Review on Three Weeks With My Brother

Three Weeks with My Brother
Nicholas and Micah Sparks
A Memoir
Time Warner Books

Rating: 8/10

Brief introduction:
Having lost their parents to a horse-riding accident and a car wreck, and their sister to brain cancer, Nicholas and Micah Sparks, in their mid-thirties, took a three-week journey to some of the wonders of the world - the lost city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes, mysterious Easter Island, and Ayers Rock in the Australian outback - to reawaken their shell-shocked selves, hoping to recapture lost faith and shore up ailing optimism along the way.

Daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective Nicholas recall their childhood adventures and the tragedies that tested their faith. As moving and emotionally riveting as Nicholas Sparks' bestselling works of fiction and narrated with irrepressible humor and rare candor, Three Weeks With My Brother reminds us to cherish the joyful times of our lives . . .

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It would be difficult for many to imagine themselves being close to their siblings. By saying close, I really mean close. No topic would be under the do-not-discuss-about-it-or-I'll-beat-the-crap-out-of-you list; instead, everything - from the most personal to the most 'discussable' subject - can be talked about.

Three Weeks With My Brother, a memoir, shows the dynamics existing in the relationship between two brothers. The traditional belief that one has to "keep certain matters" to oneself is seemingly nonexistent. Somehow, as I read this book, I find myself wishing that I could be as close to my siblings and god brother as Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks.

At the same time, what I really liked about this book is also the fact that two men - not women who would many often (I know it's very discriminating and cliche) break down easily - learning difficult lessons of life and coping with the stresses of life, and deaths. They have struggled a whole lot and experienced deaths of their parents and sister. I simply couldn't imagine myself going through the problems they experienced; I would break down eternally if I ever did.

I am somewhat amazed at Sparks' ability to link the present enjoyment with the past. When I write, many often I find myself wanting to do that but unable to do so. This, in my opinion, is worthy of praise.

But above all, somehow I am attracted to the character Nicholas Sparks portrayed in the story. He is a very busy man, who used to stress himself out in everything. He used to get very little sleep, and has to work himself until the point of break down. I guess I am somewhat alike him, discounting the part of getting only three hours of sleep per day.

I would recommend you to read this book if you want to read something heart-warming book. I've never grown bored while reading the book, instead I kept flipping. Honestly, I'm not one who reads a lot of memoirs, yet somehow this book attracted me.

Excellent and heart-warming, I say. Read it.