Reviews: One Day by David Nicholls

Although this book has been out for over a year, it has gained mass interest in the past few months, staying put high in the bestsellers list, with a film starring Anne Hathaway already in production.

The book follows two best friends Emma and Dexter, students at the University of Edinburgh after a post-finals fling on July 15, 1988.  Over the next twenty years, we revisit them each St Swithin’s day and follow where they are with their lives.

While working class northerner Emma moves to London and finds herself working at a rubbish Mexican restaurant before becoming a teacher, middle-class Dexter travels Europe before falling into a media career, eventually becoming a (very bad) TV presenter with an alcoholism problem.

The book is a wonderful nostalgic view of the recent past, and is sure to conjure up your own memories of the 80s, 90s and early 00s. You’ll find yourself glued to this page turner, excited to find out if this obviously destined couple ever do end up together.