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One Day by David Nicholls

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denijaaa_s's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.0

okayyy, man likās, ka grāmata būs tikpat laba vai pat labāka nekā seriāls, bet jāsaka, ka es biju diezgan vīlusies. nu nevar būt tā, ka diviem cilvēkiem visu laiku ir melnā strīpa dzīvē, un tad, kad parādās cerības stars par labāku dzīvi, tad emma vienkārši ņem un nomirst. skatoties seriālu, es biju vairāk moved nekā lasot par to grāmatā. viņi abi ir sarkanie karogi, un es pat nezinu, kas mani nesaistīja šajā grāmatā. varbūt rakstīšanas stils? varoņi? es pat nezinu, bet es ļoti, ļoti centos, lai man iepatiktos šī grāmata, bet tas diemžēl nebija manos spēkos. :(

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ninapulis's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad fast-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

4.0

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny 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

4.5

this feels a lot like a couple of my all-time favourite books i've ever read which is probably part of why i enjoyed this so much but it isn't perfect. just to get this out of the way, it was annoyingly obvious that this was written by a man at parts - emma was mostly well written (i kept forgetting she was written by a man) but this showed a lot in the way that the other women were written in this book. just straight up caricatures. it also felt like it would've done numbers on tumblr (for the same reasons The Fault in Our Stars did) but despite all of that i really loved this novel. i loved the characters - they were complex and flawed but they felt so real and it made it even more frustrating to watch them constantly fuck up. the ending hit me like a truck and i'm so glad i picked this up. this is (almost) everything i wanted Talking at Night to be!

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elenilkd's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Read this immediately after watching and falling in love with the show. I actually loved the parallel, and felt like the book filled in the gaps of what I questioned or wished had happened in the show.

I appreciate how both Emma and Dex are deeply flawed here, and seeing their growth throughout the very real ebbs and flows of life in your 20s-30s. While both of them could be so frustrating at times especially in relation to each other and tip-toeing in the will-they-or-won’t-they style, I found this to feel much more realistic, relatable, and reflective than other romances you’d typically think of. The style in which you only get to see “one day” out of the year is both captivating as it is annoying emotionally, but really pushes you to see just how impactful 24 hours of time may be in the span of life. It otherwise allows room for some hope and imagination of your own when thinking about what must’ve occurred between dates.

Nicholls has a wonderful grasp on depicting emotion and grief that really makes you reflect in my opinion, especially on the fragility of time with One Day. Genuinely one of my favorite reads in a very long time, and I’ll probably come back to reread it a few times more.

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