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A review by stacia_reads
One Day by David Nicholls
4.0
I'd really like to give this 3.5 stars, not 4, but I'm erring on the side of generosity because I did enjoy reading it. Still, minus half a star for largely unlikable characters.
Without spoiling it, the book goes into a bit of back and forth timewise at the end that gives a bit of insight into the characters' motivation that may have made me understand them better throughout. Because mostly I kept wondering why they put up with each other. Dexter especially seemed lousy and Emma seemed a bit insufferable and shiftless.
Since we saw Dex and Em each year on the same date, I couldn't decide if that was really cool or a bit of a cop out in that we didn't experience certain key events. Big things - births, deaths, weddings, etc, took place "off screen" and I'm still not sure how I felt about that. But, still, I did enjoy reading the book and seeing what was next, what would they be doing the next time we checked in on them.
Interesting book.
Without spoiling it, the book goes into a bit of back and forth timewise at the end that gives a bit of insight into the characters' motivation that may have made me understand them better throughout. Because mostly I kept wondering why they put up with each other. Dexter especially seemed lousy and Emma seemed a bit insufferable and shiftless.
Since we saw Dex and Em each year on the same date, I couldn't decide if that was really cool or a bit of a cop out in that we didn't experience certain key events. Big things - births, deaths, weddings, etc, took place "off screen" and I'm still not sure how I felt about that. But, still, I did enjoy reading the book and seeing what was next, what would they be doing the next time we checked in on them.
Interesting book.