DirkReading reviewed One day by David Nicholls
A wonderful book, oddly too wordy but not long enough at the same time
5 stars
This book left me conflicted. I give it five stars because it is amazing in what it does. I loved how David Nicholls made me feel for the main characters, how the collection of vignettes paint a picture of lifes well lived and how two flawed human beings navigate the mess that is human relationships. At the same time I found myself skipping parts of the book when conversations became too long for my taste and not missing anything. Oddly enough I don't think these skipped parts were superfluous. They worked like fractals. Having them made the book richer, skipping them did not limit what the book gave me.
This book left me conflicted. I give it five stars because it is amazing in what it does. I loved how David Nicholls made me feel for the main characters, how the collection of vignettes paint a picture of lifes well lived and how two flawed human beings navigate the mess that is human relationships. At the same time I found myself skipping parts of the book when conversations became too long for my taste and not missing anything. Oddly enough I don't think these skipped parts were superfluous. They worked like fractals. Having them made the book richer, skipping them did not limit what the book gave me.