Two by two nicholas sparks review

‘Two by Two’ it’s the most different book from Nicholas Sparks that I’ve ever read. But certainly, it’s the best!

Most of the people who love Sparks’ books like the way that the romantic stories happen. The boy and the girl meet each other and fall in love. After that, they can’t be together but at the end, something incredible happens and they stay together with their happy ending.

‘Two by Two’ it’s totally different. First of all: the couple is already married. Russ and Vivian are together for almost ten years and have a daughter called London.

The book it’s a narrative of a year in Russ’ life. It’s he who tells the story, so we know his feelings and his thoughts. This type of narrative is nice because we know that Russ doesn’t believe a hundred percent in himself and has so many doubts about everything, so we can recognize ourselves in him.

The story of this book is how Russ needs to reorganize his life after quitting a job, starting his own business and taking care of his daughter because his wife needs to work full time after five years just caring for London.

It’s hard to read this book until the middle because it has so many bad feelings coming from Russ. But after 200 pages we are so involved in Russ’, his parents’ and his sister’s lives that we want to know what will happen with London and the relation between Vivian and Russ.

The best thing about this book is that this is the most realist story that Sparks has ever written. It’s like real life because those things could happen to us. The story tells so many things about how it’s necessary to share our feelings, tell people what we think about everything and that nothing is great and happy every time. The most beautiful message it’s that we need to enjoy the little happy moments with the people who we love and care about.

Nicholas Sparks wrote a romance that is so close to reality because it’s sad, funny and happy that it resume what is life.

At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six year-old daughter, a successful career as an advertising executive and an expansive home in Charlotte. He is living the dream, and his marriage to the bewitching Vivian is the center of that. But underneath the shiny surface of this perfect existence, fault lines are beginning to appear…and no one is more surprised than Russ when he finds every aspect of the life he took for granted turned upside down. In a matter of months, Russ finds himself without a job or wife, caring for his young daughter while struggling to adapt to a new and baffling reality. Throwing himself into the wilderness of single parenting, Russ embarks on a journey at once terrifying and rewarding—one that will test his abilities and his emotional resources beyond anything he ever imagined.

REVIEW:

Two by Two is nothing like the previous Nicholas Sparks books I have read. Let me back track a little bit. I loved Sparks’ books A Walk To Remember, The Last Song, Nights of Rodanthe, and so many more. I loved them. As time has passed, I have found I like the books less and less. I don’t know if it’s because I feel it’s written more for being made into a movie or because they just changed. However, I had heard so many good things about Two by Two that I just had to pick it up.

Two by Two tells the story of Russell Green as he weaves through, what I would like to call, hell while dealing with a growing little daughter and a emotionally detached wife. I feel like most Sparks books follow an outline. We meet the characters, everything is good, something tragic happens, and then we wind up with a semi happy or at least lesson learned ending. Two by Two was different. From the first chapter I remember talking to friends and family who had already read it and saying how different it was. It was happy. There was no smiles, aside from the absolute adorableness that was his daughter. I really enjoyed Russ, his family, and his daughter. Their characters made me smile and I just thoroughly liked them. His wife, on the other hand, annoyed me to the bitter end. I yelled at my book. I yelled at friends about the book. I threatened to stop reading the book. All because this character annoyed me to death. She was the epitome of rude, uncaring, selfish, and annoying! Had the other characters not been so great I’d have given up on this book.

While I was thoroughly frustrated with the first half of this book and the character I speak of above, and the behavior towards said character, the last third of this book was emotional! Rip your heart out, stomp on it, and run it over with a lawn mower emotional. I was unprepared after being frustrated with most of the book to have such a strong emotional reaction to the ending. I sobbed! Ugly sobbed! This book ripped me up. It was so sad and unexpected, although there were hints as to what was to come throughout. Sparks has this uncanny way of catching you completely off guard and destroying you all in a single page. Two by Two was no different.

If you are looking for your typical Nicholas Sparks book, look elsewhere. But if you are looking for his writing style and storytelling, but something a little harder to read and horribly devastating at the end, then Two by Two is for you. I’ll be checking out more from him as usual. Kind of curious to see where he goes now.

What is the story of two by two by Nicholas Sparks?

Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks is a novel about a 35-year-old husband and father, Russ Green, whose life is upended by circumstances that are alternately within and beyond his control. Over the course of just one year, he'll lose his office job, his wife, his sister, and his home, among other things.

Why did Nicholas Sparks write two by two?

Inspiration. As a father of three boys and twin girls, I couldn't be more aware of the unique relationships parents have with each of their children. In Two By Two, I chose to delve into the bond between a father and daughter, exploring the challenges, the risks and of course the rewards.

How does the book two by two end?

Two by Two Epilogue Eventually, she ends up having a long discussion with Vivian which convinces her to settle things with her husband out of court. The deal is joint custody, but only if Russell agrees to move to Atlanta. Russ does exactly that.

Are any of Nicholas Sparks books being made into movies?

The movies will be based on some of his recent novels, including “The Wish,” an emotional story about first love. During the pandemic alone, Sparks churned out “The Return,” which was published in September 2020 and recently optioned for film, as well as “The Wish,” which came out in September 2021.