** spoiler alert ** 
 Ok here goes. I know lots of people love this book, I'm read so many fantastic reviews, and maybe I'm missing something but I was less than impressed. I wasn't expecting One Day to be so chick-litty, I have nothing against chick-lit as such but I rarely read it and when I do it's because I want an easy, lazy read, and that means I have to know it's chick-lit first. I found it somewhat predictable, to the point that I was getting frustrated at the length of time it took for the inevitable to happen and of course it did happen, eventually. 
 I suppose it was romantic in a way, the idea of fate, but it's nothing new. 
 I didn't like the characters either. I thought that Dexter was a bit of an idiot honestly, and so self-centred. He took advantage of Emma and I didn't think he was good enough for her. Emma I found kind of smug, not exactly self-assured but at the same time rather self-satisfied, despite her criticisms of herself. Emma did at least grow on me though, however I wasn't sad so much as shocked when she had died. 
 I did find the end quite good, and realistic. I thought the emotion of loss was done much better than that of love. I could imagine myself reacting in similar ways to Dexter. 
 The ending really saved this story, and actually I would have liked more of it.