‘The Choice’ is made for Valentine’s Day

By Kaely Monahan
Life is filled with decisions — which according to The Choice is the secret of life. The latest in the Nicholas Sparks canon, the story focuses on what happens when we say yes or no to love.
As a reader and moviegoer, I must be frank. I have not seen any of Sparks’ book-to-film adaptations, nor have I read any of his books. The romance genre is not my cup of tea. That said, The Choice was not as sappy as I feared. And a conversation with Sparks himself illuminated the romance genre for me.
Of course, The Choice has its fair share of saccharine love-sap that hangs like treacle from the North Carolina woods, but the story itself mostly holds up.

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