"His voice follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life."
Did I initially read this book because I liked the look for the upcoming film at the time? Maybe. Did I end up falling in love with the book just as much as with the movie even though there were, of course, differences between one and the other (as they usually are)? Absolutely. The overreaching story in The Longest Ride connecting two star-crossed pairs across different eras, bound by art and love, remains one of my favourites to this day. Also, another thing it has going for it: Nicholas Sparks actually gave his characters, Luke and Sophia, a happy ending. I know! I'm shocked, too.
Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. A few miles away, college student Sophia Danko's life is about to change when she meets the young, rugged Luke and is thrown into a world far removed from her privileged school life. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.
(from Goodreads)
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