Dear John Book Review

John is a soldier in the Army that is longing for a fresh start. The conflict type in Dear John is man vs. the unknown. The “unknown” antagonist in this novel is distance. It’s distance that separates John from Savannah and its distance that separates John from having a relationship with his father. John is in Germany, so there is no way for him to be with the girl he loves. John’s father is autistic so there is no way for him to get close to his father. In both cases, distance is the problem for John, even if in different ways. Dear John is told in first person from the point of view of John Tyree. The main location that this novel takes place is John’s birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina. Even though the whole book is set in a few different locations, John feels at home in Wilmington. “I grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina, a city that proudly boasts the largest port in the state as well as a long and vibrant history, but now strikes me more as a city that came about by accident.”

Dear John is a riveting novel that had me turning each page, excited for more. After John leaves Savannah for the very first time, they agree that will go out on every full moon to admire it like they did the first time they met. The full moon symbolizes their everlasting love for one another. Even after Savannah is married and has her own family, John finds out that she still admires every full moon. The whole novel of Dear John is a flashback. It begins with John watching Savannah and wishing things weren’t the way they were. He wants things to be different, but knows that he and Savannah are completely different people then they were when they met on the beach six years ago. “For now, though, I will sit on the hillside overlooking her ranch and wait for her to appear. She won’t be able to see me of course. But I had to come back to this small North Carolina mountain town to find out what happened. When a person sets a thing in motion, there is a feeling of unease, almost