- Hardcover: 264 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins; First edition edition (Feb 1977)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060138521
- ISBN-13: 978-0060138523
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,910,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I did not want to read "Oliver's Story" at first. I liked "Love Story" but did not think it was all that great and never cared very much for Jenny. I heard from big "Love Story" fans that "Oliver's Story" was worse than the original. I waited a year to read it, but then I took it and "Love Story" out of the library and read both within hours. My opinion: I love "Oliver's Story"! Much more than "Love Story".
I liked Oliver in "Love Story" but I fell in love with him in "Oliver's Story". He became a much more real character and someone you would want to know. Although, as I said before, I never liked Jenny all that much, I thought, at first, that it was too soon for Oliver to be involved with someone else. But as I started reading about his encounter and subsequent relationship with Marcie I was more understanding. I actually liked Marcie in the beginning. Oliver needed someone who was different in personality, looks and background from Jenny. The later revelation about Marcie did not shock me a bit: I expected it. How could have I expected it if I liked Marcie? Explanation: Marcie's and Oliver's relationship was doomed from the beginning. Even if Marcie turned out to be wonderful, Oliver could not have ended up with her. For one, he needed a transitional other. Also, he needed to realize that he could not recreate with anyone what he and Jenny shared and never have the same kind of love again. Oliver's disillusionment with Marcie was always foreshadowed because there is only one person for Oliver who can never lose his love and respect: Jenny. The fact that Oliver found out something murky about Marcie is almost symbolic because he did not have to find something horrible about her to realize that Marcie or any other woman would never measure up to Jenny.
This book's ending made me cry the way in which "Love Story's" ending never could although it seems to be the sadder of the two. "Oliver's Story" brings home the sad truth with which "Love Story" ended: Jenny was Oliver's destiny and with her death he has no destiny. Jenny and Oliver had the perfect love, not that it was smooth or extremely romantic, but that they loved and were loved completely. Oliver will not be able to love anyone else completely and, since the mystery of life lies in love, this is the greatest tragedy of all. If Segal chose to have a happy ending for Oliver, it would have cheapen his story. It would have been the easy way out. This ending is still hopeful because Oliver, for however briefly, had the love of his life which enabled him to improve his life and himself. For in "Oliver's Story", Oliver is a better person than he was in "Love Story" and that is not all due to the author's improved writing talents.
"Oliver's Story" managed to recreate Jenny in the reader's mind as the ideal for Oliver. This was not evident in "Love Story" and that is why I recommend to everyone to read "Oliver's Story" first. In fact, by itself, it is a tramendous book. "Oliver's Story" goes deeper into the soul of Oliver and helps him come to terms with a grim but true reality which brings tears to readers' eyes. An amazing effort!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading Love Story, I wasn't sure how I was gonna like Olivers Story. And to tell you the truth, the book was kinda slow at times and I even skipped a few paragraphs. But trust Erich Segal to make the readers sit right up and concentrate on each word. The last few pages of the book make it well worth reading. Especially the last line of the book almost made me cry (since I'm never "moved" by touchy-feely romantic stories). In a sense, Olivers Story is sadder and more realistic than Love Story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read this book right after finishing Love Story, and think that Oliver's Story is more interesting than the first book of this sequel. But still, at the end I felt that there was something missing. He is alone again, and the whole "good and misteriouse" charachter of Marcie, too dramatically became cruel and unjust.
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Purchased a part of a christmas present as I already have a copy bought years ago. Apart from long delay on delivery (due to weather problems) excellent purchase. Read more
Published 17 months ago by linda, kent
Good response
After trying three conventional bookshops to be told either the book had never been written or that it was out of print , good old Amazon came up trumps once again.
Published on 15 April 2010 by Mr. D. Morgan
Erich Segal - a true master !
I have read The Love Story by Erich Segal, and I just love it. His writing is extremely witty, elegant, humorous in a natural way, and intellectual and highly entertaining. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2008 by FRANCIS
This book is a very moving love story for Love Story fans.
This book was a very moving sequel to the well renowned Love Story by Erich Segal. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would recomend it to any die-hard Segal fan. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 1998
Even Better than Love Story
While Love Story was a delightful, light and powerful book, Oliver's Story has more depth, character development, and, in my opinion, more tragedy. Read more
Published on 23 July 1998
Emotionally taxing
I bought and read Love Story on a Sunday. On Monday I felt compelled to go back to the store and get Oliver's Story, which I read on Monday night. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1998
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