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One Day in December by Josie Silver
2.0

While I enjoyed the first 100 pages, overall, I did not enjoy the book. When I rate a book 2 stars, it means I did not enjoy it, I would not recommend it, but I did finish it. I did not believe in any of the relationships, the conflicts were immature, and the personal development was lacking. This book takes place over the course of 10 years, and I wish there would have been pattern and consistency in the year lengths and chapter lengths to make an easier reading experience. I hate to say it, but this felt like fluff and miscommunication spread out over those 10 years, and had to remind myself they were in their 30s by the end of the book. I think this had such a strong concept, but the opportunity to generate discourse about a complex love triangle was missed. Do not go into this thinking it is a cute Christmas-time book.