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.