Title: One Day
Author: David Nicholls
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780340896969
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 435
Quick Review: 5 stars (out of 5)
Why I Read It: Cover caught my eye so I picked it up. Takes place in England and that sold it.
Where I Obtained the Book: My local library
Review: It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. Isn’t that what you are supposed to say about the romantic comedy style of book? Let me just say up front that I read this book in about a day and then I immediately obtained his first two books and read them as well; I liked it that much (and FWIW his first two are brilliant too).
So we begin at the beginning with Boy meets Girl and they almost, but not quite consummate their relationship. After that very inauspicious beginning we then get annual updates of where they are in life and with each other on that same day. What follows is a tale of personal growth (read maturity) at two different rates as they come ever so close to finding love, strike that, recognizing love in each other.
They come ever so close to frustrate you, and then even closer to satisfy you, and life is what life is to devastate you. In the end you are left with love; what it means to them and more importantly, what it means to you.
Anything that can make you laugh and cry, plus appreciate your relationships in the real world just a little bit more is a great work of fiction in my book. If this isn’t a movie “one day”, then I don’t know Hollywood.
Author: David Nicholls
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780340896969
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 435
Quick Review: 5 stars (out of 5)
Why I Read It: Cover caught my eye so I picked it up. Takes place in England and that sold it.
Where I Obtained the Book: My local library
Review: It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. Isn’t that what you are supposed to say about the romantic comedy style of book? Let me just say up front that I read this book in about a day and then I immediately obtained his first two books and read them as well; I liked it that much (and FWIW his first two are brilliant too).
So we begin at the beginning with Boy meets Girl and they almost, but not quite consummate their relationship. After that very inauspicious beginning we then get annual updates of where they are in life and with each other on that same day. What follows is a tale of personal growth (read maturity) at two different rates as they come ever so close to finding love, strike that, recognizing love in each other.
They come ever so close to frustrate you, and then even closer to satisfy you, and life is what life is to devastate you. In the end you are left with love; what it means to them and more importantly, what it means to you.
Anything that can make you laugh and cry, plus appreciate your relationships in the real world just a little bit more is a great work of fiction in my book. If this isn’t a movie “one day”, then I don’t know Hollywood.
Synopsis: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways. So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that? And every year that follows? Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY.
Author Biography: David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.
Author Biography: David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.
After graduation, he won a scholarship to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, before returning to London in 1991 and finally earning an Equity card. He worked sporadically as an actor for the next eight years, eventually earning a three year stint at the Royal National Theatre, followed by a job at BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher. This led to script-editing jobs at London Weekend Television and Tiger Aspect Productions.
During this period, he began to write, developing an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s stage-play Simpatico with the director Matthew Warchus, an old friend from University. He also wrote his first original script, a situation comedy about frustrated waiters, Waiting, which was later optioned by the BBC.
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