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sarabelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Child death
Minor: Alcoholism and Cursing
katelynmill2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Death
erinkabez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Child death
bookedupchick's review against another edition
4.0
Laurie is on the bus on her way home from work, when she spots this man waiting at the bus stop. As soon as their eyes meet, ✨ sparks fly ✨and they both miss their chance to meet when the bus pulls away. Laurie and her best friend Sarah have been besties through college and roomies ever since. They decide to throw a Christmas party 🎄 and Sarah has invited her new boyfriend who she claims is the love of her life who Laurie has never met….and guess who that ends up being? You got it — BUS BOY… aka Jack…😱
Laurie and Jack’s story spans over a decade. You basically want to scream for Laurie and the struggle bus she is on 😫 This is a slow burn and I don’t feel it ended as epically as it could have (IMO it needed a little more 🔥), but I enjoyed it. And I would still very much recommend it!
Read this if you like ⤵️
🚌 Friends To Strangers To Lovers
🚌 Slow Burn Romance
🚌 Romantic Comedy
🚌 Closed Door
🚌 Soulmates
🚌 London Setting 🇬🇧
🚌 HEA 💖
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
One Day In December by Josie Silver
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol and Infertility
Minor: Child death
amandalorianxo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Infertility, Child death, and Death of parent
confusedmuse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity
Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
Minor: Child death and Grief
soundlysmitten's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail
claragweny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide
kaylasonlyheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Infertility, and Car accident
kelly_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Author: Josie Silver
Genre: Romance
Rating: 2.5
Pub Date: October 16 2018
T H R E E • W O R D S
Slow-paced • Underwhelming • Multi-layered
📖 S Y N O P S I S
As Laurie sits on a crowed bus on a wintery day in December, she happens to look out the window and her eyes land on Jack. They share a magical moment, and then the bus drives away. Over the next year, Laurie will look everywhere for him to no avail. That is until, a Christmas party where her best friend Sarah introduces her to her new boyfriend, who just happens to be Jack.
💭 T H O U G H T S
One Day in December felt like a missed opportunity to me and I was actually disappointed because I really thought I was going to love it. At the start, I was invested in the story, and was curious to see where it was going to go. In my opinion it just went in the wrong direction. The plot was extremely slow to develop and I quickly lost interest. It's frustrating to me as a reader when a book is drawn out so much and when you get to the end, it feels rushed, which was the case here. Part of the problem with it could be that I did not like the characters, although Laurie did grow on me.
The portrayal of death and grief is the one thing that felt real to me in this novel, and for that reason alone I couldn't write the story complete off.
It was long. It was slow. It took me two tries to get through, and I ended up having to get the audio. It probably would have been a forever DNF if not for fulfilling a book club prompt. All that to say it wasn't my cup of tea. But do keep in mind I am in the minority here.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of Love Actually
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"I'm so very tired of swimming. Most of the time I feel like the tide is going to pull me under, but here in Jack's arms I feel as if he's just reached over the side of a life raft and hauled me to safety."
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Infertility, and Infidelity
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
death of a sibling