The plot of this book intrigued me -- checking in on a couple from the night they meet in college, to what they are doing every day that year for a couple of decades. I assumed wrongly that they planned to be together on that day going forward just as an anniversary thing. The premise seemed great -- which is why I am not entirely sure why this book didn't do much for me. The man of this couple, Dex, is such a turd of an individual, I didn't really care what he was up to for the majority of the book. The female, Emma, was fine... but having a hard time letting her personality come through.
Bottom line is I know they've already made this into a movie, (one I thought I'd want to see), but can't imagine how it could possibly be very good. I really like Anne Hathaway who is playing Emma, which may be the reason I went back to read the book! I guess I've learned - that's not a good enough reason to pick it up. This book was overall, just a really flat read for me... a bit on the boring side.
Did I like it? Eh... it was ok. Would I recommend it? Not really - too many great books out there to suffer through the so-so variety. Rating? 2.5 out of 5.
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