Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

One Day by David Nicholls

22 reviews

hushedreads's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, Infertility, and Toxic friendship

booksnug's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad slow-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

3.5

I’m torn, because this book is a great premise and artfully written but Dex is so unlikeable for most of it and the

random tragic event

that was not in keeping with the blurb infuriated me. So I down-rated it…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

candlewaster's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

lucyatoz's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

One day by David Nicholls was an interesting read following the lives of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, who meet on the night of their university graduation and then go their separate ways. 

The book then tells their story through the lens of a specific day, the 15th July, St. Swithin's day, every year from 1988 to 2007, through the highlights and lowlights, from being friends to being married to other people to the end of one of their lives. 

The narrative is an intriguing one, however as I read it I felt getting more and more cheated of getting the whole story! I am happy that I have read it, but it is not one that I will stay in the memory for long.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity

anewton's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

A clever, beautifully moving book, with characters who become your close friends. A highly engaging read, that makes you hungry for more, with a plot that is far from clique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Drug use

Minor: War and Vomit

sarahndipity's review

slow-paced

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

1.5

Just really glad it's over

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Body shaming, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Vomit

daisymayl's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

haleylooloo's review

emotional funny reflective sad 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

3.5

Despite the cover being a couple kissing, I would not consider this a romance. I will admit, I had seen the movie before reading the book so knew what to expect,

but the book focused much less on the romance between the main characters and much more on their personal development. I appreciated the depictions of feeling lost and unsure what life or the future may hold, and I felt I could relate to Emma a lot. That being said, I got a bit annoyed at how long it took for them to finally get together (348 pages!), then only to have it all end 40 pages later. I also thought the ending was interesting but the whole last section was just a bit tedious to get through, especially the anniversary sections with Dex. Overall, Dex’s sections during his drug use eras were a bit drawn out at times.

A good story though and I liked the premise of writing on the same day every year. There were definitely a couple of easter eggs left at the end that I would be interested to see if they were actually thought out earlier in the book, maybe I’ll go back and look. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness

sib_reads's review

emotional reflective 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, Classism, Blood, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual content

bookswithgeorgia's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Infidelity