The Love Letter Kindle Edition

I do like the author's writing style but the story seemed kind of pointless.I happened to see the movie so I thought I'd read the book to dig deeper..However, the book and movie are very different, completely different plot and character development. Only the names of the characters are the same.Why?Not sure what to think about it.

Followed up the movie The Love Letter when I read reviews that the book was much better than the movie. Even more intriguing was the issue that was raised about the addition of prurient and salacious material to an otherwise delightful and charming work.

This is a very sweet book and a must-read for middle-aged women, especially if they are single. I appreciate Helen's contrary nature and her seemingly self-destructive impulses. I also appreciate her hesitation to take on her venerable family members. And I love the people who populate her bookstore (Johnny is quite believable). My only complaint - and a very real one - is that this plot droops and drags in places.

Have read it several times from the library and decided time to purchase my own copy.DVD is good too only seem a tad different from the characters I envisioned reading in the book ~ albeit that probably happens more times than not.

Wonderful, heartfelt emotionally involved story with great story line. A bit on the fairy tale side since I doubt anything like this would happen in our existence, but it could somewhere, between the right people, and that feeling of success is evoked here.

This book really tries too hard. I read through the first several chapters, and was so bored with it, I accidentally left it on a plane. Now I have to buy a copy to replace my library's, although I do not wish this book on anyone. There are better novels out there worthy of your time & money. Maybe the end gets better, but I don't think you should have to suffer through the first part of a book just for a happy ending.

Sleezy.

I thought this would be a fun read instead it was filled with foul language that did nothing for the story. The preview was misleading - I did not finish this book - waste of money.

I had great expectations, because the novel seemed to be a crime novel, with the canonical love story between the two main characters, but, unfortunately there were not so many turn of the events compared to the amount of romanticism - the book is easily readable and is not too sophisticated. The plot could have talked more about important topic such as the love between people of the same gender, or love between people with a big difference in age - while it just touched superficially these topics, ending up to be quite childish. I think that a love letter is by itslef a composition, a small novel, and it should emtoionally involve the reader (or better, the perosn who receives it), touch him/her in depth, leave him/her breathless. Nowadays, I think that very few people are still writing love letters, or in general letters - in our society, we have technology, so it's easier to send a message with written: I love you.Wait a minute, just take a minute of your time and think how romantic, intense, and hard could be writing a letter to someone we care of. It will take time, we will have to read inside ourselves - so this is a challenge, try to write a letter, a general one, could be a love, a friendship one. Once you will write it, look at how much time it will take, how hard it will be, because you'll have to choose the right word, the right sentence - the one that rhymes, it won't be easy trust me. Then once you'll finish, re-read it, and you'll notice that you'd change something because it won't be perfect.So writing a letter is not that easy - now think about getting one, it's amazing, overwhelming and think to how many time you'll read that letter.A letter is tons of things: time, love, patience, introspection - it's describing what sometimes we cannot explain----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Avevo grandi aspettative da un romanzo che dalle prime pagine appariva come un romanzo di investigazione, intrecciato naturalmente con la storia d’amore tra i due protagonisti, mi sarei aspettato più colpi di scena e meno romanticismo – il libro si presta ad una lettura semplice, non troppo sofisticata. La trama avrebbe potuto trattare diversamente tematiche importanti come l’amore tra persone dello stesso sesso e quello tra persone con differenza di età – mentre è rimasta solo sulla superficie di queste tematiche, ed è risultato essere una composizione superficiale e frivola. Dopotutto una lettera d’amore è una composizione letteraria che dovrebbe coinvolgere emotivamente il lettore (o meglio, il destinatario della medesima), scatenando tempeste di sensazioni, ricordi, fremiti interiori – toccarlo nel profondo, colpirlo ardentemente e lasciarlo senza fiato. Al giorno d’oggi non penso si scrivano ancora lettere d’amore, o più in generale lettere – siamo in un epoca “moderna” dove tutto passa attraverso la tecnologia. A quanti di noi sarà capitato di mandare un messaggio con “Ti voglio bene” o “Ti amo” – ma pensiamo a quanto sia non solo romantico, ma anche intenso e faticoso scrivere una lettera a qualcuno a cui teniamo. Ci vuole tempo e dobbiamo leggerci dentro – vi propongo una sfida, provate a scrivere una lettera qualsiasi, d’amore, d’amicizia, di riflessione interiore, una qualsiasi.Quando lo farete, osservate quanto tempo e fatica avrete nello scrivere, dovrete trovare le parole adatte, quella che esprima al meglio ciò che volete dire – quella che faccia rima, quella “giusta” – insomma non sarà facile; ma una volta finita, rileggetela e vedrete che la vorrete cambiare di nuovo. Insomma scrivere una lettera non è facile – ora immaginate di riceverne una, è un’emozione incredibile, e pensate a quante volte potrete rileggerla. Una lettera è tantissime cose: tempo, pazienza, amore, introspezione – è descrivere ciò che a parole a volte non riusciamo a spiegare.

Regalo molto apprezzato

This is a book for the beach,the park,the winding-down hours before sleep.Excellant reading.This is a read again novel of much delight.Many thanks to all who had a hand in getting this lovely book to me!