Reflection On The Best Of Me By Amanda Lofton

“The Best of Me will rank with Message in A Bottle and The Notebook, it was THAT good”, says book critic Marie Hashima Lofton. This romantic novel about long lasting love will give hope to the reader. The meaningful theme behind the book, The Best of Me makes it a must read, the heartwarming story line will keep the reader wanting to flip the page. In The Best of Me, the author uses conflict to teach that sometimes being loyal can be difficult. For example, when Dawson the main character, left his family for his own safety the narrator says, “His family marked him as a traitor”. This shows that loyalty is tricky because he had to be disloyal to his family to save himself and do what was best for him. Another piece of evidence is whenever Amanda had to make a …show more content…
This book is a dramatic love story that is full of twists and turns, “Please don't ask me to go with you, because if you do, I'll go. Please don't ask me to tell Frank about us, because i'll do that, too. Please don't ask me to give up my responsibilities or break up my family; I love you, and if you love me, too, then you just can't ask me to do these things. Because I don't trust myself enough to say no”. This quote from the novel shows the intensity of their love and it shows that sometimes love isn't easy. Another reason I would recommend this book is because its a story about an underdog. The main character had a rough life but in the end he did a lot of good, worth while things, “He had saved Alan's life- but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for her that meant...everything. 'I gave you the best of me,' he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that”. Even though Dawson had a hard life he never let that stop him from helping and doing good for others. The underdog aspect of the story makes this book very heartwarming. Without a doubt, this heartwarming story will be loved by