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One Day by David Nicholls

50 reviews

avacole2005's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Written really well but so sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

porsche_elise's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt

cnannery19's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

socialphobia_88's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death and Car accident

matchareader's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I absolutely loved the tv show on Netflix, so I decided to give the book a go. I was actually quite disappointed. I found the characters unlikable at first, pretentious and annoying. But I still read it till the end. I discovered how the series was loyal to the book. But each time the main characters interacted, I just didn’t see any chemistry or reason for them to like each other. But the individual development of both characters was interesting. Sadly, I just couldn’t help rolling my eyes at times when they got together. 
For those who hesitate between the book and the adaptation, I’d say go for the latter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit

matildaesandell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The concept is very unique and made it a very entertaining book. While I have read other books which focus on a singular day, those days normally have a sentinmental reason for that particular day, but what I liked about this book is that there wasn’t a specific reason it was just a snapshot in time. 

One of my friends put it beautifully, this book explores love in different ways and circumstances, and this was a really good lens to look at this story through. 

I found the first 30% a little boring and hard to get into, but from that point on I had such an affinity to the characters and what was happening in their lives, I just constantly wanted to be reading. 

This book has long chapters which is a bit of a book ick for me, but I could understand why this book had them and look past it mostly. 

Love a book that makes me feel things 🫶🏼 

Anyway, overall a very good read and I am currently enjoying the TV adaptation of it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use

letiross's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, and War

kathshiroma's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia and Infertility

hjb_128's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

himrsa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent