Reviews tagging 'Death'

One Day by David Nicholls

69 reviews

idk_indigo's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm trying to figure out how to word what I liked/didn't like about this book without saying just, "It's painfully obvious that this was written by a man" because, like, men can write good books too and in fairness, this was a good book. But it was painfully obvious that this was written by a man.

My favorite part of this book was definitely the format; I loved that it told a story from a singular day per year in the lives of Dex and Em. It was a really cool way to show how they were growing throughout the years as well as the development of their friendship and eventual relationship. Plus, in the end when we finally got a second day, it was really sweet.

I also appreciated that the characters were so unlikeable relatable. The inner monologues that the audience got to see was interesting, and also reflected who they were at the time as well as their flaws (eg., a persistent lack of confidence from Emma, the underlying addiction from Dexter). Seeing their inner thoughts, then seeing how they were with other friends or partners, then seeing how they were with each other, it was quite beautiful. 

I loved the ending, despite it being

depressing as fuck. While I don't think it was "necessary," per se, as pointless deaths never are, I think it was what the book was about. It wasn't a comedy or even a romance, it was a tragedy. And it was oh-so-pointless, hence why it happens when they are finally happy.

What I didn't like so much was the writing style. I don't know how to explain it but it was almost exhausting at times. Overly wordy, plus the descriptions of things were weird/ridiculous, and especially the descriptions of the women Dexter dated. Suki Meadows was done so dirty. And Tilly. God I wanted to gag whenever Tilly was brought up. Men love to talk about how fat women are without actually using the word fat. Emma was forced to stumble into Tilly's humungous, gigantic, gargantuan bras because Tilly insisted on washing them in the sink. She has such colossal, enormous, elephantine (thank you, thesaurus.com) titties and dons them in boring beige bras that are just strewn all about the flat. 

And ugh, Emma is such an anomaly, she does hate to talk about children and diapers and spit up and bottles. She hates watching her friends' kids, when the time comes she

hates watching Jasmine, too, ugh looking after a kid who's not hers

but also ugh it's all she's ever wanted. Anyways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer and Body shaming

debbitomsk's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, Infertility, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

amcalder646's review against another edition

funny sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Hate the ending, love the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Death, Infertility, Drug use, Grief, and Infidelity

crystalmethany's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent

adiloretto's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

"When will you stop trying to educate me, I wonder? Never I hope."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, and Sexual content

aishaabdelhamid's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death, Cancer, and Death of parent

briggsy39's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug use

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Vomit

alix0zz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I read this after watching the Netflix series and I would say that helps a lot. I found this book fun from time to time and also pretty enjoyable. But I also found this book boring and annoying in some parts. For example at the beginning I hade a hard time getting into the book and also some where in the middle it was a little bit hard to keep reading. But over all I liked the book and their for I am giving a 3.25 star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, and Infertility