I seldom read fictions. Its as rare as the blue moon. Somehow, seeing this book lying in my library yearns me to pick it up. And once I pick it up, it stuck on me like a fly sticking on the salamander’s tongue. I was already familiar with the story, I’ve watched the movie. As I go through the pages, the movie scene keep flashing through my head. The movie differs from the book, but the entire plot still stays. The story begins with the characters being innocent in school and starts to fall in love. They spend wonderful time enjoying each other’s company for a couple of years and out of a sudden, the female lead was sick with leaukemia and she died. Ops, did I spoil it for you? Don’t worry, I have known the plot of the story from the movie and yet I enjoy the book very much. The story was average, but the way the author words it, makes it facinating. The description of Love and the structure of the story, makes it enduring and a best seller. There were instances, my emotional buttons were hammered so profusely that the dam of tears almost broke. As interesting as the book was, the ending was a little weak. Knowing the characters so much more, I was yearning for a eleborated ending, instead, it just fell short and Bam, the end. However the weak ending should not stop you from seeking out the book. The movie adaptation gave a slight different variation, mostly I believe because some of the content in the book would be confusing if not explained in detail, and so the director took the alternative route of changing the story a little. Overall, 5 star out of 5 rating for the book. I enjoyed reading it every moment I spent on it.
Prologue
I came across this book rather accidental. After purchasing a bunch of books, we learnt that Borders give out extra cash voucher if we were to spend another RM40. Being penny wise pound foolish, I went over to the Manga section looking for a nice Comic to indulge into. This is when I came to this book. It was wraped and I didn’t had the chance to open it. At the back, the book boast the popularity of the book, wich was made into Manga, TV serial and movie. It has to be good to command such follow-up I thought. And the story plot sounds familiar, it sounds like a Japanese movie that I have watched. And so the book made it into my shopping bag and I was happily going home thinking this was a manga. Upon arrival at home, to my surprise, this wa no manga at all, it was a story book, filled with words and no pictures. To my utter dissapointment, I discarded the book to a corner of my library. Not till a couple of weeks back, I start to take notice of the book.
