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by David Nicholls (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (4 Feb 2010)
  • ISBN-10: 0340994681
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340994689
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (111 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,212,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A big-hearted, beautiful book - there is not one single page that doesn't abound with warmth, wisdom and laughter...David Nicholls has written a totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are...ONE DAY is the best weird love story since THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE. It really is as good as that. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it.' -- Tony Parsons on ONE DAY 20090129 'The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page.' -- Jenny Colgan on ONE DAY 20081202 'A comic genius' -- Maria Beaumont on David Nicholls 20050211 'Brilliant... we would recommend it to anyone' -- Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan on STARTER FOR TEN 20050211 'I laughed a lot' -- Jeremy Paxman on STARTER FOR TEN 20050211

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'A big-hearted, beautiful book - there is not one single page that doesn't abound with warmth, wisdom and laughter...David Nicholls has written a totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are...ONE DAY is the best weird love story since THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE. It really is as good as that. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it.' (Tony Parsons on ONE DAY )

'The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page.' (Jenny Colgan on ONE DAY )

'A comic genius' (Maria Beaumont on David Nicholls )

'Brilliant... we would recommend it to anyone' (Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan on STARTER FOR TEN )

'I laughed a lot' (Jeremy Paxman on STARTER FOR TEN )
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103 of 110 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like life, you'll like this, 18 Jun 2009
By Matthew Gracie (Bristol, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Day (Hardcover)
From being a celebrity in the 90's to having a boss with a large beard, nothing is shied away from in this big pot of life. This book follows every 15th July from 1988 (end of their studentship) to near present day in the lives of two characters; Emma and Dexter, and their relationship with each other and others. Don't be put off by the length (430 odd pages) of this book - it is so ridiculously easy to read it makes the act of putting on a DVD seem like overexertion. That's not to say that the writing isn't thickly layered - it's stuffed with literary calories. Emma and Dexter jump out of the book and start living with you, eat your food and argue over the top of your head about the worthlessness of Scrabble. So much of the sharp-razor sharp dialogue sticks a grin on your face, people are unlikely to sit next to you on the train (read in extra comfort).

So there's Emma: warm, funny and cataclysmically directionless. Dexter: confident, arrogant, and transparent. The book then bends these attributes into the three dimensional. Their relationship treads its own path - there's no inevitability in what the next year will bring - their interactions with others the same. Every supporting character, whether they're on one page or a hundred is given their own space to be believable and interesting, and most likely make quite a bit of a mess of things.

The book finished - I'm missing them both. Time for them to come and bother you.
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars can't stop thinking about it, 29 Jun 2009
This review is from: One Day (Hardcover)
I read this book in a couple of days, but after a week I still can't stop thinking about it. The two characters don't just seem real - it's like you really do know them - and I don't mean this in some literary, metaphorical sense either. The whole thing made me cry tears of joy and sadness and still does. And I keep picking it up again, re-reading passages. In a funny kind of way the book works in real time: it occurs over a period or some 20 years, but, like real life, the twenty years seem flash by in a few days.... literally. The book provokes a real sense of you needing to know what will become of these two people, but whatever you do, don't peek ahead. Ingenious, heartbreaking, and just astonishingly beautiful.....

one other thing. Nicholls quotes Thomas Hardy a bit, but as well as the chapter quotes, the technical similarities are very striking - right down to certain things relating to destiny, time, and premonition that happen in the plot. This is every bit as smart as Hardy, and rather less sanctimonious.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, 4 Aug 2009
By H. Seymour "Helen" (Hull, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Day (Hardcover)
As much as I loved 'Starter for Ten', and Nicholls' subsequent novel 'The Understudy' (and I really did love both of those novels), neither of them are in the same league as 'One Day'.

One gets the impression that Nicholls has come a long way as an author, and has branched away from the light comedy genre to a thoughtful character study/love story. The characterisation in this novel is superb. It is achingly realistic, and sometimes cringeworthy, as both main characters have their moments of being truly unlikeable. At other times they are sweet and endearing, and even when they are being truly foul we want them to succeed, because we believe in them. They are flawed, complex and contradictory, as we are in real life. In fact it's hard to believe that Emma and Dexter do not really exist. The narrative is equally thoughtful, leaving the reader to work certain things out - for example, some chapters end on a hook which is never definitively resolved, only hinted at. For me, this is definitely a strength.

As thoughtful and subtle as this novel is, it still retains the strengths of Nicholls' earlier novels. The humour is wonderful and sharply observed, and while perhaps the belly laughs are not as evident as in starter for ten and the understudy, I definitely gave an out-loud chuckle more than once. The plot is also a ripping page turner, making it hard to put down late at night!

In summary, this book comprises of superb characterisation, thoughtful and witty observations and a subtle, engaging plot. Highly recommended.
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