I thought it was absolutely marvellous. Well written, funny, poignant. I have a theory that this book appeals more to males than it does to females and in particular will appeal to fans of high fidelity.

It's a Word success for me. The first time I had heard of it was when I read Tracey Thorne on Word of Mouth saying how much she enjoyed it. I looked at it in Smiths and then couldn't put it down. My wife then put it on her list at Book Group as a light alternative and it was selected. Now there are 15 more copies sold - next week is judgement day but early comments are very favourable.

Truly wonderful writing; so easy to read yet so full of detail and insight that you feel you actually know these characters. Dexter's character in particular is superbly written - he is introduced as such a superficial, obnoxious person that to make you care about his subsequent life takes incredible skill.

And there was one point (those who've read it will know what I'm talking about) where I had to simply stop, put the book down and draw breath before I could continue.

I'm afraid I can't confirm your High Fidelity theory, Steve - I've never got on with Nick Hornby's books. They seem to glorify male pettiness and obsession without really explaining it (though my opinions could be influenced by the fact that I have no interest in football yet everyone kept telling me I'd like Fever Pitch even so; they were wrong, and his description of his love of the game left me cold and uninvolved).

Very easy to get through and enjoyable at the time, but not of huge substance. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed reading it, just felt it was a superior airport novel; sort of an anglicized, straight version of Tales from the City. It is just not a work of great fiction, nothing wrong with that I suppose.

I also think that about Nick Hornby's work as well....but more so.

Couldn't put it down....finished it in 2 days.

this as my 'in the glove compartment for waiting at the school gates' book. Reading it, therefore, in small chunks. All very easy to read, witty, and enjoyable but I can't help but feel it is written with one eye very firmly on the TV serialisation market. Just as much of Hornby's seems to be.

Opinion shared, one goes in search of one's overgarment.

A real page turner, and so true about how lives go after leaving university.

I couldn't get past the main character being called Dexter though. No one British and born in the Sixties was called Dexter were they?

but no worse for that. I tried reading Sarah Walters Little Stranger but found she was far too ponderous in descriptive prose and it was clear she was straining to be literate. The best authors do it with ease. Ishiguro for example will draw you in with very detailed narrative of a time, place or person but never uses one word too many.
I enjoyed One Day because it was well written with a keen observation for the trends throughout the 20+ years of the story. It had humour and poignancy in abundance and not many people can manage that compellingly in the same novel. I agree that it is perfect for the screen but have no idea whether David Nicholls set out with that intention although given his employment history I suspect he did.

I read this on my summer holiday last year and absolutely loved it. Like many others I devoured it in a couple of days. I was avoiding some typical August weather in Scotland at the time.

I feverishly recommended it to Mrs eddie who read it and ... errr .... moved on. So unimpressed was she that I found it on her bedside table several months later about to start it again - she had forgotten she had read it. Chances of a recommendation to her bookgroup look slight.

I then passed it on to a good friend of mine who offered a similar lukewarm review. What were these people thinking??

My copy is now with my sister in law. I fear I may have hyped it again and will be met with a similar reaction.

I'm not sure I agree with the casting of Anne Hathaway for the forthcoming film. But then again I kept thinking of Dexter Fletcher for Dex so what do I know.

and really enjoyed it. I found it really touching, but also laugh out loud funny in parts. It has stayed with me for a while, which for what is essentially 'popular fiction' is a great achievement.

Would highly recommend to anyone who is heading off somewhere to do nothing this summer. This will fill 2 days, and stay with you for a lot longer.

and there are some laugh (and cry) out loud moments, but for me it was nowt special. Mrs L started to read it and gave up after a couple of chapters. Not a patch on Starter for Ten imho.

Loved it. Couldn't put it down. Repeatedly made me laugh out loud, think about my own life and Have Emotions.

For all that it's easy to read, it rang far truer than most bolted-together, prize-eyeing literary fiction...

It's a well written occasionally Poignant novel.As for a film treatment,well I believe It would work much better on Television.It's episodic structure seems to fit the latter rather than the former.

The same as the rest of you I guzzled this down in about two days a week ago. It's a touching, well written piece of popular literature which had me laughing and crying (a bit, I'm not a wuss you know). I'm also amazed that I empathized with a tosser like Dexter. Emma is quite possibly the loveliest creation in fiction for years.... Good recommendation Word people. That's why I subscribe, I'd probably never had picked this up otherwise...

I'm not sure I agree with the casting of Anne Hathaway for the forthcoming film.

That's just atrocious! I know she can do a good English accent and has lots of merits.. but no way is she anything like Emma!

I've googled Jim Sturgess who's playing Dexter and he doesn't look right either. Surely Jude Law was born for this part?

Look away now if you've not read it....

...just near the end when you know what happened. It reminded me so much of the last series of Cold Feet that David Nicholls wrote that I thought it something of a cop-out and wondered if he'd recycled a few bits of rejected script from those days. I was hoping for a more intriguing finish to what was an interesting but undemanding holiday read.

The FPO and myself really enjoyed this on our recent hols. It is always strange though when reading fiction set in your backdoor.