The Lucky One

The Lucky One is a romantic fiction novel by the author Nicholas Sparks It was published in the United States of America in 2008 by Grand Central Publishing. The novel was made as a film in 2012

The story is about an USA marine Logan Thibault who returned from Iraq safely after he lost two of his friends in the war, he considered himself a lucky man. In the war he found a photograph of a beautiful young woman that made him believe it’s a lucky charm, but he thought someone might have dropped it during the war. After he came back home he decided to find her and thank her for keeping him safe. He searched for her until he found her, but when he saw her he couldn’t tell her the truth. So he started to work in the dog training kennel.

Beth is a single mother, who’s living with her grandmother “Nana” and her son “Ben”. She works as a primary school teacher and helping her grandmother to take care of a dog training kennel. Beth’s ex-husband, Keith Clayton has always disliked the idea that Beth can get involved in a romantic relationship. He has been threatening all the men that she has been dating. Logan and Beth fall in love. Logan also captured Nana’s and Ben’s hearts because of his braveness and kindness.  He was struggling with keeping his secret from them.

I enjoyed reading this book, and I found it inspiring exiting and powerful. I’m really into reading anything by Nicholas Sparks, I have read two of his novels “The Notebook” and “Safe Haven” and I enjoyed them both. I love how he described his characters in a beautifully detailed way that helps me imagine what they look like and what their personalities look like. The actions have been written with passionate heartfelt words. Even though the novel is written in chapters which sometimes confuse me, it was written clearly in easy language. I can define it as a page-turner. What I really liked about it was the main character ‘Logan’ and how he believed that a photograph saved his life. Beth is a strong brave character because she is an independent single mother that went through a lot in her life and still manage to handle it.