"I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference," she said. "You know, actually change something."
So a couple of months ago I got a Christmas job in Waterstones, I have worked there before and also done a degree in English so i'm not new to reading. Anyway i hadn't read anything for a few years, nothing really amazing anyway. I started itching for a new adventure and since reading this book I haven't gone a few days without reading a few pages of something at least! This book was the perfect thing to ease me back into the world of reading, and being able to immerse yourself completely into someone else's world.
Anyway onto the book! i'm going to be honest here, when I was reading this I loved it, I really did. I got swept up in the romance and the choppy story I never got bored by it because it switched back and forth between the main characters, Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. But now whenever I think back to it I am left feeling disappointed or worse indifferent, I don't know if it's due to the predicable ending or just lack of depth throughout the story, but I feel I must stress this book grabbed me and when I was reading there was no struggle and at the end I nearly cried (I was on a bus or I would have wept like a baby). I liked Emma, i sympathized with her, I was scared with her and I loved the slight sarcasm that came with her like you get with so many people lacking slightly in confidence even though they would never admit to it!
'You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of Confidence. Either that or a scented candle.'
I discovered David Nicholls about five years ago when I watched the film adaptation of his book "Starter for 10" and since then i have loved his writing and how it resonates in real life.
Overall I did like this book, is it something I would recommend? Probably to someone who is looking for a holiday book but not something profound. Would I read it again? Probably in a year or two. I commend this book though for tricking me into loving every page, but like all illusions eventually you work it out or just forget about it.
