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A review by vicktorea
One Day in December by Josie Silver
5.0
reread - December 11, 2020
Ngl, I’m DNFing this year just bc I know what’s gonna happen and I want to read other holiday books but that doesn’t take away from themes of self-love and growth and the reminder of the footprints you can leave in someone’s life through kindness and goodness; a gentle reminder I look forward to as I close out the year and start anew ❤️.
reread - December 10, 2019
Just as achingly beautiful the second year in a row.
I’m now, more than ever, inspired to be the type of person that can “tread lightly in life...but leave deep footprints that are hard for others to fill” and “have a way of making everyone feel like the most important person in the world”.
I forgot how much of story of self-love and growth this is just as much as it is a love story; a kind reminder as I close out the year and embark on the journey of a new one ❤️.
initial review - December 6, 2018
INCREDIBLE!
I listened to this as an audiobook via Audible and it was beautiful! Sometimes audiobooks can be a hit or miss or me because the narration can kill it; but the narrators were amazing!
We follow the story of Laurie. It's Christmastime and on the bus home from a long day at work, she locks eyes with a man at the bus stop. The world stops for a moment as they smile at each other and she knows it that instant that she's in love with him. She and her friend, Sarah, spend nearly a year looking for the "man from the bus stop" but don't find him...until Sarah introduces him to Laurie as her boyfriend, Jack. From there, the story unfolds over a number of years and beautifully illustrates the ups and downs, the love and heartbreaks, and happiness and sadness that life offers.
Normally I don't do the insta-love trope because I don't believe in love at first sight. But if any book could make me believe in it; it's this one. The book doesn't read like a typical mushy, "head-over-heels", "would die for someone" love at first sight novel; it's more realistic, yet still fluffy (but not cringy).
This story evoked so many emotions within me. They say you can read a book and you can live a book and I definitely felt like I lived this book. I felt Laurie's and Jack's sorrow, pain, happiness and love. So much so, that I cried (at work, I might add) during certain parts. Any book that can conjure that much emotion and empathy from me deserves five stars.
Definitely a great Christmas read but perfect for any time of year when you need reminding that life is too short to not love wholeheartedly.
Ngl, I’m DNFing this year just bc I know what’s gonna happen and I want to read other holiday books but that doesn’t take away from themes of self-love and growth and the reminder of the footprints you can leave in someone’s life through kindness and goodness; a gentle reminder I look forward to as I close out the year and start anew ❤️.
reread - December 10, 2019
Just as achingly beautiful the second year in a row.
I’m now, more than ever, inspired to be the type of person that can “tread lightly in life...but leave deep footprints that are hard for others to fill” and “have a way of making everyone feel like the most important person in the world”.
I forgot how much of story of self-love and growth this is just as much as it is a love story; a kind reminder as I close out the year and embark on the journey of a new one ❤️.
initial review - December 6, 2018
INCREDIBLE!
I listened to this as an audiobook via Audible and it was beautiful! Sometimes audiobooks can be a hit or miss or me because the narration can kill it; but the narrators were amazing!
We follow the story of Laurie. It's Christmastime and on the bus home from a long day at work, she locks eyes with a man at the bus stop. The world stops for a moment as they smile at each other and she knows it that instant that she's in love with him. She and her friend, Sarah, spend nearly a year looking for the "man from the bus stop" but don't find him...until Sarah introduces him to Laurie as her boyfriend, Jack. From there, the story unfolds over a number of years and beautifully illustrates the ups and downs, the love and heartbreaks, and happiness and sadness that life offers.
Normally I don't do the insta-love trope because I don't believe in love at first sight. But if any book could make me believe in it; it's this one. The book doesn't read like a typical mushy, "head-over-heels", "would die for someone" love at first sight novel; it's more realistic, yet still fluffy (but not cringy).
This story evoked so many emotions within me. They say you can read a book and you can live a book and I definitely felt like I lived this book. I felt Laurie's and Jack's sorrow, pain, happiness and love. So much so, that I cried (at work, I might add) during certain parts. Any book that can conjure that much emotion and empathy from me deserves five stars.
Definitely a great Christmas read but perfect for any time of year when you need reminding that life is too short to not love wholeheartedly.