One Day by David Nicholl

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“This is me.’" He handed her the precious scrap of paper. ‘Call me or I’ll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it’s not a competition. You don’t lose if you phone first”

David Nicholls, One Day

We chose a book about love for February, but one of our group summed up it up as "too much alcohol and not enough romance!" Dexter does alcohol to excess, and Emma has her feet too firmly on the ground to expect moonlight and roses. This isn't a traditional romance, and the story is told through events that happen to the couple on 15th July, every year, for 20 years.

We were passionately divided about this one. Some people loved it, and had even read it twice, or couldn't understand what all the fuss was about.
David Nicholls expertly captures a sense of time and place, and sums up the trends that came with the eighties / nineties / noughties. 'One Day' has become such a popular read, that it's almost a trend itself now.

It's a book that can make you feel frustrated with Dexter & Emma, but there's deadpan humour and sadness too. Some of the group gave the book 5 stars, and others just one star, so overall a 3.5 star read.