One Day
Ratings76
Average rating3.7
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Ratings76
Average rating3.7
It’s 1988 and Dexter Mayhew and Emma Morley have only just met. But after only one day together, they cannot stop thinking about one another. Over twenty years, snapshots of that relationship are revealed on the same day—July 15th—of each year. Dex and Em face squabbles and fights, hopes and missed opportunities, laughter and tears. And as the true meaning of this one crucial day is revealed, they must come to grips with the nature of love and life itself.
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Very well written and the dialog is witty and sharp. It is not some chick lit novel where everything is predictable. The premise kept me reading until the end. Around the end I just kept thinking, “Well, this must be the end” over and over again. The ending dragged on and (I won't give away any spoilers) disappointed me. I felt like the author was pulling for some sort of heartbreaking ending but it was lack luster for me.
I wavered between 2 and 3 stars, but Dexter is such a wanker. It is very possible to create a character like Dexter and still engage the reader but this novel never managed to overcome his wanker-ness. Finally I just didn't care.
i think having watched the movie (many years ago) has spoiled it, which honestly has never happened to me while reading or watching something. I guess I was just not really enjoying the reading and I guess I was anticipating it a lot, more than I was expecting.
I think I enjoyed the main characters but there was something off in the story I don't know what exactly I just wanted it to be over. I guess the overall idea of having 1 day of their lives displayed to us was really clever and I enjoyed that as I had enjoyed while watching the movie but the in depth of each character didn't really captivate me enough or like the movie had. I think I just liked the movie better overall.
Nicholls does a good job at describing the optimism, realism and acceptance that comes with the progression through different stages of adulthood. These observations made it worth reading, even though I never connected with either of the protagonists and didn't entirely believe their relationship.
