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AmyBee (4 KP) rated One Day in Books

Sep 5, 2018

One Day

David Nicholls | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry

7.5

(11 Ratings)

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I loved this novel, it caught my eye in a bookshop in Cyprus and I really understand now why they say you don't choose a good book - it chooses you.

I think many of us can see a little part of ourselves in Emma Morley, especially those of us who have ever experienced unrequited love and intense friendships.

The chapters are cleverly organised year on year for twenty years which shows how people, and relationships change and evolve. This is a wonderfully written novel which made me laugh, and cry in parts. My only criticism is the ending is rather weak.

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David McK (3377 KP) rated The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody, #5) in Books

Jan 30, 2019

The fifth <i>Amelia Peabody</i> novel which, in a change of setting, actually takes place in and around London rather than Egypt (even though it still deals with Egyptology).

There's also a 2001 film called 'The Mummy Returns': having now read this, I can see more than a few parallels between that movie and this! British museum? Check. Historical(ish) setting? Check. Husband and wife team? Check. Precocious son? Check. Attempted Egyptian ritual/curse? Check (yet again).

OK, so the novel doesn't have the undead wandering around, nor a hot-air balloon, but still enough ...