9. A book you didn’t think you’d like but ended up loving.

 “One Day” by David Nicholls.

I bought this book in a second-hand shop because a lot of people had said good things about it, and I decided to give it a go. It’s not really the sort of thing I’d normally enjoy, and then when I started it, I found it very slow and depressing, so I put it to one side, and decided I’d read it another day. That other day came, and after reading only a few pages after the point I’d given up, I was hooked. The basic plot is that two people, Dexter and Emma, meet on their graduation night, and become “friends”. The book basically dips in and out of their lives, and their trials and tribulations. A pretty standard love story, you think? That’s certainly what I thought, and that’s why I didn’t think I’d enjoy it. The thing that really makes this book are Dexter and Emma - they really are brilliant characters, and the end makes me cry like a baby every time.

Read the first few pages here.