What are your opinions on Nicholas Spark's books?

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I have read three of Nicholas Spark's books - 'The Notebook', 'The Wedding' and 'The Last Song'. The first book that I read was The Notebook, and I thought that it was a lovely, and very sad book. However when my daughter passed on 'The LAst Song' for me to read I was very disappointed - Sparks actually only wrote the novel AFTER he wrote the screenplay for the film of the same name , a film that had been created solely for Miley Cyrus (of Hannah Montana fame)– she even chose her character’s name! I didn’t like this book anything much as I liked ’The Notebook’, in fact I couldn’t really say that I liked it that much at all; I wonder if it was because I knew that Miley Cyrus was playing the role and I envisaged her as the character in my mind, I don’t know ! I felt that the book was more suitable for younger readers - young teens I would have said - and I also think that there was just TOO much of a Disney feel to the book – again could this be because of the film; it felt like I was reading a ‘High School Musical’ or ‘Camp Rock’ book at times. I said that I would never read another book from Sparks but when I learned that ‘The Wedding’ was the sequel to 'The Notebook' I decided to give it a try. I have to admit to being sorry that I bothered - I thought that it was sickly and cheesy and I think that this time I probably mean it when I say I won't bother with another of his. Have you read any of his works, and what did you think?