Welcome to the discussion questions that I found for One Day, I should have actually published this post forever ago but just didn't for some strange reason.
How did you like the concept of the story?
- When I first read the book a few years ago I hated the concept but would keep thinking about the book and how much I actually enjoyed it and wasn't as bad as I thought. So as I am re reading the book I am enjoying it a lot more and enjoying the fact the concept of the book keeps you on the edge. It has definitely changed my mind about the book the book the second time around. I think I judged it to harshly the first time around.
Do you think Dexter and Emma would have been happy had they admitted their love and devotion to each other much earlier in their lives?
- Honestly no. I think the both of them needed to go through the life they had. I think by them being together all those years would have ruined them a lot quicker. Sure everyone knew they should be together, and opposites attract, but it's something about their friendship that they had that meant the two of them could be totally honest with each other.
Did you like the way Nicholls made the characters annoying to each other as well as people around them, did this make the characters more life-like?
- Yes. Because not every friend will always see eye to eye. They are very different people to begin with, and while they say opposites attract I'm glad they didn't get together right away
- I liked how Ian would get annoyed when Dexter would be around all the time.
Why do you think Dexter came so close to telling Emma his true feelings at various times in the book but then decided against it (for example, in the candid letter to her that he stuck in a book and promptly forgot)?
- Life. At each point he wanted to say something life happened to one of them.
Did Emma ever really love Ian or was she just trying to, hoping to?
- I think in her own way she loved him. But her love hate friendship with dexter is so strong that Ian can never ever compare to Dex even when Emma is fighting with him.
How do Dexter’s insights into Emma compare to her own? Is he more perceptive about her than he is about himself?
- I think Dexter is more open with Emma then with anyone else on his life that he can see what's going on with her. They are so honest with each other.
What does the affair with Mr. Godalming reflect about Emma’s state of mind as she approaches her mid-thirties?
- That she's not ok. That she needs to start thinking about herself more.
If you were in Emma’s place would you have stood by Dexter and vice versa.
- I would have. They have a kind of friendship that they are totally honest with each other even if it was a hard friendship. I love friendships like that, because you completely trust the person no matter what even if you don't want to hear it. I think Dexter needed someone like Emma in his life to keep him alive, normal and to strengthen out.
Did Emma's sudden accident and death take you by surprise? If not, how did you see it coming?
- I watched the movie 🎥 first before reading the book (biggest mistake ever) and I knew something would happen, and when it did it still shocked me even when I read the book 📚 I shed a little tear 😢.
Do you have a favorite character? A least favorite?
- I liked Sonya, the girl that Emma helped a lot while she was working at the school. I found that she was like most teenage girls just needed someone to help her.
The When Harry Met Sally question: What do you think - can a single man and a single woman ever truly be "just friends," or does one of them always want more?
- I believe they can be friends. Why can't they is the question. Just because they are the opposite gender and single doesn't automatically mean they want more.
Lauren
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