At First Sight is exposed as mystery but you would think it was romance. I guess you could say it is both but knowing Nicholas Sparks (the author), it is a lot more on the romantic side. The mystery was very well put in, I will give him credit for making it a bit different than his other typical books.
This book was kind of uninteresting in the beginning, very slow and more on the romantic side rather than the mysterious side, but I know Nicholas Sparks never fails, so I kept reading hoping it would get better just like my last book, I was a little unhappy about the beginning but it turned out great and I loved it. The characters in this book have really good personalities and it felt as if they were real and I knew what they were going through. The book turned out to be very realistic, and I felt almost as if to every problem, they had found some sort of solution. They made it through a lot together and it killed me to see what happened in the end, it happened so soon and unexpected. Jeremy then grows up and realizes, everything happens for a reason. The conflict in my book fit very well and I was surprised at how well it flowed in,I was happy with the outcome
I love that the book stays in 3rd person, like my mom when she tries to tell me funny stories about her tennis partners, and the book doesn’t change perspectives every time there is a new chapter. Having the author talk and explain every chapter makes it less confusing and more readable; it definitely makes me want to read more. The characters stay in character the whole book and the plot stays simple and doesn’t change at all. It all just flows together, and it isn’t predictable at all, it catches my eye when what I thought was going to happen doesn’t happen. There are mysterious parts that make me want to keep reading for sure, like when Jeremy gets a suspicious email from someone anonymous. I was impressed with the mysterious quality of the book itself, I didn’t think it had potential coming from Nicholas Sparks. I processed that the book was mystery and gave it a chance after a few pages.
There are definite parts I would change like for instance Jeremy only met Lexi 2 months ago and they are already getting married. I wish they would have known each other for at least 6 months or more, which would make their marriage more trustworthy. There were weak points in the book that I can point out, like it being such a romance book, if someone wants a mystery book and they read the first 50 pages they might put it back. The author needs to start some mystery closer to the beginning so it pulls the reader back to it all the time.
“Every
couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a
couple, and couples can’t function without trust.” This quote fits Jeremy and
Lexis relationship together, they have fights but get through them, like when Jeremy
saw Lexi with her ex-boyfriend. Jeremy got mad and irritated by this and took
out his anger on her, but in the end they figured it out and Lexi told him he
needs to trust that she wouldn’t sacrifice their relationship together.
“The
emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...”
this relates to my book because at first Jeremy’s family breaks him by saying
this marriage is happening too soon and it isn’t going to work, they are
rushing it. But Jeremy doesn’t care he is in love and doesn’t want anyone to
ruin what he has right now. As the book comes to an end Jeremy realizes maybe
this isn’t right, then something out of nowhere happens and the people who were
there for him were his family and closest friends, the people who tore him in
the beginning. They weren’t going to give up on him just like that, they had
his back and were never going to leave his life.
In conclusion I give this book a four out of five stars. I am a sucker for romance so it got me reading right at the beginning, but having mystery in it changed it for me and I was glad it wasn’t the same old lovey dovey stuff, it actually got me jumping off my feet at the results it gave while finding out all of this hidden stuff. I do recommend reading this but it isn't my number one favorite.
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