(This is a guest review by Heather. To submit your own, use the button in the column to the right.)

Link: amzn.to/y6E09Z

Grade: C+

L/C Ratio: 60/40
(This means Heather estimates the author devoted 60% of his effort to creating a literary work of art and 40% of his effort to creating a commercial bestseller.)

Thematic Breakdown:
60% - Relationships
30% - Finding yourself
10% - Alcohol

I knew in advance that One Day was not going to be a happily-ever-after love story, but that didn’t prevent my disappointment in how the novel played out. While at first the sexual tension and the will-they-won’t-they setup was compelling, it eventually became tedious and flat-out depressing.

At the beginning of the novel, the two main characters are realistic, and the reader roots for them to figure out their lives and their relationship. But after a certain point, the characters stop being likable and become increasingly bitter as they screw up their own chances at happiness again and again.

I personally enjoyed the writing style and found myself highlighting many passages that relate to the current state of my own life, but eventually I stopped hoping for the characters to get everything right and instead just began waiting for the axe to fall.