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David Nicholls

Start date: December 1, 2011

Finish date: December 30, 2011

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Aug 22, 2011 Joyce rated it did not like it

Just released as a film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess as the star-crossed lovers Emma and Dexter, I started this with high hopes for something more than chick lit. What I found instead was a major disappointment. The set-up is that Emma and Dexter spend their last night as college students together and decide to become friends. We then peek into their lives once a year for the next 20 years on the anniversary of their first night together. The fact it takes them forever to recognize th ...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Jessica rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

I read this book because I found the set-up compelling - a look into one day each year for twenty years at the ever changing relationship of friends, destined to be something else. It took a while to get into it, but once it got going, I finished it pretty quickly. The storyline is good, Emma is a great girl, Dexter doesn't really deserve her, but she loves him anyway. The ending was a surprise - that's all I'll say. I almost dropped the book due to a fair amount of language and distasteful beha ...more

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Jun 23, 2015 Tracy rated it really liked it

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Dec 07, 2010 Jayme Pendergraft rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2010

I adored this book. That's not a word I use too often. I laughed, I cried, I got really angry at the author, and just about everything in between. I can honestly say I've never read another book like it. I didn't love the characters- they were both very flawed, but in the end, isn't everybody? Nicholls built up so much tension but did so that we still cared about what was happening even if it wasn't what we wanted to have happen. This novel is full of beautiful language and beautiful love. I ver ...more

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Jan 06, 2016 Cindy rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016, didnt-live-up-to-the-hype, dnf

I've tried three times now to read this book but at this point, the book wins. I give up. I dislike both main characters. I don't care what happens to either of them really. It really annoys me because I feel like I should like the book! It's well written, I just can't get myself to care enough to want to read it. I've even taken years between readings just to make sure it's not just me being in a slump. Anyway, life's too short to waste on reading books you don't like. ...more

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