One Day

i couldn’t bring myself to fully finish it, i skimmed over the past very much. but the story itself is so beautiful. i don’t like the way it’s written. the netflix show is great. great book to screen adaptation. go watch the show instead

4.5 Sterne, das Ende hat mich komplett überrumpelt. Abgesehen davon ein wundervolles Buch, ab der Hälfte wurde es für mich richtig spannend und ich konnte es nur schwer aus der Hand legen. Ein berührender, realistischer Roman, absolut nicht kitschig. Denke noch viel über das Buch nach und habe schon mehreren Personen davon erzählt, weil es mich so beschäftigt.

[This is a subjective review. This is just my opinion of this book, not a summary!] Relationships are hard work and sometimes it is not easy to stay in love with someone or even keep in touch with an old friend. This novel takes it upon itself to show just that. My biggest fear was that this would be just barely above the usual chick-lit with flat characters and a corny love story and I was positively surprised that it was not. Even though I don’t think Emma and Dexter, the two main characters are even remotely likeable I kept reading because they are still interesting and complex. The way their friendship, their ups and downs and even their personal lives apart from one another are depicted just seemed very realistic to me. For once a novel shows that keeping up a relationship, any relationship (be it a friendship, a marriage, or a romantic one) is hard work. My first thought when I read about this novel’s premise was „it’s Harry and Sally all over again“. But actually this concept of meeting the two characters only once a year and seeing how they and their relationship develop seemed quite interesting, which is why I wanted to read the book in the first place. And I have to say that Nicholls did execute this really well. Although the book was a bit depressing with all the hopelessness and my-life-is-going-nowhere stuff from Emma and the drugs-and-glamour lifestyle of Dexter in the beginning, I think that the point of this story really is to show that life is not always what we want it to be and the perfect job/husband/friend is not just going to fall into your lap. Albeit not a new or groundbreaking discovery, I personally liked this message. So why won’t I give this more stars? Well, one huge flaw was that I didn’t get why Emma kept pining about Dexter. You can tell from the very beginning that he is not a nice or likeable person. Emma seems to be rather intelligent but due to her low self-esteem she fails to see that she could do better than him or any of the guys she’s dating. This is probably also the reason why it takes her so long to find the courage to do what she wants professionally as well. I just don’t like weak and male-dependent female characters which made it hard for me to like this novel unconditionally. That said, I liked the story and even (without revealing too much) the ending, which a lot of people seem to hate. And since the writing was quite decent there is no reason this book should get any less than three stars from me.

Für immer meine Lieblingsgeschichte

Der Film, die Serie, das Buch - 10/10 Werde nie aufhören, die Geschichte von Emma & Dexter immer wieder aufs Neue zu lesen / mir anzuschauen.

Ich liebs! Buch wie Serie. Emotional, herzergreifend, ein wahres Juwel!

3,75⭐️

Es hat sehr viel spaß gemacht das Buch zu lesen und das Ende hat mich sehr berührt. Da ich den Film und die Serie kenne gab es natürlich nicht so viele Überraschungsmomente, aber es war trotzdem sehr cool da ich alles natürlich viel besser vor Augen haben konnte. Außerdem hat man im Buch nochmal eine andere Sicht auf viele Situationen bekommen als es vielleicht in der Serie war. Ich muss trotzdem sagen dass es mich nicht komplett gepackt hat, weil es glaube ich zu unterschiedlich ist zu den Büchern, die ich sonst lese. Ebenfalls fand ich die Sprache oft etwas schwer zu verstehen. Trotzdem ein super schönes und emotionales Buch🥹🫶🏻

Well - I asked the bookseller for a book thick enough to last my 8 hour train journey- it did and was ok to read, but not that I would want to read more from this author.

I really enjoyed this book. The end was a little disappointing, but the author made up for it I think with flashbacks and flashforwards. I have recommended it to my friends.

Thanks for making me furious first and then cry.

Personally victimized by the plot. I don‘t know why I expected a light-hearted love story but that was not what it was. It‘s a great book, but the melancholia was unbearable at times

I loved this book! The relationship of Em & Dex was so beautiful to see throughout the years, and it was heartbreaking to see how much time they wasted 😭 I was a wreck at the end of it