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Nicolas Sparks – “The Lucky”

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Today I want to present you the book The Lucky One which was written by Nicolas Sparks.
First some facts about the author:
Nicholas Charles Sparks was born on 31stDecember 1965
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he is an
American novelist and scene writer he is known as a writer of sentimental romance novels with dashes of magic and suspense

Maybe you know A Walk to Remember, The Last Song(which is “Das Leuchten der Stille” in German) these books are written by Nicolas Sparks.

He already published 17 novels eight of them have been adapted to films
including The Lucky One.

The novel deals with the themes of fate and destiny. Despite the allusions to such themes made in the novel, Sparks admitted that he does not necessarily believe in either.

He adds, however, that he is "a big believer in the fact that people have the ability to influence the future in a way that seems coincidental (zufällig) and when that happens, the feeling of fate or destiny is amplified (verstärkt)” In the end, when writing
The Lucky One, he wanted to explore the subject of fate or destiny, but in a way that reflected the reality of the world.

This book was published during the current American invasion in Iraq
and is based on the experiences of a soldier.
Themes of the story are: War, split families, romance, a love story and death.
And takes place in the 1990’s.
Now about the plot

The Lucky One opens when two very different men meet. Deputy or Sheriff Keith Clayton is beastly through the North Carolina forests in order to take pictures of a group of skinny-dipping (nackt badend) students. When one of them comes face to face with him, Clayton throws the camera under a bush.

He meets a stranger bearing a backpack with a German shepherd dog. Clayton suspects that the man may have seen him taking his snapshots. The young camper is named Logan Thibault. Keith checked the stranger but there was no wrongdoing on the stranger's part. Clayton doesn’t like him anyway.


His hate intensified when, after letting Logan continue on, Clayton can't find his camera. He also discovers slashed (aufgeschlitzt) tires (Räder) on his bicycle.


Now some facts about Logan Thibault, he is a former Marine freshly returned from a tour in Iraq. While he was stationed in the Middle East, Logan discovered a lost photo of a beautiful woman at a fair in North Carolina.

He tries to find the owner but can't. So he decides to keep it. Soon after this discovery, Logan begins to experience extremely good luck. He survives deadly bombs and combats (Gefechte) that killed two of his closest buddies. Only his best friend, Victor, seems to have an explanation for his good fortune: the photograph. His friend hypothesizes that the picture, of that girl with "keep safe" written on the back is a lucky charm.

Logan has his doubts, but decided to keep the picture safe.


From the few clues in picture, he makes his way, with his German Sheepdog, Zeus, to Hampton, in North Carolina. He asks many people if they knew the girl on the photo. It results, that his lucky charm is Elizabeth Green, a single mother and teacher living with her son Ben and her grandmother Nana.

He finds out that, Elizabeth, called Beth, is the owner of Green Kennels, a dog kennel( Hundezwinger). In a meeting with Beth, Logan is unable to tell the reason why he had travelled to Hamden, she assumes that he wants the job that she had advertised, and Nana gives the job to Logan.

Soon Logan befriends Beth's son Ben and becomes close to the family. But her former husband, Sheriff Keith Clayton doesn’t want to make Logan's life easy. Logan has more than a few nasty encounters (Zusammenstöße) with her ex. It becomes clear that the lost photo belonged to Beth’s dead brother Drake.
By the attraction he feels, Logan keeps the story of the photo, and his luck, secret.

So I decided to read out two pages of this conflict.
VORLESEN S. 333 f .


I focused on Logan’s changed life.

It changes dramatically through the book.
Logan was a Marine, serving his
third tour of duty ,the first was for his family, the others for his friends in war.
In this tour he finds the picture that saves his life several times.
His friends tells him it was destiny that he finds it and had to keep it save.

Logan is a strong man who is put through many challenging things
He grew up and lived in Colorado until he served the army.
Arriving back in America he decided to walk to Hampton in North Carolina.
The reason was that he can’t life his former life.
He wants to thank the women on the photo for saving his life so many times.
In Hampton he starts working at Nana's business where he took care of dogs and trained them.


Nicholas Sparks fascinates his readers with his unique and rich writing style. The dialogues and interactions between his characters are simple and very effective. Even though the tragic endings in this book, one does sure fall in love with it. The characterisation is so well that the characters come alive and the stories are magical.

Filled with tender romance and terrific suspense, The Lucky One is an unforgettable story about the surprising paths our lives often take and the power of fate to guide us to true and everlasting love.

I truly loved reading The Lucky One because I like Nicolas Sparks written form and the plot.

It’s a very special book, transporting the reader into the story, feeling the warmth of the southern weather and many other things.
These feelings stay with you long after that last page is read. It’s beautiful, so much detail, story, beauty and love in this book. 


Do you believe in destiny? What would you do in Logan’s situation? Would you search the girl, too?


Then thank you for your attention. J


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