I had read this book a least a year ago, so I wasn't as clear on the details as I was on the previous Sparks book/movie combo that I reported on. I pulled my book off the shelf and did a quick review.
The book is set in North Carolina, as are most of Spark's books. The movie was set in Louisiana. I have read online that Louisiana offers huge tax incentives to film companies to do their movies there. The article I read speculated that was why the change was made.
As with Safe Haven, my previous review, the book version of The Lucky One is much more complex and offers some plot elements that are not included in the movie. The more I thought about it, the more similarities I found between these two movies:
- They are both primarily love stories with happy endings.
- In both cases one of the people in the romance also has a child or children, and at some point in the story, that child is put in danger and is rescued by the other person in the romance.
- In both stories, one of the people has traveled a long distance to a new area where the love interest lives.
- Both stories are set in quaint small towns, and there is some sort of water and boat involvement.
- Most noticeably, however, is the fact that both stories involve the woman in the relationship coming from a previous relationship that was abusive.
- In both cases the woman was strong enough to flee the abusive relationship and/or stand up to the bully-husband.
- In both cases, it is that abusive husband who causes the big crisis (the climax of the story) that the child has to be rescued from.
- In both cases, the abusive husband dies as a result of the crisis.
- In both cases, the couple and child/children live happily together after the crisis is over.
Sounds like 2 versions of the same story, doesn't it?!
I do enjoy reading Nicholas Sparks books. I like his writing style. However, I hope that the next one I read will have a new and unique plot.
Thanks for reading!
:)Amy
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