Author: David Nicholls
Released: June 2009
‘I can imagine you at forty,’ she said, a hint of malice in her voice. ‘I can picture it right now.’
He smiled without opening his eyes. ‘Go on then.’
15th July 1988. Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year which follows?
One Day is a funny/sad love story spanning twenty years, a book about growing up – how we change, how we stay the same.
Rating: 5 stars
So this book has been on my reading list since it was created back in August 2011 and I've only just gotten round to starting to work my way down this list.
Having never read anything by David Nicholls before I was slightly apprehensive, maybe this is because I'm used to contemporary fiction being written by females. However I was pleasantly surprised to find myself hooked after the very first chapter.
Emma and Dexter seem to have completely different lives: she works for what she has, whilst Dexter seems to have everything handed to him on a plate, and then they come from completely different worlds. However this only seems to strengthen their friendship and it's certainly interesting watching them develop over the next twenty years.
Both characters are very dynamic, with neither of them being the same as they were on their graduation night. This certainly adds to the story, especially with Dexter's addictive personality. There's no question who is the adult and who is the child in their relationship.
This is definitely an amazing read that I would recommend to anyone. Although you may want a box of tissues with you for the ending. One Day is full of laughs and tears, a great book. I'm certainly looking forward to reading more by this fabulous author.
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