Thoughts On: ‘One Day’
February 20th, 2010

I don’t enjoy romance, the soppy kind, the ‘I’ll love you forever and ever, my life is yours’ kind. Perhaps I just lack the proper emotions, but those romance novels just don’t do it for me. I enjoy unconventional romance, romance that is as real as possible and realistic to life’s up’s and downs, romance that makes your heart break over an everyday sort of love. ‘One Day’ by David Nicholls is the most wonderful love story I have read (besides Persuasion), there are no words strong or emotive enough for me to describe how much I now love this book. I was dubious as I began the first chapter, I didn’t enjoy how it began but as I read on through one day of each year of their lives (1988-2008) I began to love them and in the two days it took to read One Day Emma and Dexter became part of my life. I ended the novel devastated, but understanding, David Nicholls is truly a fantastic author.
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