Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.
Message in a Bottle  By  cover art

Message in a Bottle

By: Nicholas Sparks
Narrated by: Kimberly Schraf
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $21.83

Buy for $21.83

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Divorced and disillusioned about relationships, Theresa Osborne is jogging when she finds a bottle on the beach. Inside is a letter of love and longing to "Catherine", signed simply "Garrett". Challenged by the mystery and pulled by emotions she doesn't fully understand, Theresa begins a search for this man that will change her life. What happens to her is unexpected, perhaps miraculous - an encounter that embraces all our hopes for finding someone special, for having a love that is timeless and everlasting.

Nicholas Sparks exquisitely chronicles the human heart. In his first best-selling novel, The Notebook, he created a testament to romantic love that touched listeners around the world. Now in this New York Times best-seller, he renews our faith in destiny, in the ability of lovers to find each other no matter where, no matter when.

©2000 Nicholas Sparks (P)2015 Hachette Audio

What listeners say about Message in a Bottle

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    332
  • 4 Stars
    85
  • 3 Stars
    40
  • 2 Stars
    12
  • 1 Stars
    9
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    299
  • 4 Stars
    61
  • 3 Stars
    50
  • 2 Stars
    8
  • 1 Stars
    5
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    286
  • 4 Stars
    80
  • 3 Stars
    31
  • 2 Stars
    13
  • 1 Stars
    11

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Awesome book! Totally surprised by the ending.

Well written kept our interest to the end. The ending is too close to home for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Sentimental and sweet

Nicholas Sparks has gained popularity because his books are sentimental and sweet. This is no exception. If it were any sweeter the listener would have to start taking insulin.

It was just a little too saccharine for my taste.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

3 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

nicely read

I enjoyed the performance of this book. I enjoy all three forms of this story. The physical book, the audiobook, and the film.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Message in a Bottle

Love story with a different ending than most love stories. Two people who should have been together, but never will.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

🖤🖤🖤

this is amazing. I love reading this book and listening to it just adds a whole new experience.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Predictable, corny ... narrator did a good job

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The story started very well, got my interest specially for the narrator nice voice and pace. The male character was so boring ... and very unbelievable ... from mourning his dead wife till desperate in love with the main character. He was fickle... In a way there are plenty of people like that in real life. But for the sake being a good book story ... i just didn't like. At least the end to me made the story redeemable.

What could Nicholas Sparks have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Again ... I don't like love first sight romances. I read plenty of that in YA books and I hate it ... however many of those books I can ignore the romance. But this is a romance book. To me wasn't for the narrator I'd have stopped right ... I hate fickle and desperate characters. I must confess I do like the movie versions of many of his books.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Kimberly Schraf?

Yes I would. She did a great job and she sort of reminds me a little of Marguerite Gavin, which I like very much.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Message in a Bottle?

I'd have kept most of the book apart from the fickle moments of the male character... maybe let their story go a little longer and time to built their relationship the way the author did on The Notebook and Dear John

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

eh.. predictable

This had good narration, but I never felt that I was really drawn into the story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I loved this! My favorite the day it came out.

I love novels like this. It had everything I loved in a good romance story. I fell in love with Garret. He was a likable character and this story made me cry at the theater.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Best one yet!

I enjoyed this book more than his previous books. The narrator was great. It was an easy listen and kept my attention.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Phenomenal!

I have never been a very big fan of romance novels as a genre. In fact, I probably wouldn't have picked this book up if I hadn't already listened to Nicholas Sparks book 3 weeks with my brother. But I'm glad that I did! One of the most profound love stories I've ever heard. sad at times and happy at others! Make sure you have some Kleenex nearby for the end!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!