Easy on the mind, and easy on the soul. 
 Was expecting a snoozefest based on a previous experience of reading a Nicholas Sparks book, but it turned out fairly interesting despite the straight-forward manner of the plot and characters, and the "tellish" manner of writing was bearable. My enjoyment of the book may or may not have been affected by the fact that Zac Efron is going to play the cinematic version of the hero. >_> <_< yeah....guilty as charged. Imagining Efron's sappy Charlie St. Cloud face running through the plotlines of the book cures a great many evils, including a ridiculously perfect heroine paired off with minimal, cliched conflict to a ridiculously perfect hero. So. Enjoy! Or don't.