I have read all the books written by Nicholas Sparks, and I love that this one tells us who he is!

I loved this book for showing the devotion to the family. I also loved the travel experiences that were encapsulated herein that were skillfully woven into the narration of the story.

Wow. So nice to read a story like this, real life experiences. I didn’t know what I picked when I chose my next Nicholas Sparks read. I love all his books but this one isn’t a fiction book! Absolutely loved this and makes me look at his past books from a different perspective. Thanks for letting readers into the heart of your world.

OMG! This book nearly broke my heart! I was crying like crazy while reading it and I understand Nicholas Sparks and his books so much better. My first Nicholas Sparks book was "Safe Haven", I bought it at the airport in Brussels, when I was bored out of my mind waiting for a plane. I enjoyed the story, although I thought it was a bit weird. Then, while staying in Brussels in a bookshop I saw more Nicholas Sparks books. I bought them one by one. First was "The Best of Me", then "The Last Song" and then "A Walk to Remember". After reading them I still wasn't sure if I like Nicholas Sparks or his books. I found unbearable that so many bad things, horrible things, unexpected things in his novels happened to good people. There was something that struck me as wrong with his novels, people treated badly, people dying. Why he created characters and situations like that? Now I know the answer: he was writing about the world as he experienced it. He was not simply creating fancy tearjerkers to earn money. He was writing about his own life. To suffer so many loses and heartache... It is devastating. After finishing this book I joined his newsletter and plan to buy more of his novels, because now I know that they are worth reading.

I had no expectations when I started this book, so I cannot say I had any disappointments. I owned a used book store for several years, and Sparks books perennially sold very well, and several customers told me they thought this was better than his fiction. No one ever told me anything about what sort of book it was or what it dealt with, so the only thing I had to go on was the cover blurbs. I had the opportunity, so I gave it a try. The writing is very good (not having read any of Nicolas Sparks' fiction, I cannot compare it to those). The title and the blurbs led me to think I was going to read about Nicholas and Michael Sparks' time spent together. What it turned out to be was an extremely light reporting of their 3 week 'round the world tour (not a lot of information and very little impressions) serving as a platform for extensive autobiographical flashbacks. As such it was an interesting vehicle to construct an autobiography around, and the autobiography itself was interesting and engaging - much better than most I've read. Like good fiction, I was anxious to read on and find out how things turn out (I won't give any spoilers). It claims to have been jointly written, and if that's true I absolutely could not see two different people in the writing. It definitely was good enough to lure me into reading some other Nicholas Sparks books.

I have read several books by Nicholas Sparks. But by far this is his best. How inspiring. Well done. I can't wait for this to become a movie.

This is one of the best books I have ever read! I love the way Nicholas Sparks integrates incidents from his youth and past into the narrative of his three weeks of traveling on a special vacation with his brother. He had me laughing and crying at various times while depicting life experiences that a lot of readers can relate to. Such an enjoyable read that I purchased this copy to share with my sister and an audio version for my son to enjoy!

More of an autobiography than a novel, I found myself more absorbed in the lives of Nicholas, Micah and Dana. Some of the trip details were interesting but all of the biographical parts touched me. I am a new reader to the books Sparks has written and found it enlightening to see when his first books were written in relation to his life events. I am truly sorry he had such tragedies in life but know without a doubt that everyone he lost is extremely proud of him. Thank you Mr Sparks, for sharing your life with us. God bless you.