The feature film version of One Day, directed by Lone Scherfig featured Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Jodie Whittaker, Ken Stott and Patricia Clarkson. About the Author, David Nichollsĭavid Nicholls has written for film and television (Cold Feet, Rescue Me, I Saw You, Tess of the D’Ubervilles) along with his novels Starter for Ten (2003), The Understudy (2005), One Day (2009), Us (2014) and Sweet Sorrow (2019) One Day Movie Review Update: I have since also enjoyed David Nicholls’ new novel Sweet Sorrow.

OR listen to the audiobook FREE with Audible’s Trial (check eligibility) I cannot wait to read more from this author.īOOK RATING: The Writing 5 / 5 The Story 5 / 5 Get your copy of One Day from:Īmazon Bookshop Book Depository Kobo Booktopia I cannot recommend this book more highly – it genuinely moved me. The messages will resonate for all, but most strongly for those with some life experience. This is a novel I would give as a gift to those with at least 30 years under their belts. The narration by Anna Bentinck was brilliant ( listen to an audio sample). I listened to this in audiobook, often sitting for longer than necessary in my car after arriving at work, just so I could listen to another minute more. This is a sad ‘carpe diem’ tale for the real world – an enduring story, one without the cheesy Disney ending. In One Day, which on the surface is a ‘will they, won’t they’ story, David Nicholls has a created a wonderful and haunting exploration of the themes of love and friendship, self-doubt and frustration, regret and loss. “Isn’t Naomi waiting for you somewhere, her little mouth crammed full of drugs like a little druggy hamster?” Love and friendship The banter between Emma and Dexter is exquisite and often laugh out loud funny – wit and sarcasm at its very best. These characters feel so alive to the reader and are so genuine and endearing because Nicholls displays a real understanding of the difference between what people say and what they mean. How can one not feel a connection to these characters when they think the same things we have all thought? How can one not feel empathy for these hapless individuals when we have all made similar mistakes in our own lives? Nicholls forces us to fall in love with his lead characters, Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew, as we check in with them each year on the anniversary of their first liaison. Has a novel ever made you laugh and want to cry at the same time? One Day did that to me. Disclosure: If you click a link in this post and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission.

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