Love Story (Paperback)

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"Not just a  story--Love Story is an  experience. The reader who responds to this little book  will feel less like a reader than an unwritten  Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an  observer."--Christian Science  Monitor.

"Funny, touching and  infused with wonder, as all love stories should  be."--San Francisco Examiner -- Review

Review

"Not just a  story--Love Story is an  experience. The reader who responds to this little book  will feel less like a reader than an unwritten  Segal character, living it all out from the inside... In this 'love story' you are not just an  observer."--Christian Science  Monitor.

"Funny, touching and  infused with wonder, as all love stories should  be."--San Francisco Examiner

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (July 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553275283
• ISBN-13: 978-0553275285
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (123 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,061,564 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and beautiful, March 24, 2000

By	"ziggyz_queen" (NJ, United States) - See all my reviews

I am 13, and I picked this book up at my school library, having heard of it but having no idea of the plot. I read it in two days, and that's only because school (what a pesky little bugger) got in the way.

Love Story is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. It doesn't have a lot of elaborate details; however, that doesn't diminish its charm. It is cuttingly funny, and completely absorbing. I read it on the lunch line, during lunch, during math, during science...you get the picture. The ending almost made me cry. This book is a work of art.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best The First Time Around...'Sorry'..., January 2, 2006

By	L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (fountain valley, ca United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Love Story (Hardcover)

"Love Story" by Erich Segal, is a romantic and funny, yet tragic story, that over 35 years ago had an entire generation in love, in tears, and spouting "Love means never having to say you're sorry".

It is the story of 2 young college grads, who's love was stronger then any of the tests life threw at them. Oliver Barrett IV, a rich(very rich), big Harvard jock, heir to the Barrett fortune and legacy. Jennifer Cavilleri, daughter of a Cranston, Rhode Island baker, with not much money, but lots of love. Oliver was expected to follow in his father's huge footsteps, Jennifer, a music major was to go on and study in Paris. Both from very different worlds. But when they met, the sparks flew, and we get involved with them as their love grows deep and strong.

Oliver turns his back on his family and fortune to marry Jenny. Jenny gives up her dreams of Paris and being a musician. But to each other, there is nothing as important as the other in their lives. When life throws them a tragic turn, they find solace in each other arms, and the reader can not help but feel their pain and their deep love as well.

It's a moving story, and if you have a hankerin for a real romance, you want to laugh and cry, and have never read this one before, you should go for it. It will definitely leave you sighing. 5 stars the first time around. Having read this for the first time in about 30 years though, I have to say 'sorry', I just didn't love it as much as I did the first time around. After this time, I wished I had just stayed with the memories of how it felt after the first read.

A good read,and a fast one, just doesn't have the same sentimental punch over time. Highly recommended to romantics who have not read it yet. You'll smile, you'll cry. Be sure to have the Kleenex on hand.

paperback:Love Story

Enjoy and Happy New Year to All...
Laurie

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Story is the best book ever!!, October 22, 1999

By	Geraldine Ratcliffe ([e-mail]) (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews

Hey, i'm only 12, but i still loved the book. It is soooo worth spending time on reading it, it makes you laugh, it makes you think about things, and it makes you cry :( You can completetly relate to any of characters even if you r only 7 years old. Erich Segal is a genius!!