The Last Song

By: Nicholas Sparks
Reviewed by: Anna Shimova


Nicholas Sparks will make you tear up with his romantic drama novel The Last Song, the story of Ronnie, after her parents’ divorce. About three years later, when she is finally getting the hang of not speaking to her dad and ignoring his letters, she remains angry at him for walking out on their family. When out of the blue, mom decides to ship her and little annoying Brother Jonah off, to visit their father in North Carolina for the whole summer.

Ronnie spends her days with her boyfriend Will, and her new “friends” like Blaze and Marcus, while her dad and Jonah rebuild a glass window for a church, that was destroyed in a fire that her father was accused of starting. When in reality, it turns out to be another new friend of Ronnie’s.

Ronnie comes on to being a rebellious NYC party girl, who hangs out with older kids who wear lots of dark makeup, purple hair –like her own—and black clothing from head to toe. Turns out, she’s a sweetheart who returns lost kids to their mothers, camps out for weeks to watch turtle eggs all night, and wonders why it is she hangs out with those people as well.

This book is about is about falling in love, realizing time runs out quickly and is something you can’t get back, and most importantly, forgiveness. All though there was lots of “lovey dovey” description, to me this story was more about her family’s hardships. At times to me it seemed to me that Ronnie was playing hard to get, and not all that into him.

For example, at Will’s volleyball game, when Ashley—Will’s jealous ex-girlfriend—came up to her and said that Ronnie was just a part of his regular routine to date any girl he can get his hands on, and that she was nothing special, she totally bought it. She refused to speak to him, and he waited about four hours outside of the house before she said a word to him. If she really liked him, I think she should at least mention it to him before making any conclusions.

I think this was a wonderful book, and Nicholas Sparks will draw you in and never let you even consider putting the book down. I defiantly think that most teenage girls would absolutely love this book, and I would recommend it to them.