If you go into a bookshop, pull this off the shelf, and see the front cover, orange shadows about to kiss, you might instantly feel this is a quick read, a nice book but not memorable, certainly nothing more than a Saturday night in with a warm drink, the sought of book you happily read a chapter of before going to sleep, but probably no more. But what's that old saying, I think it goes something like 'Never judge a book by it's cover?'
Now i'm going to go right out there and say it, this book is truly amazing. It has everything I want in a book like this, wonderfully written characters, wit, beauty, sadness, love. I truly adored it. And so i'm going to give it the honour of me writing the blurb rather than a quick amazon copy and paste job (wish me luck, those people get paid to do that
A book spanning twenty years, but only one day at a time? Surely this will be something to match War and Peace in size, but no, we only get One Day a year, and what days they are. The two main characters Emma and Dexter are at university when they meet in 1988 and there lives appear intertwined from then.
I'll stop there, I don't want to spoil what is frankly a rollercoaster of generally a feeling of annoyance towards Dexter, but the kind that forces you too keep reading because you want it to go away. But even here I feel I say too much.
All I can say is read this, read this and maybe if your still thinking about not reading this, read this. I don't care if you don't like it in the end, you can scream and shout at me all you like for wasting your time, but i'll be happy, cuddled up in bed, in the knowledge that my life is just a little bit sweeter for the enjoyment this book bought me. And if only a few of you feel this way too, then my job here has been done well.
Overall 9.5/10 because if this book teaches you anything, it's that life is and never will be perfect. (Though there is one book I would give 10/10 too, maybe one day i'll write you all a review about it...)