Book Review: One Day
September 30, 2012
I've always love reading novels! If were to choose between watching TV
or read a novel I will definitely choose reading.
There's only one problem... I'm a slow reader.
No! I don't literally mean that I read slow, and no I'm not lazy to
read, its just that when the story is really good I often get too attached to
it that I don't want it to end, so I try to read a good book from time to time
just so I can spend more time reading it and submerging myself deeply
in the story. (yeah yeah think whatever you want to think, its the way i
prefer it)
I have recently finished One Day by David Nicholls and I was blown
away...
I'm a person who's not really particular whether I should read the book
first, then watch the movie later. So yes, I found out about the book after I
watched the movie starring my favorite movie star, Anne Hathaway and English
actor Jim Sturgess.
Now I know some people may not have liked the movie and
it didn't get some favorable reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but I liked it so much
that when I found out it was an amazing novel, I tried my best to look for
the book(trust me it was like a scavenger hunt! It was so hard to find the
book in my home country that when I finally found it, it was like a Gollum like
scene from Lord of the Rings). The movie left me some questions of
what happened to the years that the movie skipped so I just have to know.
Some people feel that the book is really good for those
people who are experiencing being "freind-zoned", or friend to lover,
or a book of waiting for your one true love.
For me this is a book good for one of the most popular
heart-breaking question in the world: What might have been?
It’s a story about Emma and
Dexter on how they live their lives from the day they’ve met during their
graduation on the 15th of July (St.
Swithin's Day) to the next years of the
same date.
I had a love hate relationship with this book! There
were some parts that I just wanted to poke both characters because of how annoying
they were behaving or hug them in times when life hits them really bad. The way
Nicholls wrote Emma and Dexter are so true to life as they grew up changing
much about themselves but pretty much the same as they were, its like growing
up with friends you’ve been with for a very long time.
It doesn’t have those overly dramatic plots or
complicated twists,
its just a plain straight- forward story telling about life particularly about
making mistakes, being stupid, confused, lost and then finding your way back to
the right path leading you to a second chance.
And chances, oh boy this is a book will teach you why you should cherish chances more than anything else.
I strongly suggest this book to those poor souls who
should not look too far away because the answer is just right in front of you,
all you need to do is to have courage, before its too late…
2 comments
haha reading from time to time is a great idea to 'save' a good story. I'm a slow reader as well, yet it is because I'm easily bored, I can't focus on doing one single thing in a long duration of time, and tend to get bored after a number of pages (depends on how interesting the book is haha)
ReplyDeleteTrust me its not an excuse! lol!
DeleteBut yeah, I more of a casual reader so I don't mind not finishing a certain book fast or I won't be able to understand it that much. ;D
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