Book Summary: The Longest Ride

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The Longest Ride starts in early November where Sophia is attending college at Wake Forrest in North Carolina. She just broke up with her boyfriend and her best friend is trying to cheer her up. There is a rodeo coming to town. Sophia and some of her friends from the fraternity house are going. After the rodeo there was a big party for everyone. She wonders outside and runs into her ex boyfriend she trying to get over. A guy comes to save her from her ex boyfriend and they begin to talk. His name is Luke Collins. They went to his truck and talked for a while and then agreed to hang out again. Later that week Luke calls her and asks if she would like to come out to his farm. Sophia said she always wanted to ride horses so her and Luke rode …show more content…
A week passes and they have been together three to four times that week. Sophia was worried at the beginning if she wanted to start something with him because she wants to focus on college and she might be leaving to go on an internship. She continues talking and going out with Luke. She has even thought about not taking the internship and staying in North Carolina. As Sophia and Luke get farther into their relationship Sophia goes on telling Luke he should quite bull riding just like his mother keeps telling him but he doesn't listen to her. She's trying to persuade him to quit because she doesn't want him get hurt again like last time or just get worse that he is. When he doesn't listen to Sophia, she gets very upset and breaks up with him. They don't talk for a while and he goes to an event to ride again. By this time he's worked his way back to the top and is at the final competition. As all rodeos work Luke goes to draw for his bull he'll be riding. He draws the bull that put him out last time. When it comes Luke's time to ride he gets in the chute and grabs ahold of the rope and the chute opens. The buzzer sounds and Luke jumps …show more content…
I like the part on page 52 where Luke first notices Sophia out on the railing of the arena by herself. Just after Luke notices her he also noticed another guy coming towards her. Sophia turns and seen who the man was, it was her ex boyfriend Brian. Brian began talking to her and Sophia asked Brian to leave her alone. She attempted to walk away from Brian but he grabbed her arm and that is when Luke decided to intervene. Luke walks over to them as also asks Brian to leave and then as Brian refuses again. Then he begins to put his hands up like he's going to hit Luke but as soon as Brian makes a move Luke has him to the ground. Luke asks Sophia if everything is alright then let's Brian up. Brian walks away which was a smart decision. I feel like at this point from seeing how Luke acts that he's going to be that way throughout the book. I also feel in this part that he is a brute kind of guy Like how he handled Brian. I think he handled that well because that situation could have had a more serious outcome. On pages 108 when they really get to talking after Brian had left then Luke had offered to take her back to his truck so they could sit and talk. She agreed and went with him to his truck. I liked this part of the book because I've had always had dream of this happening to me. When I read this part I could just feel how it connected with me.

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