Based on a book by nicholas sparks, the lucky one has a barebones story, but it is almost pathologically conflict averse. She was lucky because she had someone that walked across the country to find her, but she didnt even know. While serving the country in iraq, he comes across a photo of a woman, half buried in the dirt. The lucky one begins with logan thibault who is a u. The lucky one, based on nicholas sparks book, is too. It is worth the effort readers need to figure out the details and connections. His long hair reminded clayton of a rats nest, and on the strangers back, clayton could see the outlines of a sleeping bag poking out from beneath a backpack. Sometimes, most of us know the reason behind but most of us dont have any hint.
Marine logan thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman halfburied in the dirt during his third tour of duty in iraq, his first. The lucky ones is no ordinary coming of age novel the atlantic. The lucky one isnt so lucky or, rather, well crafted. Marine logan thibault zac efron the smallest thing actually saves his life. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to follow her and give her a little talkingto as soon as she got back home. To ask other readers questions about the lucky one, please sign up. The lucky one by nicholas sparks is a contemporary romance that was originally published back in 2008 but is now being republished. Efron, who actually has shown some talent, appears to think wooden passes for mysterious here. In this book, sparks creates a love triangle between beth, the single mom, logan, the iraqi war vet, and clayton, the exhusband to beth. Marines brush with death leads him to the love of his life in this new york times bestseller of destiny, luck, and the redemptive power of romance. The lucky one book report by devin devesslaniely on prezi. The guy was too old to be a college student, for one thing. One characters fleeting thoughts turn out to concern anothers deepest trauma.
It tells us that everyone has its own purpose and has its own reasons for whys and why nots. The lucky ones often feels playful, in part because it consists of interlocking short stories that have been shuffled out of sequence, requiring reassembly to understand how they fit together. The lucky one is another great love story by nicholas sparks. But the genius of the lucky ones is that pachico creates a palpable anguish with a lighter touch than the gloom that hangs over englanders book.
It begins slowly, setting up the series of seemingly unconnected characters and gradually building the links between them, before building to. Nicholas sparks may be known to the world even if you havent read his books you know them, because they tend to get made into movies. I knew to expect passionate romances against all odds, characters split apart by dark secrets, gasping professions of love followed by some sort of lengthy embrace usually involving rain or someone being lifted in the air and spun around, progressive. Marine logan thibault finds a photograph of a smiling y. Before reading the lucky one, my knowledge of the books of nicholas sparks was limited to what i knew of the many film adaptations of his work. Its bogged down by hokey dialogue and stilted acting. The plot follows a marine, who during his third tour in iraq, finds.
In picking up a photograph of a beautiful woman during. An elderly woman is haunted by memories of her escape from the holoca. The lucky one is ripe for film adaptation, and indeed is presently showing at the cinemas, but i cant help but feel that its a book thats almost suited better to the big screen than it is to print format. Clayton is a horrible man and father, and when he thinks beth might become involved with logan, he threatens to destroy them. From there onwards, the picture becomes his lucky charm. The lucky one is a 2008 romance novel by american writer nicholas sparks. Nicholas sparks, known as a writer of sentimental romance novels with dashes of magic and suspense, added another such book to his catalog in 2008 with the lucky one. He carries the photo in his pocket and soon wins a streak of poker games, then survives a battle that kills two of his closest buddies. Marine logan thibault finds a photograph of a smiling young woman halfburied in the dirt during his first deployment in the iraq war. Shes witty and breezy and soulful in all the right moments, and were lucky. Only blythe danner, as beths grandmother, is unscathed. Marine logan thibault during his 3rd tour of iraq finds a picture of a young woman in the dirt. Beth beth is a 2nd grade teacher and works in a dog kennel with nana, her grandmother. Like cyrus, the lucky one was one of efrons gateway roles as an adult actor.