insightful! He is very detailed without being dull.  Written on April 27, 2007 Summary: Well Done Life has been a struggle for single mother Denise Holton. Her four-year-old son, Kyle, has problems with his speech and she barely makes enough money working in a diner to support the two of them. Denise is petrified when Kyle runs away after she gets into a car accident while swerving to avoid a deer, but he is found because of the persistence of volunteer firefighter Taylor McAden. Taylor befriends the Holtons and soon he and Denise are romantically involved. But Taylor, while always willing to risk his life as a fireman, isn't as willing to risk his heart. Taylor was a young boy when his father died tragically at the age of 36 and Taylor blames himself for the death and has never recovered from his loss. He has a habit of rescuing woman and then when he has gotten close to them, he has pulled away, convinced he doesn't need anyone in his life. This time it looks like things might be different as he grows increasingly closer to Denise and bonds with Kyle, playing catch with him, letting him "drive" his truck, and winning prizes for him at a carnival. But when Taylor realizes how close he has become to both Denise and Kyle, he starts to pull away. When tragedy strikes again and Taylor once more loses someone close to him, he begins to realize he has been lying to himself all these years - he really does need love in his life. "The Rescue" is a good, if light read. The beginning of the book will keep readers turning the pages, as they will want to find out if Kyle is okay. The love story between Denise and Taylor is well-done and very believable, especially on Taylor's side. All of the characters are believable. Denise is a great heroine, giving up her teaching career so she can devote her time to Kyle. She is a loving mother struggling to make enough money to raise her son, who is having a hard time speaking. The fact that she is not perfect makes her even more believable. There were a couple of times that I wished she was real so I could tell her to let Kyle just be a kid for once instead of spending all those hours trying to get him to talk. Taylor is also very believable - his anguish over his father's death, which he thinks is his fault, is heartbreaking. The supporting characters are also well done. Taylor's mother is the best written of the bunch - she befriends Denise when Kyle disappears knowing she is afraid and needs a friend. The fact that she knew Denise's mother as a child adds an extra dimension to both her and Denise's character. Taylor's best friend Mitch and Mitch's wife Melissa area an important part of the plot line. Author Nicholas Sparks certainly knows how to tell a story that will grab the readers attention although he does have a habit of repeating himself which is unnecessary in a book that is already over 400 pages long. And he relies a bit too much on cliched plot lines - there's a lot of foreshadowing and readers will figure out fairly quickly that there will be another tragedy and who the tragedy will involve. It's a shame because the book is good enough without the hackneyed plot line. "The Rescue" is a good book to read on a rainy day. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2005-04-01 | 2002-07-01 | 2003-03-01 | 2007-09-01 | 2004-09-01 | 1999-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Mass Market Paperback | Paperback | Mass Market Paperback |
| Number of pages | 352 | 368 | 494 | 352 | 224 | 384 |
| Ean | 9780446696128 | 9780446611862 | 9780446613439 | 9780446401265 | 9780446693806 | 9780446606813 |
| Book Isbn | 0446696129 | 0446611867 | 0446613436 | 0446401269 | 0446693804 | 0446606812 |
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