One Day is a novel by David Nicholls, published in 2009. Each chapter covers the lives of two protagonists on 15 July, St Swithin's Day, for 20 years. The novel attracted generally positive reviews and was named 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year. Nicholls adapted his book into a screenplay; the feature film, was released in August 2011.
I've surprised myself at how much I enjoyed this book, especially as I'd say it wasn't my type of book. Definitely worth a read.
This is a sweet story about blandly likeable characters. I enjoyed reading it, but will probably forget all about it.
A different narrative style so that needed a bit of getting used to. Once at home with the episodic quality this was a delight, especially the very clever throwaway lines and descriptions. The last part again twists the narrative process, again had to get used to it - but again was well worth it.
I liked the premise, but was disappointed. Dexter is a pain in the arse and Em sounds lovely, but self-righteous. And their dithering just gets tedious. The end was moving, but I didn't quite get it - he loved her more than he realised?
