How do you describe a book that feels so real and so haunting of our own lives? Honestly this book surprised me in a very good way. Its made me reflect about my own "Dexter" and how sometimes life throws your a curve ball and how you swing determines everything. I recommend this to anyone who's wanting a good hopeless romantic type book with a last effect. ( )

A brilliant novel that can stand next to Call Me By Your Name as a classic epic romance of our time. ( )

David Nicholls' One Day gives us two characters who only the most cold-hearted reader couldn't care about. Bookish, idealistic (and totally bolshie) Emma Morley has graduated with a double first in English and Theatre Studies from university in Edinburgh. Dexter Mayhew, easy-going, handsome, charming and womanizing with a 2 in Anthropology, hooks up with her at their graduation party. They spend what's left of the night talking and kissing boozily in Emma's seedy, shared student flat. Despite certain misgivings on both sides, they hang out with each other all the next day. 15th July, 1988. St Swithin's Day.

The novel takes place on the same date each year, for the next twenty years. We follow Em and Dex as they negotiate the perils of adult life and a friendship fraught with all kinds of tension, including the inevitable will-they-won't-they-end-up-together. And in a way they are always together, thinking about each other and loving each other even though they're often directly at odds or leading very different lives.

Nicholls writes of their respective triumphs and disasters with wry humour, compassion and without mawkishness. He gives Em and Dex a cast of vivid supporting characters who help move the story along without getting bogged down in trivia.

If (like me) you're a bit of a sook, have a packet of tissues handy towards the end.

One Day is an enjoyable, satisfying read for Gen X-ers who love a bit of romance. ( )

I enjoyed reading this even though Dexter is pretty awful and I found myself equally rooting for him to get togher with Emma and also wishing that she'd find somebody better. The end was not what I was expecting for this particular type of book and it tarnished the whole thing for me a bit. Still, an easy read, and a decent book. ( )

It is a very beautiful written romance about the love of two friends ( )